And their wealthוְ חֵילָםwill becomeהָיָהspoil,לִמְשִׁסָּהand their housesוּבָתֵּיהֶםa desolation;לִשְׁמָמָהand they will buildוּבָנוּhousesבָתִּיםbut notוְלֹאdwell in them;יֵשֵׁבוּand they will plantוְנָטְעוּvineyardsכְרָמִיםbut notוְלֹאdrinkיִשְׁתּוּtheir wine.”יֵינָם
Zephaniah 1:13
Study it in the app“And their wealth will become spoil, and their houses a desolation; and they will build houses but not dwell in them; and they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 1:13, word by word
- And their wealthחֵילָchela
wealth
The goods and wealth someone gathers.
Where else “chela” appears- will becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- spoilמְשִׁסָּהmeshisa
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what an enemy snatches when plundering, and also the people itself left exposed to plunder (2 Kings 21:14; Isaiah 42:22; Jeremiah 30:16).
Where else “meshisa” appears- and their housesבָתֵּיvate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vate” appears- a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- and they will buildבָנוּvanu
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “vanu” appears- dwell in themיֵשֵׁבוּyeshevu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshevu” appears- and they will plantנָטְעוּnatu
plant
Plant; set firmly.
Where else “natu” appears- vineyardsכְרָמִיםcheramim
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “cheramim” appears- drinkיִשְׁתּוּyishtu
drink
Drink.
Where else “yishtu” appears- their wineיֵינָyena
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yena” appears
The context
12And it will happen at that time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will call to account the men who are congealed on their dregs, who say in their heart, ‘YHWH will not do good, nor will he do evil.’
13 · This verse (above)
14Near is the great day of YHWH, near and hastening greatly; the sound of the day of YHWH: bitterly there the mighty man raises the war cry.