Zephaniah 3:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יֵאָמֵ֥ר לִירֽוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם אַל־תִּירָ֑אִי צִיּ֖וֹן אַל־יִרְפּ֥וּ יָדָֽיִךְ

Transliteration

In yôm hahûʾ yēʾāmēr to yĕrûšālāim not-tîrāʾî; ṣiyyôn not-yirpû yādāyik

Grammar Details

• *yôm*: masculine singular noun - day
• *hahûʾ*: demonstrative adjective - that
• *yēʾāmēr*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it will be said
• *yĕrûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *tîrāʾî*: qal imperfect 2nd feminine singular - you will fear
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *yirpû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will drop/become weak
• *yādāyik*: feminine dual noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your hands

Word Meanings

• *yôm*: day/time
• *hahûʾ*: that/the same
• *yēʾāmēr*: it will be said/proclaimed
• *tîrāʾî*: you will fear/be afraid
• *yirpû*: they will drop/become weak/fall slack
• *yādāyik*: your hands/power/strength

Referenced Verses

• Heb 12:12 : 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
• Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
• Rev 2:3 : 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
• Job 4:3 : 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
• Isa 40:9 : 9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Isa 41:13-14 : 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 43:1-2 : 1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
• Isa 44:2 : 2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
• Isa 54:4 : 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
• Jer 46:27-28 : 27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
• Hag 2:4-5 : 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
• Zech 8:15 : 15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
• John 12:12 : 12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
• 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
• Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• Eph 3:13 : 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
• Heb 12:3-5 : 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: