Zechariah 8:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָמַר֮ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר זָמַמְ֜תִּי לְהָרַ֣ע לָכֶ֗ם בְּהַקְצִ֤יף אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ אֹתִ֔י אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְלֹ֖א נִחָֽמְתִּי׃

Transliteration

For thus ʾāmar YHWH ṣəḇāʾôt, as zāmamtî to-do-evil to-you when-haqṣîp your-ʾăḇōtêḵem me, ʾāmar YHWH ṣəḇāʾôt and-not niḥāmtî.

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he said/says
• *YHWH*: proper name - divine name
• *ṣəḇāʾôt*: plural noun in construct state - of hosts/armies
• *zāmamtî*: qal perfect, 1st singular - I purposed/planned
• *haqṣîp*: hiphil infinitive construct with preposition bet - when provoked to anger
• *ʾăḇōtêḵem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your fathers
• *niḥāmtî*: niphal perfect, 1st singular with negative particle and waw conjunction - and I did not relent

Word Meanings

• *zāmamtî*: I purposed/planned/intended/determined
• *haqṣîp*: provoked to anger/enraged/made wrathful
• *niḥāmtî*: I relented/repented/changed my mind/was moved to pity

Referenced Verses

• Jer 31:28 : 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
• Ezek 24:14 : 14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
• Jer 4:28 : 28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
• Jer 15:1-6 : 1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. 4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. 5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? 6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
• Jer 20:16 : 16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
• 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
• Ps 33:11 : 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
• Isa 14:24 : 24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
• Zech 1:6 : 6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.