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KJV Lexicon Therefore as I livechay (khah'-ee) age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. saith n'um (neh-oom') an oracle -- (hath) said, saith. the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. of hosts tsaba' (tsaw-baw') a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship) the God 'elohiym (el-o-heem') angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. of Israel Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale') he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel. Surely Moab Mow'ab (mo-awb) from (her (the mother's) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants -- Moab. shall be as Sodom Cdom (sed-ome') burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea -- Sodom. and the children ben (bane) 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. of Ammon `Ammown (am-mone') tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country -- Ammon, Ammonites. as Gomorrah `Amorah (am-o-raw') a (ruined) heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine -- Gomorrah. even the breeding mimshaq (mim-shawk') a possession -- breeding. of nettles charuwl (khaw-rool') apparently, a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly; properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed: nettle. and saltpits mikreh (mik-reh') a pit (for salt) -- (salt-)pit. melach (meh'-lakh) powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved -- salt(-pit). and a perpetual `ad (ad) 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) `owlam (o-lawm') 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 desolation shmamah (shem-aw-maw') devastation; figuratively, astonishment -- (laid, most) desolate(-ion), waste. the residue sh'eriyth (sheh-ay-reeth') a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion -- that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest. of my people `am (am) 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. shall spoil bazaz (baw-zaz') to plunder -- catch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), utterly. them and the remnant yether (yeh'-ther) an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free) of my people gowy (go'-ee) a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people. shall possess nachal (naw-khal') to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate them Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Therefore, as I live," declares the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, "Surely Moab will be like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah-- A place possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them And the remainder of My nation will inherit them." King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore, as I live-- this is the declaration of the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel-- Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah-- a place overgrown with weeds, a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them. International Standard Version Therefore as I'm alive and living," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, "Moab will surely become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a place overrun by weeds and salty marshes, unpopulated forever. The survivors of my people will confiscate their property, and those who remain of my nation will inherit what was theirs. NET Bible Therefore, as surely as I live," says the LORD who commands armies, the God of Israel, "be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land." GOD'S WORD® Translation Therefore, I solemnly swear, as I live," declares the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, "Moab will become like Sodom, and Ammon will become like Gomorrah: a place of weeds, salt pits, and ruins forever. The faithful few of my people will loot them, and those who are left in my nation will take possession of them." King James 2000 Bible Therefore as I live, says 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 weeds, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. Links Zephaniah 2:9Zephaniah 2:9 NIV Zephaniah 2:9 NLT Zephaniah 2:9 ESV Zephaniah 2:9 NASB Zephaniah 2:9 KJV |
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