Zephaniah 2

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Judgment on Israel's Enemies
v1 "Gather yourselves together," in the Network of Tens as Christ commanded.
v2 "Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before" the time runs out.
v4 The strong shall be forsaken, and "shall be weighed" a desolation by the "powerful" at the noon day, and those who uproot[1] shall be rooted up or hamstrung[2]. This repetition of the uprooting spirit being uprooted is the cause and effect of judging and being judged. It the dark side of rejecting righteousness. But truth in a similar way gives the double Tav suggests that faith in spirit and truth brings protection.
v5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the [sea of sorrows]. If you judge it is okay to take from others and cause sorrow then expect the same to be done to you even when you cry out. Those of Canaan are the merchants of men who turn men into merchandise because their covetous practices are a sea of sorrow.
The words "and I will destroy you" are from the word abad[3] which appears in the text as VavHeyAlefBeitReishTavYodDalet He has spoken about those who enrich their masters by jumping over the threshold with force and violence which creates a sea of sorrow for their neighbor.
v6 The words said to be the sea[4] which is normally YodMem appears as HeyYodMem and is with the word coast[5] ChetBeitLamed which can literally be sorrow, cord, destroy or snare and is said to be from 02254 to destroy, bind, take a pledge, spoil;. This may be an idiom connected to the idea of a [sea of sorrows] which comes from being bound like merchandise or brought into the bondage of Egypt, snared and spoiled which are common themes of the prophets.
The phrase shall be dwellings[6] is normally NunVavHey but in the text we see it as NunVavTav and cottages[7] which is noirmally KafReishHey is also found in this text as KafReishTav, for shepherds, and even the word for folds[8] for flocks is VavGimelDaletReishVavTav. Three times the words describing these habitation have the added letter Tav substituting for what normally is a Hey.
v7 More sorrow[5] for the remnant[9] of the house of Judah who feed upon the houses of Ashkelon with "the fire of infamy" rejecting their captivity. This verse contains the letters ShinBeitVavTavMem untranslated. see Hebrew text.
V8 begins with "I have heard" from ShinMemAyin[10] but in the text we see ShinMemAyinTavYod. The phrase the reproach[11] from the term ChetReishPieHey appears again here in the text as ChetReishPieTav. The second appearance of reproach does not include the Tav but the term "borders"[12] actually can mean "a territory (of darkness)".
v9 Surely Moab shall be as Sodom and what was the sin of Sodom?[13]
Sodom was a welfare state that weakened the people.
v11 famish all the gods of the earth who are the ruling judges of the earth.
v12 Ethiopians[14] is normally KafVavShinYod but seen here as KafVavShinYodMemand preceedby the Hebrew term AlefTavMem[15]
13 destroy Assyria; and make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness because it is full of the deeds of the Nicolaitan and Balaam.
15 city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me. Pride goeth before the fall.


Zephaniah Chapter 2

Judgment on Judah's Enemies

1 ¶ Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.

3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid[16] in the day of the LORD'S anger.

4 For Gaza [the strong] shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon["the fire of infamy...shall be weighed" ] a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod ["powerful"] at the noon day, and Ekron[1] shall be rooted up[2].

5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast[sea of sorrows], the nation of the Cherethites["executioners"]! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

6 And the sea[4] coast[5][sea of sorrows] shall be dwellings[6] and cottages[7], for shepherds, and folds[8] for flocks.

7 And the coast[more sorrow][5] shall be for the remnant[17] of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon["the fire of infamy...shall be weighed" shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

8 I have heard[10] the reproach[11] of Moab[of the father], and the revilings of the children of Ammon[tribal], whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

12 Ye Ethiopians[14] also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

14 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.

15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.


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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appears as VavAyinKufReishVavNun which could mean up root or hamstring 06138 עֶקְרוֹן‎ AyinKufReishVavNun ‘Eqrown [ek-rone’] from 06131 AyinKufReish pluck up by roots, hamstring; n pr loc; [BDB-785b] [{See TWOT on 1683 }] AV-Ekron 22; 22
    Ekron= "emigration" or "torn up by the roots"
    1) the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 06131 עָקַר‎ AyinKufReish ‘aqar [aw-kar’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-785b] [{See TWOT on 1681 }] [{See TWOT on 1682 }] AV-hough 4, pluck up 1, rooted up 1, digged down 1; 7
    1) to pluck up, root up
    1a) (Qal) to pluck up, root up
    1b) (Niphal) to be plucked up
    2) to cut, hamstring
    2a) (Piel) to cut, hamstring
  3. ↑ 06 אָבַד‎ ‘abad [aw-bad’] AlefBeitDalet a primitive root; v; [BDB-1a] [{See TWOT on 2 }] AV-perish 98, destroy 62, lose 10, fail 2, surely 2, utterly 2, broken 1, destruction 1, escape 1, flee 1, spendeth 1, take 1, undone 1, void 1; 184
    1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) perish, die, be exterminated
    1a2) perish, vanish (fig.)
    1a3) be lost, strayed
    1b) (Piel)
    1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate
    1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.)
    1b3) cause to stray, lose
    1c) (Hiphil)
    1c1) to destroy, put to death
    1c1a) of divine judgment
    1c2) object name of kings (fig.)
    • א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
    • ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
    • ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 03220 יָם‎ yam [yawm] from an unused root meaning to roar YodMem; n m; [BDB-410b] [{See TWOT on 871 @@ "871a" }] AV-sea 321, west 47, westward 21, west side 4, seafaring men 1, south 1, western 1; 396
    1) sea
    1a) Mediterranean Sea
    1b) Red Sea
    1c) Dead Sea
    1d) Sea of Galilee
    1e) sea (general)
    1f) mighty river (Nile)
    1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
    1h) seaward, west, westward
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 02256 חֶבֶל‎ chebel [kheh’-bel] ChetBeitLamed or חבל‎ chebel [khay’-bel] from 02254 to bind, take a pledge, spoil; n m; [BDB-286b, BDB-287a, BDB-287b] [{See TWOT on 592 @@ "592b" }] [{See TWOT on 595 @@ "595a" }] AV-sorrows 10, cord 16, line 7, coast 4, portion 4, region 3, lot 3, ropes 3, company 2, pangs 2, bands 1, country 1, destruction 1, pain 1, snare 1, tacklings 1; 60
    1) a cord, rope, territory, band, company
    1a) a rope, cord
    1b) a measuring-cord or line
    1c) a measured portion, lot, part, region
    1d) a band or company
    2) pain, sorrow, travail, pang
    2a) pains of travail
    2b) pains, pangs, sorrows
    3) union
    4) destruction
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 05116 נָוֶה‎ naveh [naw-veh’] NunVavHey or (fem.)נוה‎ navah [naw-vaw’] from 05115 to keep; n m/adj; [BDB-627b] {See TWOT on 1322 @@ "1322a"} {See TWOT on 1322 @@ "1322b"} {See TWOT on 1322 @@ "1322c"} AV-habitation 22, fold 4, dwelling 3, sheepcote 2, comely 1, stable 1, dwelling place 1, pleasant place 1, tarried 1; 36 n m
    1) abode, habitation, abode of shepherds or flocks, pasture
    1a) abode (of sheep)
    1b) abode (of shepherds)
    1c) meadow
    1d) habitation
    adj
    2) dwelling, abiding
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 03741 כָּרָה‎ karah [kaw-raw’] KafReishHey supposedly from 03733 KafReish enclosed saddle or battering ram which was from 03769 כָּרַר‎ whirl or dance; n f p; [BDB-500a] [{See TWOT on 1033 @@ "1033a" }] AV-cottage 1; 1 Which only appears in Zephaniah 2:6 spelled with the letters KafReishTav
    1) cottage, cisterns, wells, meadows
    • also translated with shelters for in the same verse with 01448 translated folds
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 01448 גְּדֵרָה‎ gëderah [ghed-ay-raw’] GimelDaletReishHey from 01447 or 01443 GimelDaletReish fence or wall, enclosed; n f; [BDB-155a] [{See TWOT on 318 @@ "318b" }] AV-hedge 4, fold 3, wall 1, sheepfold 1, sheepcote 1; 10
    1) wall, hedge
    2) sheepfold (construct with ‘sheep’)
  9. ↑ LamedShinAlefReishYodTav 07611 שְׁאֵרִית‎ shë’eriyth [sheh-ay-reeth’] ShinAlefReishYodTav from 07604 ShinAlefReish; n f; [BDB-984b] [{See TWOT on 2307 @@ "2307b" }] AV-remnant 44, residue 13, rest 3, remainder 2, escaped 1, misc 3; 66
    1) rest, residue, remainder, remnant
    1a) rest, what is left
    1b) remainder, descendants
    • The letters Yod and Tav add the idea of the divine spark and faith respectively.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 08085 ^עמשׁ^ shama‘ \@shaw-mah’\@ a primitive root ShinMemAyin understand 9, obedient 8, diligently 8, shew 6, sound 3, declare 3, discern 2, noise 2, perceive 2, tell 2, reported 2, misc 33; 1159 v
    1) to hear, listen to, obey
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
    1a2) to hear of or concerning
    1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
    1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
    1a5) to understand (language)
    1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
    1a7) to listen, give heed
    1a7a) to consent, agree
    1a7b) to grant request
    1a8) to listen to, yield to
    1a9) to obey, be obedient
    1b) (Niphal)
    1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
    1b2) to be heard of
    1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
    1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
    1d) (Hiphil)
    1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
    1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
    1d3) to make proclamation, summon
    1d4) to cause to be heard
    n m 2) sound
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 02781 חֶרְפָּה‎ cherpah [kher-paw’] ChetReishPieHey from 02778ChetReishPie reproach or defy ; n f; [BDB-357b] [{See TWOT on 749 @@ "749a" }] AV-reproach 67, shame 3, rebuke 2, reproachfully 1; 73
    1) reproach, scorn
    1a) taunt, scorn (upon enemy)
    1b) reproach (resting upon condition of shame, disgrace)
    1c) a reproach (an object)
  12. ↑ 01366 גְּבוּל‎ gëbuwl [gheb-ool’] GimelBeitVavLamed or (shortened) גבל‎ gëbul [gheb-ool’] from 01379 גבל‎ borders and bounds; n m; [BDB-147b] [{See TWOT on 307 @@ "307a" }] AV-border 158, coast 69, bound 5, landmark 4, space 2, limit 1, quarters 1, non translated variant 1; 241
    1) border, territory
    1a) border
    1b) territory (enclosed within boundary)
    1c) region, territory (of darkness) (fig.)
  13. ↑ Genesis 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
    Isaiah 3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide [it] not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
    Ezekiel 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
    Lamentations 4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 03569 כּוּשִׁי‎ Kuwshiy [koo-shee’] KafVavShinYod patronymically from 03568; adj pr gent; [BDB-469a] [{See TWOT on 969 @@ "969a" }] AV-Ethiopian 15, Cushi 8; 23 Cushi or Ethiopian= see Cushan "their blackness"
    1) one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah through Ham and a member of that nation or people
    2) one of Joab’s couriers
    3) (TWOT) Ethiopian
  15. ↑ 0859 אַתָּה‎ ‘attah [at-taw’] AlefTavHey or (shortened)
    את‎ ‘atta [at-taw’] or
    את‎ ‘ath [ath,] feminine (irregular) sometimes
    אתי‎ ‘attiy [at-tee’] plural masculine
    אתם‎ ‘attem [at-tem’] feminine
    אתן‎ ‘atten [at-ten’] or
    אתנה‎ ‘attenah [at-tay’naw] or
    אתנה‎ ‘attennah [at-tane’-naw]
    a primitive pronoun of the second person; pers pr 2ms/pers pr 2mp/pers pr 2fs/pers pr 2fp; [BDB-61b] [{See TWOT on 189 }] AV-thou, you, ye; 11
    1) you (second person pronoun)
  16. ↑ TavSamechTavReishVav 05641 סָתַר‎ cathar [saw-thar’] SamechTavReish a primitive root; v; [BDB-711a] [{See TWOT on 1551 }] AV-hide 72, secret 4, close 2, absent 1, conceal 1, surely 1, variant 1; 82
    1) to hide, conceal
    1a) (Niphal)
    1a1) to hide oneself
    1a2) to be hidden, be concealed
    1b) (Piel) to hide carefully
    1c) (Pual) to be hidden carefully, be concealed
    1d) (Hiphil) to conceal, hide
    1e) (Hithpael) to hide oneself carefully
    • ס Samech The Eternal Cycle The circular symbolizes the fundamental truth described in the mystery of the ten statements [ prop... Support, turn] (Numeric value: 60)
    • ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
    • ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
  17. ↑ LamedShinAlefReishYodTav 07611 שְׁאֵרִית‎ shë’eriyth [sheh-ay-reeth’] ShinAlefReishYodTav from 07604 ShinAlefReish; n f; [BDB-984b] [{See TWOT on 2307 @@ "2307b" }] AV-remnant 44, residue 13, rest 3, remainder 2, escaped 1, misc 3; 66
    1) rest, residue, remainder, remnant
    1a) rest, what is left
    1b) remainder, descendants
    • The letters Yod and Tav add the idea of the divine spark and faith respectively.
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