Obadiah

Obadiah 1:16

¹⁶For as you drank on My holy mountain,

so all the nations will drink continually.

They will drink and gulp it down;

they will be as if they had never existed.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֗י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
as	כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you drank	שְׁתִיתֶם֙	šə·ṯî·ṯem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H8354 drink
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
My holy	קָדְשִׁ֔י	qāḏ·šî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
mountain	הַ֣ר	har	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
so all	כָֽל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the nations	הַגּוֹיִ֖ם	hag·gō·w·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
will drink	יִשְׁתּ֥וּ	yiš·tū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8354 drink
continually	תָּמִ֑יד	tā·mîḏ	Adverb	H8548 continuity
They will drink	וְשָׁת֣וּ	wə·šā·ṯū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H8354 drink
and gulp	וְלָע֔וּ	wə·lā·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H3886 swallow, swallow down
they will be	וְהָי֖וּ	wə·hā·yū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
as if they had never	כְּל֥וֹא	kə·lō·w	Preposition-k; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
existed	הָיֽוּ׃	hā·yū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Joel 3:17 · Jeremiah 49:12 · 1 Peter 4:17 · Jeremiah 25:15–16 · Isaiah 51:22–23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.