Zechariah 14:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall be, that whoso of [all] the families of the earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֠הָיָה אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יַעֲלֶ֜ה מֵאֵ֨ת מִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֶל־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֔ת לְמֶ֖לֶךְ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְלֹ֥א עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם יִהְיֶ֥ה הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃

Transliteration

And wəhāyâ ʾăšer lōʾ-yaʿăleh mēʾēt mišpəḥôt hāʾāreṣ ʾel-yərûšālaim ləhištaḥăwōt ləmelek YHWH ṣəbāʾôt wəlōʾ ʿălêhem yihyeh haggāšem.

Grammar Details

• *wəhāyâ*: waw-consecutive + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and it will be
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - that which/whoever
• *lōʾ-yaʿăleh*: negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will not go up
• *mēʾēt*: preposition - from
• *mišpəḥôt*: feminine plural construct - families of
• *hāʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth/land
• *ʾel-yərûšālaim*: preposition + proper noun - to Jerusalem
• *ləhištaḥăwōt*: preposition + hitpael infinitive construct - to worship
• *ləmelek*: preposition + masculine singular construct - to king of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: masculine plural noun - hosts/armies
• *wəlōʾ*: waw-conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *ʿălêhem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - upon them
• *yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be
• *haggāšem*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the rain

Word Meanings

• *wəhāyâ*: it will be/come to pass/happen
• *lōʾ-yaʿăleh*: will not go up/ascend/make pilgrimage
• *mišpəḥôt*: families/clans/tribes
• *hāʾāreṣ*: the earth/land/world
• *ləhištaḥăwōt*: to worship/bow down/prostrate oneself
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: hosts/armies/multitudes
• *ʿălêhem*: upon them/for them/against them
• *haggāšem*: the rain/shower/rainfall

Referenced Verses

• Jer 14:4 : 4 Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
• Isa 60:12 : 12 For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
• Jer 10:25 : 25 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
• 2 Chr 6:26 : 26 When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:
• 2 Chr 7:13 : 13 If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
• Ps 2:8-9 : 8 Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
• Ps 110:5-6 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill [the places] with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.
• Isa 5:6 : 6 and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
• Isa 45:23 : 23 By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
• Gen 10:32 : 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
• Gen 12:3 : 3 and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 28:14 : 14 and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Deut 11:17 : 17 and the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah giveth you.
• Deut 28:23-24 : 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
• 1 Kgs 8:35 : 35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:
• Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
• Amos 3:2 : 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
• Amos 4:7-8 : 7 And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
• Zech 14:16 : 16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
• Acts 17:26-27 : 26 and he made of one {G129} every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 that they should seek God, if {G686} haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:
• Rom 14:10-11 : 10 But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or {G2532} thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God.
• Jas 5:17 : 17 Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.
• Rev 11:6 : 6 These have the power to shut the heaven, that it {G5205} rain not during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire.