< Zephaniah 3 >
1 Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!
woe! to flap and to defile [the] city [the] to oppress
2 She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God.
not to hear: hear in/on/with voice not to take: recieve discipline in/on/with LORD not to trust to(wards) God her not to present: come
3 Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
ruler her in/on/with entrails: among her lion to roar to judge her wolf evening not to reserve to/for morning
4 Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law.
prophet her be reckless human treachery priest her to profane/begin: profane holiness to injure instruction
5 The Lord in her is upright; he will not do evil; every morning he lets his righteousness be seen, he is unchanging; but the evil-doer has no sense of shame.
LORD righteous in/on/with entrails: among her not to make: do injustice in/on/with morning in/on/with morning justice his to give: give to/for light not to lack and not to know unjust shame
6 I have had the nations cut off, their towers are broken down; I have made their streets a waste so that no one goes through them: destruction has overtaken their towns, so that there is no man living in them.
to cut: eliminate nation be desolate: destroyed corner their to destroy outside their from without to pass to waste city their from without man: anyone from nothing to dwell
7 I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.
to say surely to fear: revere [obj] me to take: recieve discipline and not to cut: eliminate habitation her all which to reckon: overseer upon her surely to rise to ruin all wantonness their
8 For this reason, go on waiting for me, says the Lord, till the day when I come up as a witness: for my purpose is to send for the nations and to get the kingdoms together, so that I may let loose on them my passion, even all my burning wrath: for all the earth will be burned up in the fire of my bitter passion.
to/for so to wait to/for me utterance LORD to/for day to arise: rise I to/for witness for justice: judgement my to/for to gather nation to/for to gather I kingdom to/for to pour: pour upon them indignation my all burning anger face: anger my for in/on/with fire jealousy my to eat all [the] land: country/planet
9 For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.
for then to overturn to(wards) people lip: words to purify to/for to call: call to all their in/on/with name LORD to/for to serve: minister him shoulder one
10 From over the rivers of Ethiopia, and from the sides of the north, they will come to me with an offering.
from side: beyond to/for river Cush worshiper my daughter (to scatter my *L(abh)*) to conduct [emph?] offering my
11 In that day you will have no shame on account of all the things in which you did evil against me: for then I will take away from among you those who were lifted up in pride, and you will no longer be lifted up with pride in my holy mountain.
in/on/with day [the] he/she/it not be ashamed from all wantonness your which to transgress in/on/with me for then to turn aside: remove from entrails: among your jubilant pride your and not to add: again to/for to exult still in/on/with mountain: mount holiness my
12 But I will still have among you a quiet and poor people, and they will put their faith in the name of the Lord.
and to remain in/on/with entrails: among your people afflicted and poor and to seek refuge in/on/with name LORD
13 The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.
remnant Israel not to make: do injustice and not to speak: speak lie and not to find in/on/with lip their tongue deceitfulness for they(masc.) to pasture and to stretch and nothing to tremble
14 Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.
to sing daughter Zion to shout Israel to rejoice and to exult in/on/with all heart daughter Jerusalem
15 The Lord has taken away those who were judging you, he has sent your haters far away: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is among you: you will have no more fear of evil.
to turn aside: remove LORD justice: judgement your to turn enemy your king Israel LORD in/on/with entrails: among your not (to fear *L(V)*) bad: evil still
16 In that day it will be said to Jerusalem, Have no fear: O Zion, let not your hands be feeble.
in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to say to/for Jerusalem not to fear Zion not to slacken hand your
17 The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
LORD God your in/on/with entrails: among your mighty man to save to rejoice upon you in/on/with joy be quiet in/on/with love his to rejoice upon you in/on/with cry
18 I will take away your troubles, lifting up your shame from off you.
to suffer from meeting: festival to gather from you to be tribute upon her reproach
19 See, at that time I will put an end to all who have been troubling you: I will give salvation to her whose steps are uncertain, and get together her who has been sent in flight; and I will make them a cause of praise and an honoured name in all the earth, when I let their fate be changed.
look! I to make: do [obj] all to afflict you in/on/with time [the] he/she/it and to save [obj] [the] to limp and [the] to banish to gather and to set: make them to/for praise and to/for name in/on/with all [the] land: country/planet shame their
20 At that time I will make you come in, at that time I will get you together: for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth when I let your fate be changed before your eyes, says the Lord.
in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to come (in): bring [obj] you and in/on/with time to gather I [obj] you for to give: make [obj] you to/for name and to/for praise in/on/with all people [the] land: country/planet in/on/with to return: rescue I [obj] captivity your to/for eye your to say LORD