Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleTherefore, 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.” Young's Literal Translation Therefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation—unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them. King James Bible 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. Hebrew Therefore,לָכֵ֣ן (lā·ḵên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus as surely as I אָ֡נִי (’ā·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I live, חַי־ (ḥay-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life declares נְאֻם֩ (nə·’um) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts, צְבָא֜וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign the God אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc surely כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction Moab מוֹאָ֞ב (mō·w·’āḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled will be תִּֽהְיֶה֙ (tih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be like Sodom כִּסְדֹ֤ם (kis·ḏōm) Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5467: Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea and the Ammonites וּבְנֵ֤י (ū·ḇə·nê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son like Gomorrah— כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔ה (ka·‘ă·mō·rāh) Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6017: Gomorrah -- a city in the Jordan Valley a place מִמְשַׁ֥ק (mim·šaq) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4476: Perhaps possession of weeds חָר֛וּל (ḥā·rūl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2738: Pointed, a bramble, other thorny weed and וּמִכְרֵה־ (ū·miḵ·rêh-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 953: A pit, cistern, well saltpits, מֶ֥לַח (me·laḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4417: Powder, salt and a perpetual עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while wasteland. וּשְׁמָמָ֖ה (ū·šə·mā·māh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8077: Devastation, astonishment The remnant שְׁאֵרִ֤ית (šə·’ê·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 7611: Rest, residue, remnant, remainder of My people עַמִּי֙ (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock will plunder them; יְבָזּ֔וּם (yə·ḇāz·zūm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural Strong's 962: To spoil, plunder the remainder וְיֶ֥תֶר (wə·ye·ṯer) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3499: An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small rope of My nation גּוֹיִ֖י (gō·w·yî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts will dispossess them. יִנְחָלֽוּם׃ (yin·ḥā·lūm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural Strong's 5157: To inherit, to occupy, to bequeath, distribute, instate |