Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מִכְרֶהmikreha pit (for salt)
- מִמְשָׁקmimshâqa possession
- חָרוּלchârûwlproperly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed
- עֲמֹרָהʻĂmôrâhAmorah, a place in Palestine
- מֶלַחmelachproperly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
- בָּזַזbâzazto plunder
- סְדֹםÇᵉdômSedom, a place near the Dead Sea
- שְׁמָמָהshᵉmâmâhdevastation; figuratively, astonishment
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 15:1–9, Isa 11:14, Deu 29:23, Isa 25:10, Jer 48:1–49:6, Isa 49:18, Zep 2:14, Jer 49:18