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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4 additional translationsAnd 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.
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.
And their wealth hath been for a spoil, And their houses for desolation, And they have built houses, and do not inhabit, And they have planted vineyards, And they do not drink their wine.
And their wealth shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation; and they shall build houses, and not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and not drink the wine thereof.
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About this book
Old TestamentZephaniah — A great-great-grandson of Hezekiah prophesying in Josiah's day. Judgment on Judah, judgment on the nations, and a closing song of the LORD singing over his people.
- Author
- Zephaniah, son of Cushi, four generations from Hizkiah (Hezekiah) — 1:1
- Date
- During Josiah's reign, c. 640–609 BC