Zephaniah 2:14New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Flocks will lie down in her midst, All beasts which range in herds; Both the pelican and the hedgehog Will lodge in the tops of her pillars; Birds will sing in the window, Desolation [will be] on the threshold; For He has laid bare the cedar work.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the chapiters thereof: [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he hath laid bare the cedar work.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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 threshholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the crowd of beasts; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the chapiters thereof; a voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be on the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar work.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— So shall lie down in her midst—flocks, each living thing of a nation, both pelican and bittern, in her capitals, shall roost,—a voice, shall resound in the window, the bustard, on the sill, for he hath destroyed, hath laid bare.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And crouched in her midst have droves, Every beast of the nation, Both pelican and hedge-hog in her knobs lodge, A voice doth sing at the window, 'Destruction [is] at the threshold, For the cedar-work is exposed.'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And flocks shall lie down in the midst thereof, all the beasts of the nations: and the bittern and the urchin shall lodge in the threshold thereof: the voice of the singing bird in the window, the raven on the upper post, for I will consume her strength.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And flockes shall lie in the middes of her, and all the beastes of the nations, and the pelicane, and the owle shall abide in the vpper postes of it: the voyce of birdes shall sing in the windowes, and desolations shalbe vpon the postes: for the cedars are vncouered.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And flocks shall lie downe in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the Cormorant, and the Bitterne, shall lodge in the vpper lintels of it: [their] voice shal sing in the windowes, desolation [shall be] in the thresholds: for he shall vncouer the Cedar worke.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all kinds of beasts of the nations; both pelicans and the owls shall lodge in her houses; and wild beasts shall roar in the midst of her, and the sword shall be in her gates; for her foundations are laid bare.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was [as] as cedar.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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. |
And flocks
5739 {5739} Primeעֵדֶר`eder{ay'-der}
From H5737; an arrangement, that is, muster (of animals).
shall lie down
7257 {7257} Primeרָבַץrabats{raw-bats'}
A primitive root; to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
in the midst
8432 {8432} Primeתָּוֶךְtavek{taw'-vek}
From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, that is, (by implication) the centre.
of her, all
x3605 (3605) Complementכֹּלkol{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
the beasts
2416 {2416} Primeחַיchay{khah'-ee}
From H2421; alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively.
of the nations:
1471 {1471} Primeגּוֹיgowy{go'-ee}
Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.
both
x1571 (1571) Complementגַּםgam{gam}
By contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correlation both... and.
the cormorant
6893 {6893} Primeקָאַתqa'ath{kaw-ath'}
From H6958; probably the pelican (from vomiting).
and
x1571 (1571) Complementגַּםgam{gam}
By contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correlation both... and.
the bittern
7090 {7090} Primeקִפּוֹדqippowd{kip-pode'}
From H7088; a species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form).
shall lodge
3885 {3885} Primeלוּןluwn{loon}
A primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
in the upper lintels
3730 {3730} Primeכַּפְתֹּרkaphtor{kaf-tore'}
Probably from an unused root meaning to encircle; a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, that is, the capital of a column, or a wreath like button or disk on the candelabrum.
of it; [ their] voice
6963 {6963} Primeקוֹלqowl{kole}
From an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.
shall sing
7891 {7891} Primeשִׁירshiyr{sheer}
The second form being the original form, used in (1 Samuel 18:6); a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing.
z8787 <8787> Grammar
Stem - Polel (See H8847) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 72
in the windows;
2474 {2474} Primeחַלּוֹןchallown{khal-lone'}
A window (as perforated).
desolation
2721 {2721} Primeחֹרֶבchoreb{kho'-reb}
A collateral form of H2719; drought or desolation.
[ shall be] in the thresholds:
5592 {5592} Primeסַףcaph{saf}
From H5605, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine).
for
x3588 (3588) Complementכִּיkiy{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
he shall uncover
6168 {6168} Primeעָרָה`arah{aw-raw'}
A primitive root; to be (causatively make) bare; hence to empty, pour out, demolish.
z8765 <8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 2121
the cedar work.
731 {0731} Primeאַרְזָה'arzah{ar-zaw'}
Feminine of H0730; cedar wainscoting. |
Zephaniah 2:14
_ _ flocks — of sheep; answering to “beasts” in the parallel clause. Wide pastures for sheep and haunts for wild beasts shall be where once there was a teeming population (compare Zephaniah 2:6). Maurer, needlessly for the parallelism, makes it “flocks of savage animals.”
_ _ beasts of the nations — that is, beasts of the earth (Genesis 1:24). Not as Rosenmuller, “all kinds of beasts that form a nation,” that is, gregarious beasts (Proverbs 30:25, Proverbs 30:26).
_ _ cormorant — rather, the “pelican” (so Psalms 102:6; Isaiah 34:11, Margin).
_ _ bittern — (Isaiah 14:23). Maurer translates, “the hedgehog”; Henderson, “the porcupine.”
_ _ upper lintels — rather, “the capitals of her columns,” namely, in her temples and palaces [Maurer]. Or, “on the pomegranate-like knops at the tops of the houses” [Grotius].
_ _ their voice shall sing in the windows — The desert-frequenting birds’ “voice in the windows” implies desolation reigning in the upper parts of the palaces, answering to “desolation ... in the thresholds,” that is, in the lower.
_ _ he shall uncover the cedar work — laying the cedar wainscoting on the walls, and beams of the ceiling, bare to wind and rain, the roof being torn off, and the windows and doors broken through. All this is designed as a consolation to the Jews that they may bear their calamities patiently, knowing that God will avenge them. |
Zephaniah 2:14
All the beasts — All sorts of beasts which are found in those countries. The bittern — A bird that delights in desolate places. |
Zephaniah 2:14
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the (h) 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.
(h) Read (Isaiah 34:11) |
- flocks:
Zephaniah 2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Isaiah 13:19-22 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. ... And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in [their] pleasant palaces: and her time [is] near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah 34:11-17 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. ... And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
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- upper lintels:
- or, knops, or chapiters,
Amos 9:1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
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- for he shall uncover:
- or, when he hath uncovered
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- the cedar:
Jeremiah 22:14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and [it is] cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
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