Zephaniah 1:13

Zephaniah 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their goods shall be plundered, and their houses laid waste. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink wine from them."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore their goods shall become booty, And their houses a desolation; They shall build houses, but not inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards, but not drink their wine.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)So their property will be plundered, their homes will be ransacked. They will build new homes but never live in them. They will plant vineyards but never drink wine from them.

Context of Zephaniah 1:13

11Wail, you who live in the market district; all your merchants will be wiped out, all who trade with silver will be destroyed. 12At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who are like wine left on its dregs, who think, ‘The Lord will do nothing, either good or bad.’ Their wealth will be plundered, their houses demolished. Though they build houses, they will not live in them; though they plant vineyards, they will not drink the wine.” 14The great day of the Lord is near— near and coming quickly. The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter; the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry. 15That day will be a day of wrath— a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness—

Zephaniah 1:13 word by word

וְהָיָ֤ה חֵילָם֙ לִמְשִׁסָּ֔ה וּבָתֵּיהֶ֖ם לִשְׁמָמָ֑ה וּבָנ֤וּ בָתִּים֙ וְלֹ֣א יֵשֵׁ֔בוּ וְנָטְע֣וּ כְרָמִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יִשְׁתּ֖וּ אֶת־יֵינָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore their goodsחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
• shall become a bootyמְשִׁסָּהmeshissâh · plunderH4933
• and their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• they shall also buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• but not inhabitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• and they shall plantנָטַעnâţa‛ · to plantH5193
• vineyardsכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• but not drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• the wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196

Cross-references for Zephaniah 1:13

• Zephaniah 1:9On that day I will punish all who avoid stepping on the threshold, who fill the temple of their gods with violence and deceit.
• Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “For how long, Lord?” And he answered: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left deserted and the fields ruined and ravaged,
• Isaiah 24:1See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants—
• Jeremiah 4:7A lion has come out of his lair; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to lay waste your land. Your towns will lie in ruins without inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 5:17They will devour your harvests and food, devour your sons and daughters; they will devour your flocks and herds, devour your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.
• Jeremiah 9:11“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; and I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there.”
• Jeremiah 12:10Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard and trample down my field; they will turn my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
• Ezekiel 7:19“ ‘They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble into sin.
• Ezekiel 22:31So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
• Micah 3:12Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.
• Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.
• Isaiah 5:8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.
• Isaiah 65:21They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
• Amos 5:11You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
• Micah 6:15You will plant but not harvest; you will press olives but not use the oil, you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Their goods (in which they trust) shall become a booty - To the Chaldeans. They shall have no profit of all their labors. The houses they have built they shall not inhabit; of the wine of the vineyards they have planted, they shall not drink. See Amos 5:11, where we find the same evils threatened.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Therefore their goods - Literally, “And their strength.” It is the simple sequel in God‘s Providence. It is a continued narrative. God will visit those who say, that God does not interfere in man‘s affairs, and, it shall be seen Jeremiah 44:28 whose words shall stand, God‘s or their‘s. All which God had threatened in the law shall be fulfilled. God, in the fulfillment of the punishment, which He had foretold in the law Leviticus 26:32-33; Psalm 52:7. But…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 God's day is at hand; the punishment of presumptuous sinners is a sacrifice to the justice of God. The Jewish royal family shall be reckoned with for their pride and vanity; and those that leap on the threshold, invading their neighbours' rights, and seizing their possessions. The trading people and the rich merchants are called to account. Secure and careless people are reckoned with. They are secure and easy; they say in their heart, the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13God would send an invading force to loot Jerusalem. The destruction would happen so fast that those who gained wealth unfairly would not live to enjoy it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Therefore their goods shall become a booty, &c.--Fulfilling the prophecy in De 28:30, 39 (compare Am 5:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Zephaniah 1:13

• War
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Crashing
• Wasteness
• Goods
• Molech; Moloch
• Zephaniah, Book of
• devastate, devastation

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings