Zephaniah 1:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

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 the LORD, 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 works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
Mic 7:13 : 13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Gen 6:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
2 Chr 36:21 : 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Isa 6:11 : 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
Jer 6:8-9 : 8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
Jer 24:8-9 : 8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give 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 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, 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 the LORD, 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 an inhabitant.
Jer 36:29 : 29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; 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 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes 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 be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. 28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. 29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

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