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Zephaniah 2:3

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← Zephaniah 2:2	Zephaniah 2:3 (KJV)	Zephaniah 2:4 →
Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.	Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.	For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Seek^H1245 ye the LORD^H3068, all ye meek^H6035 of the earth^H776, which have wrought^H6466 his judgment^H4941; seek^H1245 righteousness^H6664, seek^H1245 meekness^H6038: it may be^H194 ye shall be hid^H5641 in the day^H3117 of the LORD'S^H3068 anger^H639.

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Original Hebrew

בַּקְּשׁוּ אֶת־יְהוָה כָּל־עַנְוֵי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר מִשְׁפָּטֹו פָּעָלוּ בַּקְּשׁוּ־צֶדֶק בַּקְּשׁוּ עֲנָוָה אוּלַי תִּסָּתְרוּ בְּיֹום אַף־יְהוָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בַּקְּשׁ֤וּ	ba.ke.Shu	H1245	HVpv2mp	seek
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	O all
עַנְוֵ֣י	'an.Vei	H6035	HAampc	(the) humble (people) of
הָ/אָ֔רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ land
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
מִשְׁפָּט֖/וֹ	mish.pa.T/o	H4941	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	judgment/ his
פָּעָ֑לוּ	pa.'A.lu	H6466	HVqp3cp	they have done
בַּקְּשׁוּ	ba.ke.shu-	H1245	HVpv2mp	seek
צֶ֨דֶק֙	tze.dek	H6664	HNcmsa	righteousness
בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ	ba.ke.Shu	H1245	HVpv2mp	seek
עֲנָוָ֔ה	'a.na.Vah	H6038	HNcfsa	humility
אוּלַי֙	'u.Lai	H194	HD	perhaps
תִּסָּ֣תְר֔וּ	ti.Sa.te.Ru	H5641	HVNi2mp	you will be hidden
בְּ/י֖וֹם	be./Yom	H3117	HR/Ncmsc	on/ (the) day of
אַף	'af-	H639	HTa	(the) anger of
יְהוָֽה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H194 — אוּלַי (ʼûwlay, oo-lah'ee): or (shortened) אֻלַי; from אוֹ; if not; hence perhaps; if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.
• H639 — אַף (ʼaph, af): from אָנַף; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire; anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1245 — בָּקַשׁ (bâqash, baw-kash'): a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H4941 — מִשְׁפָּט (mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'): from שָׁפַט; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
• H5641 — סָתַר (çâthar, saw-thar'): a primitive root; to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively; be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, [idiom] surely.
• H6035 — עָנָו (ʻânâv, aw-nawv'): or (by intermixture with עָנִי) עָנָיו; from עָנָה; depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly); humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare עָנִי.
• H6038 — עֲנָוָה (ʻănâvâh, an-aw-vaw'): from עָנָו; condescension, human and subjective (modesty), or divine and objective (clemency); gentleness, humility, meekness.
• H6466 — פָּעַל (pâʻal, paw-al'): a primitive root; to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise; commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
• H6664 — צֶדֶק (tsedeq, tseh'-dek): from צָדַק; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity; [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

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