Study it in the app“And it will happen that whoever does not go up from among the families of the earth to Jerusalem to bow down before the King, YHWH Tsevaot, there will be no downpour on them.”
And it will happenוְהָיָהthat whoeverאֲשֶׁרdoes notלֹאgo upיַעֲלֶהfrom amongמֵאֵתthe familiesמִשְׁפְּחוֹתof the earthהָאָרֶץtoאֶלJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםto bow downלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתbefore the King,לְמֶלֶךְYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthere will be noוְלֹא יִהְיֶהdownpourהַגָּשֶׁםon them.עֲלֵיהֶם
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appearsfamily
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachavot” appearssupreme king
YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.
Where else “melech” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsheavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “gashem” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
16And it will happen that everyone who is left from all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to bow down before the King, YHWH Tsevaot, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.
17 · This verse (above)
18And if the family of Egypt does not go up and does not come, there will be no rain on them; there will be the plague with which YHWH will strike the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.
