Zephaniah 2:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.”

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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