Zephaniah 2:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְרָבְצ֨וּ בְתוֹכָ֤הּ עֲדָרִים֙ כָּל־חַיְתוֹ־ג֔וֹי גַּם־קָאַת֙ גַּם־קִפֹּ֔ד בְּכַפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ יָלִ֑ינוּ ק֠וֹל יְשׁוֹרֵ֤ר בַּֽחַלּוֹן֙ חֹ֣רֶב בַּסַּ֔ף כִּ֥י אַרְזָ֖ה עֵרָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-rāḇəṣû ḇəthôḵāh ʿădārîm kol-ḥayəthô-ḡôy gam-qāʾath gam-qippōd bəḵap̄tōrêhā yālînû qôl yəšôrēr baḥallôn ḥōreḇ bassap̄ kî ʾarzâ ʿērâ

Grammar Details

*rāḇəṣû*: qal perfect, 3rd person plural with waw consecutive - and they will lie down
*ḇəthôḵāh*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in her midst
*ʿădārîm*: noun, masculine plural - flocks/herds
*kol-ḥayəthô-ḡôy*: noun construct chain: all + living thing of + nation
*gam-qāʾath*: adverb + noun, feminine singular - also pelican
*gam-qippōd*: adverb + noun, masculine singular - also hedgehog/porcupine
*bəḵap̄tōrêhā*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in her capitals (of columns)
*yālînû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will lodge
*qôl*: noun, masculine singular - voice/sound
*yəšôrēr*: polel participle, masculine singular - singing/one who sings
*baḥallôn*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with definite article - in the window
*ḥōreḇ*: noun, masculine singular - desolation/waste
*bassap̄*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with definite article - in the threshold
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾarzâ*: noun, masculine singular with directional he - cedar work
*ʿērâ*: piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has laid bare/exposed

Word Meanings

*rāḇəṣû*: lie down/rest/make their lair
*ʿădārîm*: flocks/herds
*ḥayəthô-ḡôy*: beasts of the nation/wild animals
*qāʾath*: pelican/desert owl
*qippōd*: hedgehog/porcupine/bittern
*kap̄tōrêhā*: capitals (of columns)/tops of pillars
*yəšôrēr*: singing/will sing
*ḥōreḇ*: desolation/waste/ruin
*ʾarzâ*: cedar work/cedar paneling
*ʿērâ*: laid bare/exposed/uncovered

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Referenced Verses

Jer 22:14 : 14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Amos 9:1 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Isa 13:19-22 : 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isa 14:23 : 23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
Isa 34:11-17 : 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. 14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. 15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. 16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. 17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
Rev 18:2 : 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Zeph 2:6 : 6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

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