Zechariah 9:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And I wyll pitche a campe about myne house against the armie, against him that passeth by, & against him that returneth, and no oppressour shall come vpon them any more: For now I haue seene with myne eyes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחָנִ֨יתִי לְבֵיתִ֤י מִצָּבָה֙ מֵעֹבֵ֣ר וּמִשָּׁ֔ב וְלֹֽא־יַעֲבֹ֧ר עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם ע֖וֹד נֹגֵ֑שׂ כִּ֥י עַתָּ֖ה רָאִ֥יתִי בְעֵינָֽי׃ ס

Transliteration

wə-ḥānîṯî to-bêṯî miṣṣāḇāh from-ʿōḇēr û-from-šāḇ wə-not-yaʿăḇōr upon-them again nōḡēś for now rāʾîṯî with-ʿênāy.

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ḥānîṯî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I will encamp/pitch camp
• *lə*: preposition - for/to
• *bêṯî*: noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my house
• *miṣṣāḇāh*: preposition + noun, feminine, singular - as a guard/garrison
• *mē*: preposition - from/against
• *ʿōḇēr*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - one passing through
• *û*: conjunction - and
• *mi*: preposition - from
• *šāḇ*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - one returning
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yaʿăḇōr*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will pass over
• *ʿălêhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - upon them
• *ʿôḏ*: adverb - again/anymore
• *nōḡēś*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - oppressor/taskmaster
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʿattāh*: adverb - now
• *rāʾîṯî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have seen
• *bə*: preposition - with
• *ʿênāy*: noun, feminine, dual + 1st person singular suffix - my eyes

Word Meanings

• *ḥānîṯî*: I will encamp/I will pitch camp/I will protect
• *miṣṣāḇāh*: as a guard/as a garrison/as a defense
• *ʿōḇēr*: one passing through/one coming against/invader
• *šāḇ*: one returning/one coming back
• *nōḡēś*: oppressor/taskmaster/tyrant
• *rāʾîṯî*: I have seen/I have watched/I have observed

Referenced Verses

• Isa 54:14 : 14 In ryghteousnesse shalt thou be grounded, & be farre from oppression: for the which thou needest not be afrayde, neither for hinderaunce, for it shall not come nye thee.
• Isa 52:1 : 1 Vp Sion, vp, take thy strength vnto thee, put on thyne honest rayment O Hierusalem, thou holy citie: for from this tyme foorth there shall no vncircumcised nor vncleane person come in thee.
• Isa 60:18 : 18 Uiolence and robberie shall neuer be hearde of in thy lande, neither harme and destruction within thy borders: thy walles shalbe called health, and thy gates the prayse of God.
• Jer 31:12 : 12 And they shall come and reioyce vpon the hyll of Sion, and shall haue plenteousnesse of goodes, which the Lorde shall geue them, namely wheate, wine, oyle, young sheepe, and calues: and their soule shalbe as a well watered garden, for they shall no more be hungry.
• Jer 46:2 : 2 These wordes folowing preached he in the Egyptians, concerning the hoast of Pharao Necho kyng of Egypt, when he was in Charchamis beside the water of Euphrates, what tyme as Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon slue hym, in the fourth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda.
• Jer 46:13 : 13 These are the wordes that the Lord spake to the prophete Ieremie, concerning the comming of Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon, whiche was sent to destroy the lande of Egypt:
• Ezek 28:24-25 : 24 They shalbe no more a pricking thorne vnto the house of Israel, nor a greeuous thorne of al that are round about them and despised them: and they shal knowe that I am the Lorde God. 25 Thus sayth the Lorde God: When I gather the houshold of Israel together againe from the nations among whom they be scattered, then shall I be sanctified in them in the sight of the gentiles, and they shall dwell in the lande that I gaue to my seruaunt Iacob.
• Ezek 39:29 : 29 After that wil I hyde my face no more from them, but will powre out my spirite vpon the house of Israel, sayth the Lorde God.
• Dan 11:6-7 : 6 And in the ende of yeres, they shalbe ioyned together, & the kinges daughter of the south shall come to the kyng of the north for to make an agreement, but she shall not retayne the power of the arme, neither shall he continue nor his arme: but she shalbe deliuered to death and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that comforted her in these times. 7 But out of the bud of her rootes, shal one stande vp in his steede, whiche shall come with an armie, and shall enter into the fortresse of the kyng of the north, and do with them as he list and shall preuayle.
• Dan 11:10-16 : 10 Wherfore his sonnes shalbe styrred vp, and shall gather together a mightie great hoast of people, & one shal come and ouerflowe and passe through: then shall he turne agayne and be stirred vp at his fortresse. 11 Then ye king of the south shalbe angry, and shal come foorth to fight with him euen with the king of the north, for he shall set foorth a great multitude, & the multitude shalbe geuen into his hande. 12 Then the multitude shalbe proude, and their heartes shalbe lifted vp, for he shall cast downe thousandes: but he shall not still preuayle. 13 For the kyng of the north shall returne, and shal set foorth a greater multitude then afore, and shall come foorth (after certayne yeres) with a mightie armie and great riches. 14 And at the same time there shal manye stande vp against the kyng of the south, so that the seditious chyldren of thy people also shall exalt them selues to establishe the vision, but they shal fal. 15 So the kyng of the north shal come & cast vp amount, & take the strong cities: and the armes of the south shall not resist, neither his chosen people, neither shal there be any strength to withstand. 16 And when he commeth, he shall handle him as he list, and no man shal stand against him: he shall stande in the pleasaunt lande, whiche by his hande shalbe consumed.
• Dan 11:27-29 : 27 These two kinges hartes shalbe to do mischiefe, & they shall talke of deceipt at one table, but it shal not prosper, for yet the ende shalbe at ye time appointed. 28 Then shall he go home agayne into his lande with great substaunce, and set his heart against the holy couenaunt, so shall he do, and returne to his owne lande. 29 At the tyme appointed he shall come agayne, and go towarde the south: but the last shall not be as the first.
• Dan 11:40-45 : 40 And at the ende of tyme shall the king of the south pushe at hym, & the king of the north shall come against him lyke a whirlewind, with charets, horsemen, and with many shippes: he shall enter into the countreys, and shall ouerflowe and passe through. 41 He shall enter also into the pleasaunt land, and many countreys shalbe ouerthrowen: but these shall escape out of his hande euen Edom and Moab, and the chiefe of the chyldren of Ammon. 42 He shall stretche foorth his hande also vpon the countreys, and the lande of Egypt shall not escape. 43 But he shall haue power ouer the treasures of golde and of siluer, & ouer all the pretious thinges of Egypt, and of the Libyans and Ethiopians in his passing by them. 44 Neuerthelesse, the tidinges out of the east and the north shall trouble him, therfore he shall go foorth with great wrath, to destroy and roote out many. 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace betweene the seas, in the glorious and holy mountaine: yet he shall come to his ende, & none shal helpe him.
• Joel 3:16-17 : 16 The Lord also shall rose out of Sion, and out of Hierusalem shall he geue his voyce, the heauens and the earth shall shake: but the Lorde wyll be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. 17 So shall you knowe that I am the Lorde your God dwellyng in Sion my holy mountayne: then shall Hierusalem be holy, and there shall no straungers passe through here any more.
• Amos 9:15 : 15 And I will plant them vpon their land, and they shal no more be pulled vp againe out of their lande which I haue geuen them, sayth the Lorde thy God.
• Zech 2:1-9 : 1 I Lyft vp myne eyes agayne and loked: and beholde a man, with a measure lyne in his hande. 2 Then saide I: whyther goest thou? And he said vnto me: To measure Hierusalem, that I may see how long and how broade it is. 3 And behold, the angel that talked with me, went his way foorth: Then went there out another angel to meete him, 4 And saide vnto him, Runne, speake to this young man, and say: Hierusalem shalbe inhabited without any wall for the very multitude of people and cattaile that shalbe therein. 5 For I my selfe, saith the Lorde, wyl be vnto her a wall of fire rounde about, & wyl be the glory in the middest of her. 6 O get you foorth, O flee from the land of the north, saith the Lorde: for I haue scattred you into the foure windes of the heauen, saith the Lorde. 7 Saue thy selfe O Sion, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon: 8 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, After this glory hath he sent me out to the heathen which spoyled you: for who so toucheth you, shal touche the apple of his owne eye. 9 Beholde, I wyll lyft vp myne hande ouer them, so that they shall be spoyled of those which afore serued them: and ye shall knowe that the Lorde of hoastes hath sent me. 10 Be glad and reioyce O daughter Sion: for lo, I am come to dwell in the middest of thee, saith the Lorde. 11 At the same time there shal many heathen cleaue to the lord, & shalbe my people: Thus wyll I dwell in the middest of thee, and thou shalt knowe that the lorde of hoastes hath sent me vnto thee. 12 The Lorde shall haue Iuda in possession for his part in the holy lande, and shall choose Hierusalem yet againe. 13 Let all fleshe be still before the Lorde: for he is raysed vp out of his holy place.
• Zech 12:8 : 8 In that day shall the Lorde defende the citezins of Hierusalem, so that the weakest then among them shalbe as Dauid: and the house of Dauid shalbe as gods house, and as the angel of the Lorde before them.
• Zech 14:11 : 11 There shal men dwell, and there shal be no more destruction, but Hierusalem shalbe safely inhabited.
• Acts 7:34 : 34 I haue seene, I haue seene the afflictio of my people which is in Egypt, and I haue hearde their gronyng, and am come downe to deliuer them: And now come, & I wyll sende thee into Egypt.
• Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I sawe an angel come downe from heauen hauyng the key of the bottomelesse pytte, and a great chaine in his hand 2 And he toke the dragon, that olde serpent, which is the deuyll and Satanas, and he bounde hym a thousand yeres. 3 And cast hym into the bottomlesse pit, and he shut hym vp, and set a seale on hym, that he shoulde deceaue the people no more, tyll the thousande yeres were fulfylled: and after that, he must be loosed for a litle season.
• Rev 20:9 : 9 And they went vp in the playne of the earth, and compassed the tentes of the saintes about, and the beloued citie: and fire came downe from God out of heauen, and deuoured them:
• Isa 52:12 : 12 For ye shall not escape by runnyng, nor by fleeyng away: but the Lorde shall go before you, and the God of Israel shall gather you together.
• Gen 32:1-2 : 1 But Iacob went foorth on his iourney, and the angelles of God came and met him. 2 And when Iacob saw them, he sayde: this is gods hoste, & called the name of the same place, Mahanaim.
• Exod 3:7 : 7 And the Lorde saide: I haue surely seene the trouble of my people which are in Egypt, and haue heard their crie from the face of their taske maisters: for I knowe their sorowes,
• Exod 3:9 : 9 Nowe therfore beholde the complaint of the chyldren of Israel is come vnto me: and I haue also seene the oppressio wherwith ye Egyptians oppressed them.
• 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that the Lorde will loke on myne affliction, and do me good for his cursing this day.
• 2 Kgs 23:29 : 29 In his dayes Pharao Necho king of Egypt went vp against the king of Assyria to the riuer of Euphrates: And king Iosia went against him, and was slaine of him at Megiddo when he had seene him.
• 2 Kgs 24:1 : 1 In his dayes came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon vp, & Iehoakim became his seruaunt three yeres: and then turned, and rebelled against him.
• Ps 34:7 : 7 The angell of God campeth rounde about them that feare hym: and deliuereth them.
• Ps 46:1-5 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a song (to be song) of the children of Corach vpon Alamoth. The Lorde is our refuge & strength: a helpe very easyly founde in troubles. 2 Therfore we wyll not feare though the earth be transposed: and though the hilles rushe into the middest of the sea. 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell: and though the mountaynes shake at the surges of the same. Selah. 4 Yet the fludde by his ryuers shall make glad the citie of God: the holy place of the tabernacles of the most hyghest. 5 God is in the myddest of her, therfore she can not be remoued: the Lorde wyll helpe her, and that ryght early.
• Ps 72:4 : 4 He wyll iudge the afflicted amongst the people: he wyll saue the children of the poore, and subdue the oppressour.
• Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A song of high degrees. They that put their trust in God be as the mount Sion: whiche may not be remoued but must stande fast for euer. 2 As for Hierusalem, hilles be rounde about it: and God is rounde about his people from this tyme foorth for euermore.
• Isa 4:5 : 5 And vpon all the dwellynges of the hylles of Sion, and vpon her congregations, the Lord shall create a cloude and smoke by day, and the shynyng of a flamyng fire by night: for all the glorie shalbe preserued.
• Isa 26:1 : 1 In that day shall this song be song in the land of Iuda, we haue a strong citie, saluation shal God appoint in steede of walles and bulwarkes.
• Isa 31:5 : 5 Like as the byrdes flutter about their nestes, so shall the Lorde of hoastes, kepe, saue, defende, and deliuer Hierusalem.
• Isa 33:20-22 : 20 Loke vpon Sion the head citie of our solempne feastes: thyne eyes shall see Hierusalem that glorious habitation, the tabernacle that neuer shall remoue, whose nayles shall neuer be taken out worlde without ende, whose cordes euery one shall neuer corrupt. 21 For the glorious maiestie of the Lorde shall there be present among vs as a place where faire brode riuers and streames are, through the which shall neither galley rowe nor great ship sayle. 22 For the Lorde is our iudge, the Lord is our lawe geuer, the Lord is our king, and he hym selfe shalbe our sauiour.