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Thisזֹאתwill be theirsלָהֶםin place ofתַּחַתtheir pride,גְּאוֹנָםbecauseכִּיthey reproachedחֵרְפוּand made themselves greatוַיַּגְדִּלוּagainstעַלthe peopleעַםof YHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
Zephaniah 2:10
Study it in the app“This will be theirs in place of their pride, because they reproached and made themselves great against the people of YHWH Tsevaot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 2:10, word by word
- their prideגְּאוֹנָgeona
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “geona” appears- they reproachedחֵרְפוּcherfu
reproach
To defy or humble someone with words, to put them to shame.
Where else “cherfu” appears- and made themselves greatיַּגְדִּלוּyagdilu
exalt oneself
To exalt oneself proudly.
Where else “yagdilu” appears- the peopleעַםam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- of 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
9Therefore, as I live, declares YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel, surely Moab will be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, a possession of nettles and a pit of salt, and a desolation forever; the remnant of my people will plunder them, and the rest of my nation will inherit them.”
10 · This verse (above)
11Fearsome will be YHWH against them, for he will make lean all the gods of the earth; and they will bow down to him, each from his place, all the coastlands of the nations.