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Zephaniah 3

1 Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city!

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Woe H1945 (הוֹי) — oh!
  • to her that is filthy H4754 (מָרָא) — to rebel; hence (through the idea of maltreating) to whip, i.e. lash (self with wings, as the ostrich in running)
  • and polluted H1351 (גָּאַל) — to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
  • to the oppressing H3238 (יָנָה) — to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
  • city H5892 (עִיר) — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • She obeyed H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
  • not the voice H6963 (קוֹל) — a voice or sound
  • she received H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
  • not correction H4148 (מוּסָר) — properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
  • she trusted H982 (בָּטַח) — properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
  • not in Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • she drew not near H7126 (קָרַב) — to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
  • to her 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…

3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Her princes H8269 (שַׂר) — a head person (of any rank or class)
  • within H7130 (קֶרֶב) — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
  • roaring H7580 (שָׁאַג) — to rumble or moan
  • lions H738 (אֲרִי) — a lion
  • her judges 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…
  • evening H6153 (עֶרֶב) — dusk
  • wolves H2061 (זְאֵב) — a wolf
  • they gnaw not the bones H1633 (גָּרַם) — (causative) to bone, i.e. denude (by extensive, craunch) the bones
  • till the morrow H1242 (בֹּקֶר) — properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Her prophets H5030 (נָבִיא) — a prophet or (generally) inspired man
  • light H6348 (פָּחַז) — to bubble up or froth (as boiling water), i.e. (figuratively) to be unimportant
  • treacherous H900 (בֹּגְדוֹת) — treacheries
  • persons H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) — properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
  • her priests H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • have polluted H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
  • the sanctuary H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • they have done violence H2554 (חָמַס) — to be violent; by implication, to maltreat
  • to the law H8451 (תּוֹרָה) — a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

5 Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • The just H6662 (צַדִּיק) — just
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • in the midst H7130 (קֶרֶב) — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
  • thereof; he will not do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • iniquity H5766 (עֶוֶל) — (moral) evil
  • every H1242 (בֹּקֶר) — properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
  • morning H1242 (בֹּקֶר) — properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
  • doth he bring H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • his judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
  • to light H216 (אוֹר) — illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
  • he faileth H5737 (עֲדַר) — to arrange, as a battle, a vineyard (to hoe); hence, to muster and so to miss (or find wanting)
  • not; but the unjust H5767 (עַוָּל) — evil (morally)
  • knoweth H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
  • no shame H1322 (בֹּשֶׁת) — shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol

6 I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I have cut off H3772 (כָּרַת) — to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh a…
  • the nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • their towers H6438 (פִּנָּה) — an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
  • are desolate H8074 (שָׁמֵם) — to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
  • I made their streets H2351 (חוּץ) — properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
  • waste H2717 (חָרַב) — to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
  • that none passeth by H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
  • their cities H5892 (עִיר) — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
  • are destroyed H6658 (צָדָה) — to chase; by implication, to desolate
  • so that there is no man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • that there is none inhabitant H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

7 I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • Surely thou wilt fear H3372 (יָרֵא) — to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
  • me, thou wilt receive H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
  • instruction H4148 (מוּסָר) — properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
  • so their dwelling H4583 (מָעוֹן) — an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)
  • should not be cut off H3772 (כָּרַת) — to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh a…
  • howsoever H3605 (כֹּל) — properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
  • howsoever H834 (אֲשֶׁר) — who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
  • I punished H6485 (פָּקַד) — to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
  • them: but H403 (אָכֵן) — firmly; figuratively, surely; also (adversative) but
  • they rose early H7925 (שָׁכַם) — literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
  • corrupted H7843 (שָׁחַת) — to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
  • all their doings H5949 (עֲלִילָה) — an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity

8 Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Therefore wait H2442 (חָכָה) — properly, to adhere to; hence, to await
  • ye upon me, saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • until 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…
  • that I rise up H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
  • to the prey H5706 (עַד) — booty
  • for my determination H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
  • to gather H622 (אָסַף) — to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
  • the nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • that I may assemble H6908 (קָבַץ) — to grasp, i.e. collect
  • the kingdoms H4467 (מַמְלָכָה) — dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
  • to pour 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…
  • upon them mine indignation H2195 (זַעַם) — strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin)
  • all my fierce H2740 (חָרוֹן) — a burning of anger
  • anger H639 (אַף) — properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
  • for all the earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • shall be devoured H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
  • with the fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)
  • of my jealousy H7068 (קִנְאָה) — jealousy or envy

9 For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • For then will I turn H2015 (הָפַךְ) — to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
  • to the people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • a pure H1305 (בָּרַר) — to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
  • language H8193 (שָׂפָה) — the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
  • that they may all call H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
  • upon the name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • to serve H5647 (עָבַד) — to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
  • him with one H259 (אֶחָד) — properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
  • consent H7926 (שְׁכֶם) — the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill

10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • From beyond H5676 (עֵבֶר) — properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)
  • the rivers H5104 (נָהָר) — a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
  • of Ethiopia H3568 (כּוּשׁ) — Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
  • my suppliants H6282 (עָתָר) — incense (as increasing to a volume of smoke); hence a worshipper
  • the daughter H1323 (בַּת) — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
  • of my dispersed H6327 (פּוּץ) — to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
  • shall bring H2986 (יָבַל) — properly, to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp)
  • mine offering H4503 (מִנְחָה) — a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)

11 In that day shalt thou not be put to shame for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • 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…
  • shalt thou not be ashamed H954 (בּוּשׁ) — properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
  • for all thy doings H5949 (עֲלִילָה) — an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
  • wherein thou hast transgressed H6586 (פָּשַׁע) — to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel
  • against me: for then I will take away H5493 (סוּר) — to turn off (literally or figuratively)
  • out of the midst H7130 (קֶרֶב) — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
  • of thee them that rejoice H5947 (עַלִּיז) — exultant
  • in thy pride H1346 (גַּאֲוָה) — arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament
  • and thou shalt no more H3254 (יָסַף) — to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
  • be haughty H1361 (גָּבַהּ) — to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
  • because of my holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • mountain H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

12 But I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall take refuge in the name of Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I will also leave H7604 (שָׁאַר) — properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
  • in the midst H7130 (קֶרֶב) — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
  • of thee an afflicted H6041 (עָנִי) — depressed, in mind or circumstances
  • and poor H1800 (דַּל) — properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
  • 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 they shall trust H2620 (חָסָה) — to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in
  • in the name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • The remnant H7611 (שְׁאֵרִית) — a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
  • of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • shall not do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • iniquity H5766 (עֶוֶל) — (moral) evil
  • nor speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
  • lies H3577 (כָּזָב) — falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
  • neither shall a deceitful H8649 (תׇּרְמָה) — fraud
  • tongue H3956 (לָשׁוֹן) — the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of…
  • be found H4672 (מָצָא) — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
  • in their mouth H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
  • for they shall feed H7462 (רָעָה) — to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
  • and lie down H7257 (רָבַץ) — to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
  • afraid H2729 (חָרַד) — to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)

14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Sing H7442 (רָנַן) — properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)
  • O daughter H1323 (בַּת) — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
  • of Zion H6726 (צִיּוֹן) — Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
  • shout H7321 (רוּעַ) — to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
  • O Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • be glad H8055 (שָׂמַח) — probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
  • and rejoice H5937 (עָלַז) — to jump for joy, i.e. exult
  • with all the heart H3820 (לֵב) — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
  • of Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

15 Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even Jehovah, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not fear evil any more.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • hath taken away H5493 (סוּר) — to turn off (literally or figuratively)
  • thy judgments H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
  • he hath cast out H6437 (פָּנָה) — to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
  • thine enemy H341 (אֹיֵב) — hating; an adversary
  • the king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • in the midst H7130 (קֶרֶב) — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
  • of thee: thou shalt not see H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
  • evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not; O Zion, let not thy hands be slack.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • 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…
  • it shall be said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • to Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
  • Fear H3372 (יָרֵא) — to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
  • Zion H6726 (צִיּוֹן) — Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
  • Let not thine hands 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…
  • be slack H7503 (רָפָה) — to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)

17 Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • thy 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…
  • in the midst H7130 (קֶרֶב) — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
  • mighty H1368 (גִּבּוֹר) — powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
  • he will save H3467 (יָשַׁע) — properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
  • he will rejoice H7797 (שׂוּשׂ) — to be bright, i.e. cheerful
  • over thee with joy H8057 (שִׂמְחָה) — blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
  • he will rest H2790 (חָרַשׁ) — to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); he…
  • in his love H160 (אַהֲבָה)
  • he will joy H1523 (גִּיל) — properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
  • over thee with singing H7440 (רִנָּה) — properly, a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e. shout (of joy or grief)

18 I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee; to whom the burden upon her was a reproach.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I will gather H622 (אָסַף) — to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
  • sorrowful H3013 (יָגָה) — to grieve
  • for the solemn assembly H4150 (מוֹעֵד) — properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite…
  • the reproach H2781 (חֶרְפָּה) — contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
  • a burden H4864 (מַשְׂאֵת) — properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as…

19 Behold, at that time I will deal with all them that afflict thee; and I will save that which is lame, and gather that which was driven away; and I will make them a praise and a name, whose shame hath been in all the earth.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Behold, at that time H6256 (עֵת) — time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
  • I will undo H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • all that afflict H6031 (עָנָה) — to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
  • thee: and I will save H3467 (יָשַׁע) — properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
  • her that halteth H6760 (צָלַע) — to limp (as if one-sided)
  • and gather H6908 (קָבַץ) — to grasp, i.e. collect
  • her that was driven out H5080 (נָדַח) — to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
  • and I will get H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
  • them praise H8416 (תְּהִלָּה) — laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
  • and fame H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
  • in every land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • where they have been put to shame H1322 (בֹּשֶׁת) — shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol

20 At that time will I bring you in, and at that time will I gather you; for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I bring back your captivity before your eyes, saith Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • At that time H6256 (עֵת) — time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
  • will I bring H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • even in the time H6256 (עֵת) — time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
  • that I gather H6908 (קָבַץ) — to grasp, i.e. collect
  • you: for I will make H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • you a name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
  • and a praise H8416 (תְּהִלָּה) — laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
  • among all people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • of the earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • when I turn back 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 captivity H7622 (שְׁבוּת) — exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
  • before your eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
  • saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God