Zechariah 14:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them 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 the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD 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 the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
• Jer 10:25 : 25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
• 2 Chr 6:26 : 26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet 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 heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
• Ps 2:8-9 : 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen 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 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Ps 110:5-6 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
• Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; 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 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of 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 by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
• Gen 12:3 : 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all 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 then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD 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 The LORD shall 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 afflictest them:
• Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon 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 punish you for all your iniquities.
• Amos 4:7-8 : 7 And also I 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; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
• Zech 14:16 : 16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
• Acts 17:26-27 : 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
• Rom 14:10-11 : 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
• Jas 5:17 : 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
• Rev 11:6 : 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.