Revised Version 1895

Zephaniah 3:1-8

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.

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