9. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Zephaniah 2:9:1 ⧉לָכֵ֣ןlakhentherefore Zephaniah 2:9:2 ⧉חַי־אָ֡נִיkhaianias I live Zephaniah 2:9:3 ⧉נְאֻם֩neumutterance of Zephaniah 2:9:4 ⧉יְהוָ֨הyahwehLORD Zephaniah 2:9:5 ⧉צְבָא֜וֹתtsevaotof hosts Zephaniah 2:9:6 ⧉אֱלֹהֵ֣יeloheiGod of Zephaniah 2:9:7 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyisraelIsrael Zephaniah 2:9:8 ⧉כִּֽי־מוֹאָ֞בkimoavthat Moab Zephaniah 2:9:9 ⧉כִּסְדֹ֤םkisdomlike Sodom Zephaniah 2:9:10 ⧉תִּֽהְיֶה֙tiheyeshall be Zephaniah 2:9:11 ⧉וּבְנֵ֤יuveneiand sons of Zephaniah 2:9:12 ⧉עַמּוֹן֙amonAmmon Zephaniah 2:9:13 ⧉כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔הkaamoralike Gomorrah Zephaniah 2:9:14 ⧉מִמְשַׁ֥קmimshaka possession Zephaniah 2:9:15 ⧉חָר֛וּלkharulof nettles Zephaniah 2:9:16 ⧉וּמִכְרֵה־מֶ֥לַחumikhremelakhand a digging place of salt Zephaniah 2:9:17 ⧉וּשְׁמָמָ֖הushemamaand a desolation Zephaniah 2:9:18 ⧉עַד־עוֹלָ֑םadolamunto forever Zephaniah 2:9:19 ⧉שְׁאֵרִ֤יתsheeritthe remnant of Zephaniah 2:9:20 ⧉עַמִּי֙amimy people Zephaniah 2:9:21 ⧉יְבָזּ֔וּםyevazumshall plunder them Zephaniah 2:9:22 ⧉וְיֶ֥תֶרveyeterand the remainder of Zephaniah 2:9:23 ⧉גּוֹיִ֖יgoyimy nation Zephaniah 2:9:24 ⧉יִנְחָלֽוּם׃yinkhalumshall inherit them |
9. Formal Translation Therefore, as I live, declares the LORD {Yahweh Tsevaot, Commander of Armies} of hosts, the God of Israel: Moab shall become like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, a land of nettles and salt pits, a desolation forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remainder of my nation shall possess them. |
9. Dynamic Translation So surely, as I live—this is what the LORD {Yahweh Tsevaot, Sovereign Warrior} of hosts, the God of Israel, declares—Moab will end like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a place overrun with nettles and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The survivors of my people will plunder them, and the remainder of my nation will possess them. |