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Zephaniah 1:13

Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.

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ASV

And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation: yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.

KJV

Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָ֤הve.ha.Yahand it will becomeH1961 →
חֵילָם֙chei.Lamwealth theirH2428 →
לִמְשִׁסָּ֔הlim.shi.Sah<into> plunderH4933 →
וּבָתֵּיהֶ֖םu.va.tei.Hemand houses theirH1004 →
לִשְׁמָמָ֑הlish.ma.Mah<into> a desolationH8077 →
וּבָנ֤וּu.va.Nuand they will buildH1129 →
בָתִּים֙va.TimhousesH1004 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יֵשֵׁ֔בוּye.She.vuthey will dwell [in them]H3427 →
וְנָטְע֣וּve.na.te.'Uand they will plantH5193 →
כְרָמִ֔יםkhe.ra.MimvineyardsH3754 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יִשְׁתּ֖וּyish.Tuthey will drinkH8354 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יֵינָֽם׃yei.Namwine theirH3196 →

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Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.Micah 6:15You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.Lamentations 5:2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.Deuteronomy 28:39You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.Jeremiah 15:13Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.Ezekiel 7:21And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.Jeremiah 9:19For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.Zephaniah 1:9On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.Ezekiel 22:31So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”Isaiah 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,Isaiah 65:21–22They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.Deuteronomy 28:51They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.Jeremiah 5:17They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”Jeremiah 12:10–13Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

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