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But nowוְעַתָּהIאֲנִיwill not beלֹאas in the formerכַ הָרִאשֹׁנִיםdaysיָּמִיםto the remnantלִשְׁאֵרִיתof thisהַזֶּהpeople,הָעָםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
Zechariah 8:11
Study it in the app“But now I will not be as in the former days to the remnant of this people, declares YHWH Tsevaot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 8:11, word by word
- as in the formerרִאשֹׁנִיםrishonim
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishonim” appears- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- to the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתsheerit
remnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appears- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears
The context
10For before those days the wages of human beings did not exist, and the wages of livestock were none; and for the one going out and for the one coming in there was no peace because of the adversary; and I let loose all human beings, each against his neighbor.
11 · This verse (above)
12For there will be a seed of peace: the vine will give its fruit, and the earth will give its produce, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will give as an inheritance to the remnant of this people all these things.