Zephaniah 3:16

American Standard Version (1901)

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not; O Zion, let not thy hands be slack.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יֵאָמֵ֥ר לִירֽוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם אַל־תִּירָ֑אִי צִיּ֖וֹן אַל־יִרְפּ֥וּ יָדָֽיִךְ

Transliteration

In yôm hahûʾ yēʾāmēr to yĕrûšālāim not-tîrāʾî; ṣiyyôn not-yirpû yādāyik

Grammar Details

• *yôm*: masculine singular noun - day
• *hahûʾ*: demonstrative adjective - that
• *yēʾāmēr*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it will be said
• *yĕrûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *tîrāʾî*: qal imperfect 2nd feminine singular - you will fear
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *yirpû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will drop/become weak
• *yādāyik*: feminine dual noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your hands

Word Meanings

• *yôm*: day/time
• *hahûʾ*: that/the same
• *yēʾāmēr*: it will be said/proclaimed
• *tîrāʾî*: you will fear/be afraid
• *yirpû*: they will drop/become weak/fall slack
• *yādāyik*: your hands/power/strength

Referenced Verses

• Heb 12:12 : 12 Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;
• Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
• Rev 2:3 : 3 and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name's sake, and hast not grown weary.
• Job 4:3 : 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
• Isa 40:9 : 9 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Isa 41:13-14 : 13 For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 43:1-2 : 1 But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
• Isa 44:2 : 2 Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
• Isa 54:4 : 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth; and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.
• Jer 46:27-28 : 27 But fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 28 Fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; for I am with thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee; but I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.
• Hag 2:4-5 : 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts, 5 [according to] the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit abode among you: fear ye not.
• Zech 8:15 : 15 so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
• John 12:12 : 12 On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
• 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:
• Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• Eph 3:13 : 13 Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.
• Heb 12:3-5 : 3 For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin: 5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;