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Zephaniah 2:9

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← Zephaniah 2:8	Zephaniah 2:9 (KJV)	Zephaniah 2:10 →
I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified [themselves] against their border.	Therefore [as] I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, [even] the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.	This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified [themselves] against the people of the LORD of hosts.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Therefore as I live^H2416, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, the God^H430 of Israel^H3478, Surely Moab^H4124 shall be as Sodom^H5467, and the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 as Gomorrah^H6017, even the breeding^H4476 of nettles^H2738, and saltpits^{H4379 H4417}, and a perpetual^{H5704 H5769} desolation^H8077: the residue^H7611 of my people^H5971 shall spoil^H962 them, and the remnant^H3499 of my people^H1471 shall possess^H5157 them.

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Original Hebrew

לָכֵן חַי־אָנִי נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי־מֹואָב כִּסְדֹם תִּהְיֶה וּבְנֵי עַמֹּון כַּעֲמֹרָה מִמְשַׁק חָרוּל וּמִכְרֵה־מֶלַח וּשְׁמָמָה עַד־עֹולָם שְׁאֵרִית עַמִּי יְבָזּוּם וְיֶתֶר [גֹּוי כ] (גֹּויִי ק) יִנְחָלוּם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לָ/כֵ֣ן	la./Khen	H3651	HR/D	(to)/ therefore
חַי	chai-	H2416	HAamsa	(by) (the) life
אָ֡נִי	'A.ni	H589	HPp1cs	of me
נְאֻם֩	ne.'Um	H5002	HNcmsc	(the) utterance of
יְהוָ֨ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
צְבָא֜וֹת	tze.va.'ot	H6635	HNcbpa	of hosts
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	H430	HNcmpc	(the) God of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	that
מוֹאָ֞ב	mo.'Av	H4124	HNp	Moab
כִּ/סְדֹ֤ם	ki/s.Dom	H5467	HR/Np	like/ Sodom
תִּֽהְיֶה֙	tih.Yeh	H1961	HVqi3fs	it will be
וּ/בְנֵ֤י	u./ve.Nei	H1121	HC/Ncmpc	and/ (the) people of
עַמּוֹן֙	'a.mOn	H5983	HNp	Ammon
כַּֽ/עֲמֹרָ֔ה	ka./'a.mo.Rah	H6017	HR/Np	like/ Gomorrah
מִמְשַׁ֥ק	mi.Shak	H4476	HNcmsc	a place possessed of
חָר֛וּל	cha.Rul	H2738	HNcmsa	nettle(s)
וּ/מִכְרֵה	u./mikh.reh-	H4379	HC/Ncmsc	and/ a pit of
מֶ֥לַח	Me.lach	H4417	HNcmsa	salt
וּ/שְׁמָמָ֖ה	u./she.ma.Mah	H8077	HC/Ncfsa	and/ a waste
עַד	'ad-	H5704	HR	until
עוֹלָ֑ם	o.Lam	H5769	HNcmsa	perpetuity
שְׁאֵרִ֤ית	she.'e.Rit	H7611	HNcfsc	(the) remnant of
עַמִּ/י֙	'a.M/i	H5971	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	people/ my
יְבָזּ֔וּ/ם	ye.va.Zu/m	H962	HVqi3mp/Sp3mp	they will plunder/ them
וְ/יֶ֥תֶר	ve./Ye.ter	H3499	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) rest ofK:
גוי	gôwy	H1471	HNcmsa
יִנְחָלֽוּ/ם	yin.cha.Lu/m	H5157	HVqi3mp/Sp3mp	they will take possession of/ them

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

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H962 — בָּזַז (bâzaz, baw-zaz'): a primitive root; to plunder; catch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), [idiom] utterly.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• H2738 — חָרוּל (chârûwl, khaw-rool'): or (shortened) חָרֻל; apparently, a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly; properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed; nettle.
• 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.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H3499 — יֶתֶר (yether, yeh'-ther): from יָתַר; properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free); [phrase] abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with.
• H4124 — מוֹאָב (Môwʼâb, mo-awb): from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-and אָב; from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants; Moab.
• H4379 — מִכְרֶה (mikreh, mik-reh'): from כָּרָה; a pit (for salt); (salt-) pit.
• H4417 — מֶלַח (melach, meh'-lakh): from מָלַח; properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved); salt(-pit).
• H4476 — מִמְשָׁק (mimshâq, mim-shawk'): from the same as מֶשֶׁק; a possession; breeding.
• H5002 — נְאֻם (nᵉʼum, neh-oom'): from נָאַם; an oracle; (hath) said, saith.
• H5157 — נָחַל (nâchal, naw-khal'): a primitive root; to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate; divide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).
• H5467 — סְדֹם (Çᵉdôm, sed-ome'): from an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea; Sodom.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
• H5769 — עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm, o-lawm'): or עֹלָם; from עָלַם; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always; alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח, עַד.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H5983 — עַמּוֹן (ʻAmmôwn, am-mone'): from עַם; tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country; Ammon, Ammonites.
• H6017 — עֲמֹרָה (ʻĂmôrâh, am-o-raw'): from עָמַר; a (ruined) heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine; Gomorrah.
• H6635 — צָבָא (tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'): or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from צָבָא; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship); appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
• H7611 — שְׁאֵרִית (shᵉʼêrîyth, sheh-ay-reeth'): from שָׁאַר; a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion; that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.
• H8077 — שְׁמָמָה (shᵉmâmâh, shem-aw-maw'): or שִׁמָמָה; feminine of שָׁמֵם; devastation; figuratively, astonishment; (laid, [idiom] most) desolate(-ion), waste.

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

• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3651 — כֵּן (kên, kane): from כּוּן; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• as Gomorrah — Genesis 19:24-25, Deuteronomy 29:23, Isaiah 13:19-20, Isaiah 34:9-13, Jeremiah 49:18, Jeremiah 50:40, Zephaniah 2:14
• as I — Numbers 14:21, Isaiah 49:18, Jeremiah 46:18, Romans 14:11
• Surely — Isaiah 11:14, Isaiah 15:1, Isaiah 16:14, Isaiah 25:10, Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 49:7, Ezekiel 25:1, Ezekiel 26:21, Amos 1:13-15, Amos 2:1-3
• the residue — Joel 3:19-20, Micah 5:7-8, Zephaniah 2:7, Zephaniah 3:13

Reciprocal references (27): Genesis 19:38, Genesis 27:29, Judges 9:45, 2 Kings 2:20, Job 30:7, Job 31:40, Psalms 107:33, Isaiah 1:9, Isaiah 16:6, Isaiah 17:14, Isaiah 34:13, Jeremiah 17:6, Jeremiah 20:16, Jeremiah 31:7, Jeremiah 48:9, Jeremiah 48:21, Jeremiah 49:33, Ezekiel 16:50, Ezekiel 21:32, Ezekiel 28:26, Ezekiel 33:11, Ezekiel 35:9, Ezekiel 39:10, Hosea 11:8, Zechariah 2:9, Luke 17:29, 2 Peter 2:6

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ISRAEL-THE JEWS, NETTLES
• Torrey’s: REVILING AND REPROACHING, SALT
• Nave’s: AMMONITES, GOMORRAH, NETTLES, SALT, SODOM

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