Revised Version 1895

Zephaniah 3

1Woeה֥וֹיHoH1945to her that is rebellious and polluted, to theoppressingהַיּוֹנָֽה׃hai.yo.NahH3238cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892!

2SheH3808obeyedשָֽׁמְעָה֙sha.me.'AhH8085notH3808thevoiceבְּק֔וֹלbe.KolH6963;sheH3808receivedלָקְחָ֖הla.ke.ChahH3947notH3808correctionמוּסָ֑רmu.SarH4148;sheH3808trustedבָטָ֔חָהva.Ta.chahH982notH3808in theLORDבַּֽיהוָה֙ba.Yah.wehH3068;sheH3808drewH7126notH3808nearH7126toherאֶל־'el-H413Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ'e.lo.Hei.haH430.

3HerH7130princesשָׂרֶ֣יהָsa.Rei.haH8269in themidstבְקִרְבָּ֔הּve.kir.BahH7130ofherH7130areroaringשֹֽׁאֲגִ֑יםsho.'a.GimH7580lionsאֲרָי֖וֹת'a.ra.YotH738;herH7130judgesשֹׁפְטֶ֙יהָ֙sho.fe.Tei.haH8199areeveningעֶ֔רֶב'E.revH6153wolvesזְאֵ֣בֵיze.'E.veiH2061; they leavenothingלֹ֥אlo'H3808till the morrow.

4HerH376prophetsנְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ne.vi.'Ei.haH5030are light andtreacherousבֹּֽגְד֑וֹתbo.ge.DotH900personsH376:herH376priestsכֹּהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ko.ha.Nei.haH3548haveprofanedחִלְּלוּ־chi.le.lu-H2490thesanctuaryקֹ֔דֶשׁKo.deshH6944, they havedoneH2554violenceחָמְס֖וּcha.me.SuH2554to thelawתּוֹרָֽה׃to.RahH8451.

5TheLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068in themidstבְּקִרְבָּ֔הּbe.kir.BahH7130ofherH5414isrighteousצַדִּיק֙tza.DikH6662; he willnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808doיַעֲשֶׂ֖הya.'a.SehH6213iniquityH5766;everyבַּבֹּ֨קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242morningבַּבֹּ֜קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242doth hebringH5414hisjudgmentמִשְׁפָּט֨וֹmish.pa.ToH4941tolightלָאוֹר֙la.'OrH216, he failethnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808; but theunjustH5766knowethnoוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808shameבֹּֽשֶׁת׃Bo.shetH1322.

6I havecutהִכְרַ֣תִּיhikh.Ra.tiH3772offH3772nationsגוֹיִ֗םgo.YimH1471, their battlements aredesolateנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙na.Sha.muH8074; I havemadeH3772theirstreetsחֽוּצוֹתָ֖םchu.tzo.TamH2351wasteH8074, thatnoneH369passeth by: theircitiesעָרֵיהֶ֛ם'a.rei.HemH5892aredestroyedH3772,soעוֹבֵ֑רo.VerH5674that there isnoH369manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376, that there isnoneH369inhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427.

7Isaidאָמַ֜רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559,Surelyאַךְ־'akh-H389thou wiltfearתִּירְאִ֤יtir.'IH3372meH5921, thou wiltreceiveH3947correctionמוּסָ֔רmu.SarH4148;soH3947herH3605dwellingH4585shouldnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808becutיִכָּרֵ֣תyi.ka.RetH3772offH3772,accordingH5921toallH3605that I haveappointedפָּקַ֖דְתִּיpa.Kad.tiH6485concerningherH3605: but theyroseH7925earlyהִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּhish.Ki.muH7925andcorruptedהִשְׁחִ֔יתוּhish.Chi.tuH7843allH3605their doings.

8Thereforewaitחַכּוּ־cha.ku-H2442ye formeH5921, saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,untilH5921thedayלְי֖וֹםle.YomH3117that IriseH6965upH6965to thepreyH5706: for my determination is togatherלְקָבְצִ֣יle.ka.ve.TziH6908thenationsגּוֹיִ֜םgo.YimH1471, that I mayassembleלֶאֱסֹ֨ףle.'e.SofH622thekingdomsמַמְלָכ֗וֹתmam.la.KhotH4467, topourלִשְׁפֹּ֨ךְlish.PokhH8210uponH5921them mineindignationזַעְמִי֙za'.MiH2195,evenH3588allכֹּ֚לkolH3605myfierceחֲר֣וֹןcha.RonH2740angerאַפִּ֔י'a.PiH639; forallכָּל־kol-H3605theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776shall bedevouredתֵּאָכֵ֖לte.'a.KhelH398with thefireבְּאֵ֣שׁbe.'EshH784of myjealousyקִנְאָתִ֔יkin.'a.TiH7068.

9For then will Iturnאֶהְפֹּ֥ךְ'eh.PokhH2015to thepeoplesעַמִּ֖ים'a.MimH5971apureבְרוּרָ֑הve.ru.RahH1305languageשָׂפָ֣הsa.FahH8193, that they mayallכֻלָּם֙khu.LamH3605callלִקְרֹ֤אlik.Ro'H7121uponH7121thenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, toserveלְעָבְד֖וֹle.'a.ve.DoH5647him with one consent.

10Frombeyondמֵעֵ֖בֶרme.'E.verH5676theriversלְנַֽהֲרֵי־le.na.ha.rei-H5104ofEthiopiaכ֑וּשׁKhushH3568my suppliants, even thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of mydispersedפוּצַ֔יpu.TzaiH6327, shallbringיוֹבִל֖וּןyoi.LunH2986mine offering.

11In thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117shalt thounotלֹ֤אlo'H3808beashamedתֵב֙וֹשִׁי֙te.Vo.o.shiH954forallH3605thy doings,whereinאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou hasttransgressedH6586againstH6586meתוֹסִ֧פִיto.Si.fiH3254: for then I willtakeH5493awayH5493outH3605of themidstמִקִּרְבֵּ֗ךְmi.kir.BekhH7130of thee thyproudlyגַּאֲוָתֵ֔ךְga.'a.va.TekhH1346exultingH5947onesעַלִּיזֵי֙'a.li.ZeiH5947, and thou shaltnoוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808moreע֖וֹדodH5750be haughty in myholyקָדְשִֽׁי׃kod.shiH6944mountainבְּהַ֥רbe.HarH2022.

12But I willleaveוְהִשְׁאַרְתִּ֣יve.hish.'ar.TiH7604in themidstבְקִרְבֵּ֔ךְve.kir.BekhH7130of thee anafflictedעָנִ֖י'a.NiH6041andpoorH6041peopleעַ֥ם'amH5971, and they shall trust in thenameבְּשֵׁ֥םbe.ShemH8034of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

13Theremnantשְׁאֵרִ֨יתshe.'e.RitH7611ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808doH6213iniquityעַוְלָה֙'av.LahH5766,norוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808speakיְדַבְּר֣וּye.da.be.RuH1696liesכָזָ֔בkha.ZavH3577;neitherוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808shall a deceitfultongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956befoundיִמָּצֵ֥אyi.ma.Tze'H4672in theirmouthבְּפִיהֶ֖םbe.fi.HemH6310: for they shallfeedיִרְע֥וּyir.'UH7462andlieוְרָבְצ֖וּve.ra.ve.TzuH7257downH7257, andnoneוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369shallmakeH6213themafraidמַחֲרִֽיד׃ סma.cha.RidH2729.

14Singרָנִּי֙ra.NiH7442, Odaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofZionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726;shoutהָרִ֖יעוּha.Ri.'uH7321, OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478; begladH8055andrejoiceשִׂמְחִ֤יsim.ChiH8055withallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theheartלֵ֔בLevH3820, Odaughterבַּ֖תbatH1323ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

15TheLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathtakenH5493awayH5493thyjudgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַ֔יִךְmish.pa.Ta.yikhH4941, he hath castoutH7451thineenemyאֹֽיְבֵ֑ךְ'o.ye.VekhH341: thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל׀Yis.ra.'ElH3478,evenH5750theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, is in themidstבְּקִרְבֵּ֔ךְbe.kir.BekhH7130of thee: thou shaltnotלֹא־lo'-H3808fearתִֽירְאִ֥יtir.'IH3372evilרָ֖עra'H7451anyH5750moreH5750.

16In thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117it shall besaidיֵאָמֵ֥רye.'a.MerH559toJerusalemלִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖םli.ru.sha.LimH3389,Fearתִּירָ֑אִיti.Ra.'iH3372thounotאַל־'al-H408: OZionצִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonH6726,letH7503notאַל־'al-H408thinehandsיָדָֽיִךְ׃ya.Da.yikhH3027beslackH7503.

17TheLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהַ֛יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430is in themidstבְּקִרְבֵּ֖ךbe.kir.BekhH7130of thee, amightyגִּבּ֣וֹרgi.BorH1368one who willsaveיוֹשִׁ֑יעַyo.Shi.a'H3467: he willrejoiceיָגִ֥ילya.GilH1523over thee withjoyבְּשִׂמְחָ֗הbe.sim.ChahH8057, he will rest in hisloveבְּאַ֣הֲבָת֔וֹbe.'A.ha.va.ToH160, he willjoyH8057over thee withsingingבְּרִנָּֽה׃be.ri.NahH7440.

18I willgatherאָסַ֖פְתִּי'a.Saf.tiH622them thatsorrowH5921for the solemnassemblyמִמּוֹעֵ֛דmi.mo.'EdH4150, who were of thee: to whom theburdenמַשְׂאֵ֥תmas.'EtH4864uponH5921herH5921was areproachחֶרְפָּֽה׃cher.PahH2781.

19Beholdהִנְנִ֥יhi.NiH2005, at that time I willdealעֹשֶׂ֛ה'o.SehH6213withallH3605them thatafflictמְעַנַּ֖יִךְme.'a.Na.yikhH6031thee: and I willsaveוְהוֹשַׁעְתִּ֣יve.ho.sha'.TiH3467herH3605that halteth, andgatherאֲקַבֵּ֔ץ'a.ka.BetzH6908herH3605that wasdrivenH5080awayH5080; and I willmakeוְשַׂמְתִּים֙ve.sam.TimH7760them apraiseלִתְהִלָּ֣הlit.hi.LahH8416and anameוּלְשֵׁ֔םu.le.ShemH8034,whoseH3605shameבָּשְׁתָּֽם׃ba.she.TamH1322hath been inallH3605theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776.

20At that time will Ibringאָבִ֣יא'a.Vi'H935youH3588in, and at that time will Igatherקַבְּצִ֣יka.be.TziH6908youH3588: for I willmakeאֶתֵּ֨ן'e.TenH5414youH3588anameלְשֵׁ֣םle.ShemH8034and apraiseוְלִתְהִלָּ֗הve.lit.hi.LahH8416amongallבְּכֹל֙be.KholH3605thepeoplesעַמֵּ֣י'a.MeiH5971of theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, when IbringH935againבְּשׁוּבִ֧יbe.shu.ViH7725yourcaptivityשְׁבוּתֵיכֶ֛םshe.vu.tei.KhemH7622beforeH5869youreyesלְעֵינֵיכֶ֖םle.'ei.nei.KhemH5869, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

Commentaries on Zephaniah 3

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