King James Version
Zephaniah 2:6 in the King James Version says “And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.” — study this verse from Zephaniah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.”
Zephaniah 2:6 · KJV
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
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 . for the LORD: or, when, etc
I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And the sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“shall be dwellings”
H5116(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of god (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild
“for shepherds”
H7462to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
“for flocks”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
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