Zephaniah 3:6

““I have cut off nations; their corners are desolate; I have laid waste their streets, with no one passing through; their cities are destroyed, without a man, without an inhabitant.”

Zephaniah 3:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zephaniah 3:6, word by word

“I have cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati

cut off

To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.

Where else “hichrati” appears
nationsגוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
their cornersפִּנּוֹתָpinota

corner

The angle of a building; the main stone holding it.

Where else “pinota” appears
are desolateנָשַׁמּוּnashamu

be desolate

To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.

Where else “nashamu” appears
I have laid wasteהֶחֱרַבְתִּיhecheravti

lie in ruins

To be left in ruins.

Where else “hecheravti” appears
their streetsחוּצוֹתָchutsota

street

The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.

Where else “chutsota” appears
with no oneבְּלִיbeli

without; not

Without; not; nothing.

Where else “beli” appears
passing throughעוֹבֵרover

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “over” appears
their citiesעָרֵיare

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “are” appears
are destroyedנִצְדּוּnitsdu

be ruined

To be left in ruins.

Where else “nitsdu” appears
a manאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
an inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבyoshev

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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The context

5YHWH is righteous in her midst; he does not do injustice; morning by morning he brings his justice to the light; he does not fail; but the unjust does not know shame.

6 · This verse (above)

7I said, ‘Surely you will fear me, you will accept correction’; and her dwelling would not be cut off, with all that I charged her; but surely they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

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