Zephaniah 2:14
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.”
חַי
Life, living. Chay. The quality of being alive. The same root as Chayim, life in its fullness. God breathed chay into Adam's nostrils and he became a living soul.
קוֹל
a sound
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קוֹל
Voice, sound, thunder. Qowl. A voice of one calling in the desert. God speaks in many ways. The voice that matters most is the one that points to Jesus.
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לוּן
they will spend the night
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לוּן
they will spend the night
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
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גַּם
as well as
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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גּוֹי
a nation
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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עָרָה
he will lay bare
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עָרָה
to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
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קִפּוֹד
hedgehog
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קִפּוֹד
a species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form)
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עֵדֶר
herds
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עֵדֶר
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
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קָאַת
desert owl
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קָאַת
probably the pelican (from vomiting)
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חֹרֶב
desolation
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חֹרֶב
drought or desolation
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שִׁיר
it will sing
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שִׁיר
to sing
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