Zephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

King James Version · Read in your translation · Open the Explore console

Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
coast	חֶ֗בֶל Che.vel	H2256	a rope (as twisted) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
remnant	לִשְׁאֵרִ֛ית lish.'e.Rit	H7611	a remainder or residual (surviving · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
house	בֵּ֥ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֖ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
feed	יִרְע֑וּן yir.'Un	H7462	to tend a flock · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
houses	בְּבָתֵּ֣י be.va.Tei	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Ashkelon	אַשְׁקְל֗וֹן 'ash.ke.Lon	H831	Ashkelon · proper noun, a place name
down	יִרְבָּצ֔וּן yir.ba.Tzun	H7257	to crouch (on all four legs folded · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
evening	בָּעֶ֙רֶב֙ ba.'E.rev	H6153	dusk · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם 'e.lo.hei.Hem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
visit	יִפְקְדֵ֛ם yif.ke.Dem	H6485	to visit (with friendly or hostile intent) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
away	וְשָׁ֥ב ve.Shav	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
captivity	שְׁבִיתָֽם she.vu.tam	H7622	exile · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction,…
Zephaniah 3:20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the ear…
Ezekiel 39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be…
Micah 5:3-8 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return u…
Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Jeremiah 29:14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all th…
Jeremiah 33:7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
Amos 9:14-15 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant v…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:4-7

The prophet here comes to foretel what share the neighbouring nations should have in the destruction made upon those parts of the world by Nebuchadnezzar and his victorious Chaldees, as others of the prophets did at that time, which is designed, 1. To awaken the people of the Jews, by making them sensible how strong, how deep, how large, the inundation of calamities should be, that the day of the Lord, which was near, might appear the more dreadful, and they might thereby be quickened to prepare for it as for a general deluge. 2. To comfort them with this thought, that their case, though sad, should not be singular (Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris - The wretched find it consolatory t…

Read the whole note in the console

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zephaniah 2:7

remnant of . . . Judah--those of the Jews who shall be left after the coming calamity, and who shall return from exile. feed thereupon--namely, in the pastures of that seacoast region (Zep 2:6). visit--in mercy (Exo 4:31).

Adam Clarke on Zephaniah 2:7

The coast shall be for the remnant - Several devastations fell on the Philistines. Gaza was ruined by the army of Alexander the Great, and the Maccabees finally accomplished all that was predicted by the prophets against this invariably wicked people. They lost their polity, and were at last obliged to receive circumcision.

John Gill on Zephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah,.... The same tract of land become so desolate through the Chaldeans, should in future time, when those that remained of the Jews were returned from their captivity in Babylon, be inhabited by them. This was fulfilled in the times of the Maccabees, when the cities of Palestine, being rebuilt, were subdued by the Jews, and fell into their hands; and it is plain that in the times of the apostles those places were inhabited by the Jews, as Gaza, Ashdod, and others, Acts 8:26 and perhaps will, have a further accomplishment in the latter day, when they shall be converted and return to their own land: they shall feed thereupon: in the h…

Dictionary and topics

Nahum, Book of — Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (B.C. 743). Others, however, think that his prophecies are to be referred to the latter half of the reign of Hezekiah (about…
Prophecy — Or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet. It has been defined as a “miracle of knowledge, a declaration or description or representation of something future, beyond the power of human…
Philistines · Prophecies respecting: Their country to be a future possession to Israel — Prophecies respecting: Their country to be a future possession to Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Zephaniah 2:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:4-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zephaniah 2:7

Adam Clarke on Zephaniah 2:7

John Gill on Zephaniah 2:7

Dictionary and topics

Zephaniah 2:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:4-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zephaniah 2:7

Adam Clarke on Zephaniah 2:7

John Gill on Zephaniah 2:7

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Zephaniah 2:6-7

Keil & Delitzsch on Zephaniah 2:6-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Zephaniah 2:7

Rashi on Zephaniah 2:7