ZEPHANIAH 3:8

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.”

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Zephaniah 3:8 Translation & Meaning

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Therefore לָכֵ֤ן 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) Therefore
wait חַכּוּ Properly, to adhere to; hence, to await wait
ye upon me, saith נְאֻם An oracle upon saith
the Lord, יְהוָ֔ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
until the day לְי֖וֹם 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) until day
that I rise up קוּמִ֣י To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) rise up
to the prey: לְעַ֑ד Booty prey
for כִּ֣י (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed for
my determination מִשְׁפָּטִי֩ 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 determination
is (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
to gather לֶאֱסֹ֨ף To gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.) gather
the nations, גּוֹיִ֜ם A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts nations
that I may assemble לְקָבְצִ֣י To grasp, i.e., collect assemble
the kingdoms, מַמְלָכ֗וֹת Dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm) kingdoms
to pour לִשְׁפֹּ֨ךְ To spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out pour
upon עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
them mine indignation, זַעְמִי֙ Strictly froth at the mouth, i.e., (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin) indignation
even (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
all כֹּ֚ל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
my fierce חֲר֣וֹן A burning of anger fierce
anger: אַפִּ֔י Properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire anger
for כִּ֚י (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed for
all כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
the earth הָאָֽרֶץ׃ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) earth
shall be devoured תֵּאָכֵ֖ל To eat (literally or figuratively) devoured
with the fire בְּאֵ֣שׁ Fire (literally or figuratively) fire
of my jealousy. קִנְאָתִ֔י Jealousy or envy jealousy

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  • 6  I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

  • 7  I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

  • 8  Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

  • 9  For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

  • 10  From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.




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