And I will stretch outוְנָטִיתִיmy handיָדִיagainstעַלJudahיְהוּדָהand againstוְעַלallכָּלthe inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem;יְרוּשָׁלִָםand I will cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיfromמִןthisהַזֶּהplaceהַמָּקוֹםthe remnantשְׁאָרof Baal,הַבַּעַלthe nameשֵׁםof the pagan priestsהַכְּמָרִיםalong withעִםthe priests;הַכֹּהֲנִים
Zephaniah 1:4
Study it in the app“And I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal, the name of the pagan priests along with the priests;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 1:4, word by word
- And I will stretch outנָטִיתִיnatiti
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “natiti” appears- my handיָדִyadi
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appears- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- the inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- and I will cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- the remnantשְׁאָרshear
rest, remainder
Rest: what is left of something.
Where else “shear” appears- of Baalבַּעַלbaal
Baal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the pagan priestsכְּמָרִיםkemarim
idolatrous priests
A priest of a worship foreign to YHWH. The Bible uses this word, always in the plural, only for priests of idols (2 Kings 23:5; Hosea 10:5; Zephaniah 1:4); for the priests of YHWH it uses another word.
Where else “kemarim” appears- the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
pagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “kohanim” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
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).
The context
3I will gather human being and livestock; I will gather the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off human beings from upon the face of the ground, declares YHWH.
4 · This verse (above)
5and those who bow down on the roofs to the army of the heavens, and those who bow down, who swear to YHWH and swear by their king;