Zechariah 14:19

“This will be the sin of Egypt and the sin of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.”

Zechariah 14:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 14:19, word by word

will beתִּהְיֶהtihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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the sinחַטַּאתchatat

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

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of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

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go upיַעֲלוּyaalu

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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to celebrateחֹגchog

keep a festival

To rejoice before YHWH on a holy day.

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the Feastחַגchag

festival

Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.

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of Boothsסֻּכּוֹתsukot

booth

A cover of branches, as at the feast.

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Translation note

“Sin” has here the sense of the punishment that sin brings.

Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Egypt

    Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)

    A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.

    Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

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.

19 · This verse (above)

20On that day there will be on the bells of the horses, ‘Holiness to YHWH’; and the pots in the house of YHWH will be like the bowls before the altar.

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