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Zephaniah 3:1

In Zephaniah 3 of Zephaniah.

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

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ה֥וֹיhoyalasהוֹיparticle, interjection — “alas”H1945oh!ah, alas, ho, O, woe.מֹרְאָ֖הmoreahlift up selfמָרָאverb, qal, participle, absolute — “lift up self”, a verb used as a describing wordH4754to rebel; hence (through the idea of maltreating) to whip, i.e. lash (self with wings, as the ostrich in running)be filthy, lift up self.וְנִגְאָלָ֑הvenigalahand defileגָּאַלconjunction, verb, niphal, passive participle, absolute — “and defile”, a verb used as a describing wordH1351to soil or (figuratively) desecratedefile, pollute, stain.הָעִ֖ירhairthe cityעִירdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.הַיּוֹנָֽהhayonahthe destroyיָנָהdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the destroy”, a verb used as a describing wordH3238to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreatdestroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

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American Standard Version (1901)

Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city!

Young’s Literal Translation

Woe [to] the rebellious and polluted, The oppressing city!

World English Bible

Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!

Darby Translation

Woe to her that is rebellious and corrupted, to the oppressing city!

Douay-Rheims

Woe to the provoking, and redeemed city, the dove.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Alas the glorious and ransomed city.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὢ ἡ ἐπιφανὴς καὶ ἀπολελυτρωμένη πόλις,

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