Zephaniah 1:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָסֹ֨ף אָסֵ֜ף כֹּ֗ל מֵעַ֛ל פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾāsōp̄ ʾāsēp̄ kōl from-ʿal pənê hāʾăḏāmāh nəʾum-YHWH.

Grammar Details

*ʾāsōp̄*: qal infinitive absolute - gathering/completely
*ʾāsēp̄*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will gather/remove
*kōl*: noun, masculine singular - all/everything
*ʿal*: preposition - from upon/from over
*pənê*: construct plural of *pānîm* - face of
*hāʾăḏāmāh*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the ground/land/earth
*nəʾum*: construct state, masculine singular - declaration/oracle of
*YHWH*: divine name, tetragrammaton

Word Meanings

*ʾāsōp̄ ʾāsēp̄*: Hebrew doubling construction indicating completeness/certainty - 'I will utterly gather/completely remove'
*pənê*: face/surface
*hāʾăḏāmāh*: ground/earth/land/soil

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 22:16-17 : 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read. 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
Mic 7:13 : 13 Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Gen 6:7 : 7 And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
2 Chr 36:21 : 21 to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: [for] as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Isa 6:11 : 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,
Jer 6:8-9 : 8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited. 9 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets.
Jer 24:8-9 : 8 And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt, 9 I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Jer 34:22 : 22 Behold, I will command, saith Jehovah, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
Jer 36:29 : 29 And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
Ezek 33:27-29 : 27 Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured; and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. 28 And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through. 29 Then shall they know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.

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