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Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

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ASV

Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

KJV

Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָכֵ֣ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
חַי־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416 →
אָ֡נִי'A.niof meH589 →
נְאֻם֩ne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֜וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
מוֹאָ֞בmo.'AvMoabH4124 →
כִּסְדֹ֤םkis.Domlike SodomH5467 →
תִּֽהְיֶה֙tih.Yehit will beH1961 →
וּבְנֵ֤יu.ve.Neiand [the] people ofH1121 →
עַמּוֹן֙'a.mOnAmmonH5983 →
כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔הka.'a.mo.Rahlike GomorrahH6017 →
מִמְשַׁ֥קmi.Shaka place possessed ofH4476 →
חָר֛וּלcha.Rulnettle[s]H2738 →
וּמִכְרֵה־u.mikh.reh-and a pit ofH4379 →
מֶ֥לַחMe.lachsaltH4417 →
וּשְׁמָמָ֖הu.she.ma.Mahand a wasteH8077 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
עוֹלָ֑םo.LamperpetuityH5769 →
שְׁאֵרִ֤יתshe.'e.Rit[the] remnant ofH7611 →
עַמִּי֙'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
יְבָזּ֔וּםye.va.Zumthey will plunder themH962 →
וְיֶ֥תֶרve.Ye.terand [the] rest ofK:H3499 →
גּוֹיִ֖יgoyination myH1471 →
יִנְחָלֽוּם׃yin.cha.Lumthey will take possession of themH5157 →

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Isaiah 15:1–9This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!Isaiah 11:14They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.2 Peter 2:6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.Jeremiah 48:1Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.Isaiah 49:18Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.Luke 17:29But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.Amos 1:13This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.Joel 3:19–20Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.Micah 5:7–8Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.Zephaniah 2:14Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.Jeremiah 46:18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.Genesis 19:24–25Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.Isaiah 13:19–20And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.Ezekiel 25:1–17Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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