Zephaniah 2:14
Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all kinds of animals. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.This verse in the real world
In what words
- קִפּוֹדqippôwda species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form)
- קָאַתqâʼathprobably the pelican (from vomiting)
- כַּפְתֹּרkaphtôra chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of acolumn, or a wrea
- עָרָהʻârâhto be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
- חֹרֶבchôrebdrought or desolation
- סַףçapha vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
- חַלּוֹןchallôwna window (as perforated)
- רָבַץrâbatsto crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline,
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Amo 9:1, Isa 13:19–22, Jer 22:14, Isa 34:11–17, Rev 18:2, Isa 14:23, Zep 2:6