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Joel 3

1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • For, behold, in those days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • and in that time H6256 (עֵת) — time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
  • when I shall bring again H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
  • the captivity H7622 (שְׁבוּת) — exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
  • of Judah H3063 (יְהוּדָה) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
  • and Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

2 I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment upon them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I will also gather H6908 (קָבַץ) — to grasp, i.e. collect
  • all nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • and will bring them down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • into the valley H6010 (עֵמֶק) — a vale (i.e. broad depression)
  • of Jehoshaphat H3092 (יְהוֹשָׁפָט) — Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem
  • and will plead H8199 (שָׁפַט) — to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figur…
  • with them there for my people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • my heritage H5159 (נַחֲלָה) — properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
  • Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • whom they have scattered H6340 (פָּזַר) — to scatter, whether in enmity or bounty
  • among the nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • and parted H2505 (חָלַק) — to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
  • my land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

3 and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And they have cast H3032 (יָדַד) — properly, to handle, i.e. to throw, e.g. lots
  • lots H1486 (גּוֹרָל) — properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
  • for my people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • and have given H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • a boy H3206 (יֶלֶד) — something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
  • for an harlot H2181 (זָנָה) — to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish…
  • and sold H4376 (מָכַר) — to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
  • a girl H3207 (יַלְדָּה) — a lass
  • for wine H3196 (יַיִן) — wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
  • that they might drink H8354 (שָׁתָה) — to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

4 Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre H6865 (צֹר) — Tsor, a place in Palestine
  • and Sidon H6721 (צִידוֹן) — Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine
  • and all the coasts H1552 (גְלִילָה) — a circuit or region
  • of Palestine H6429 (פְּלֶשֶׁת) — Pelesheth, a region of Syria
  • will ye render H7999 (שָׁלַם) — to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in variou…
  • me a recompence H1576 (גְּמוּל) — treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
  • and if ye recompense H1580 (גָּמַל) — to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
  • me, swiftly H7031 (קַל) — light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
  • speedily H4120 (מְהֵרָה) — properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
  • will I return H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
  • your recompence H1576 (גְּמוּל) — treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
  • upon your own head H7218 (רֹאשׁ) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

5 Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly precious things,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Because ye have taken H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
  • my silver H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • and my gold H2091 (זָהָב) — gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
  • and have carried H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • into your temples H1964 (הֵיכָל) — a large public building, such as a palace or temple
  • my goodly H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
  • pleasant things H4261 (מַחְמָד) — delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire

6 and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • The children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • also of Judah H3063 (יְהוּדָה) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
  • and the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
  • have ye sold H4376 (מָכַר) — to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
  • unto the Grecians H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • unto the Grecians H3125 (יְוָנִי) — a Jevanite, or descendant of Javan
  • that ye might remove them far H7368 (רָחַק) — to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
  • from their border H1366 (גְּבוּל) — properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

7 behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head;

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Behold, I will raise H5782 (עוּר) — to wake (literally or figuratively)
  • them out of the place H4725 (מָקוֹם) — properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
  • whither ye have sold H4376 (מָכַר) — to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
  • them, and will return H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
  • your recompence H1576 (גְּמוּל) — treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
  • upon your own head H7218 (רֹאשׁ) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

8 and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And I will sell H4376 (מָכַר) — to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
  • your sons H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • and your daughters H1323 (בַּת) — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
  • into the hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
  • of the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of Judah H3063 (יְהוּדָה) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
  • and they shall sell H4376 (מָכַר) — to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
  • them to the Sabeans H7615 (שְׁבָאִי) — a Shebaite or descendant of Sheba
  • to a people H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • far off H7350 (רָחוֹק) — remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
  • for Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • hath spoken H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

9 Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Proclaim H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
  • ye this among the Gentiles H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • Prepare H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
  • war H4421 (מִלְחָמָה) — a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare)
  • wake up H5782 (עוּר) — to wake (literally or figuratively)
  • the mighty men H1368 (גִּבּוֹר) — powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
  • let all the men H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) — properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
  • of war H4421 (מִלְחָמָה) — a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare)
  • draw near H5066 (נָגַשׁ) — to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to p…
  • let them come up H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Beat H3807 (כָּתַת) — to bruise or violently strike
  • your plowshares H855 (אֵת) — a hoe or other digging implement
  • into swords H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • and your pruninghooks H4211 (מַזְמֵרָה) — a pruning-knife
  • into spears H7420 (רֹמַח) — a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point
  • let the weak H2523 (חַלָּשׁ) — frail
  • say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • strong H1368 (גִּבּוֹר) — powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

11 Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Assemble H5789 (עוּשׁ) — to hasten
  • yourselves, and come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • all ye heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • and gather yourselves together H6908 (קָבַץ) — to grasp, i.e. collect
  • round about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
  • thither cause thy mighty ones H1368 (גִּבּוֹר) — powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
  • to come down H5181 (נָחַת) — to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead down
  • O Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

12 Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Let the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • be wakened H5782 (עוּר) — to wake (literally or figuratively)
  • and come up H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
  • to the valley H6010 (עֵמֶק) — a vale (i.e. broad depression)
  • of Jehoshaphat H3092 (יְהוֹשָׁפָט) — Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem
  • for there will I sit H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
  • to judge H8199 (שָׁפַט) — to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figur…
  • all the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • round about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

13 Put ye in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, tread ye; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Put H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
  • ye in the sickle H4038 (מַגָּל) — a sickle
  • for the harvest H7105 (קָצִיר) — severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
  • is ripe H1310 (בָּשַׁל) — properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
  • come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • get you down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • for the press H1660 (גַּת) — a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them)
  • is full H4390 (מָלֵא) — to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
  • the pressfats H3342 (יֶקֶב) — a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
  • overflow H7783 (שׁוּק) — to run after or over, i.e. overflow
  • for their wickedness H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
  • great H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Multitudes H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
  • in the valley H6010 (עֵמֶק) — a vale (i.e. broad depression)
  • of decision H2742 (חֲרוּץ) — properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figu…
  • for the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • near H7138 (קָרוֹב) — near (in place, kindred or time)

15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • The sun H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ) — the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
  • and the moon H3394 (יָרֵחַ) — the moon
  • shall be darkened H6937 (קָדַר) — to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
  • and the stars H3556 (כּוֹכָב) — a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
  • shall withdraw H622 (אָסַף) — to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
  • their shining H5051 (נֹגַהּ) — brilliancy (literally or figuratively)

16 And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • also shall roar H7580 (שָׁאַג) — to rumble or moan
  • out of Zion H6726 (צִיּוֹן) — Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
  • and utter H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • his voice H6963 (קוֹל) — a voice or sound
  • from Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
  • and the heavens H8064 (שָׁמַיִם) — the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
  • and the earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • shall shake H7493 (רָעַשׁ) — to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)
  • But Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • the hope H4268 (מַחֲסֶה) — a shelter (literally or figuratively)
  • of his people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • and the strength H4581 (מָעוֹז) — a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
  • of the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

17 So shall ye know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • So shall ye know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
  • dwelling H7931 (שָׁכַן) — to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
  • in Zion H6726 (צִיּוֹן) — Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
  • my holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • mountain H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
  • then shall Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
  • be holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • and there shall no strangers H2114 (זוּר) — to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
  • pass through H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And it shall come to pass in that day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • the mountains H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
  • shall drop down H5197 (נָטַף) — to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
  • new wine H6071 (עָסִיס) — must or fresh grape-juice (as just trodden out)
  • and the hills H1389 (גִּבְעָה) — a hillock
  • shall flow H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
  • with milk H2461 (חָלָב) — milk (as the richness of kine)
  • and all the rivers H650 (אָפִיק) — properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero
  • of Judah H3063 (יְהוּדָה) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
  • with waters H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
  • and a fountain H4599 (מַעְיָן) — a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
  • shall come forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
  • of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • and shall water H8248 (שָׁקָה) — to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
  • the valley H5158 (נַחַל) — a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
  • of Shittim H7851 (שִׁטִּים) — Shittim, a place East of the Jordan

19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • shall be a desolation H8077 (שְׁמָמָה) — devastation; figuratively, astonishment
  • and Edom H123 (אֱדֹם) — Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
  • shall be a desolate H8077 (שְׁמָמָה) — devastation; figuratively, astonishment
  • wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
  • for the violence H2555 (חָמָס) — violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
  • the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of Judah H3063 (יְהוּדָה) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
  • because they have shed H8210 (שָׁפַךְ) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensi…
  • innocent H5355 (נָקִי) — innocent
  • blood H1818 (דָּם) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. dr…
  • in their land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

20 But Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • But Judah H3063 (יְהוּדָה) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
  • shall dwell H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
  • for ever H5769 (עוֹלָם) — properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially…
  • and Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
  • from generation H1755 (דּוֹר) — properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
  • to generation H1755 (דּוֹר) — properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

21 And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • For I will cleanse H5352 (נָקָה) — to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
  • their blood H1818 (דָּם) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. dr…
  • I have not cleansed H5352 (נָקָה) — to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
  • for Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • dwelleth H7931 (שָׁכַן) — to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
  • in Zion H6726 (צִיּוֹן) — Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem