Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 6833 [e] כְּצִפֳּרִ֣ים kə-ṣip-po-rîm Like birds Prep-k | N-cp 5774 [e] עָפ֔וֹת ‘ā-p̄ō-wṯ, flying about V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp 3651 [e] כֵּ֗ן kên, so Adv 1598 [e] יָגֵ֛ן yā-ḡên will defend V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 3068 [e] יְהוָ֥ה Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 6635 [e] צְבָא֖וֹת ṣə-ḇā-’ō-wṯ of hosts N-cp 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- upon Prep 3389 [e] יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם yə-rū-šā-lim; Jerusalem N-proper-fs 1598 [e] גָּנ֥וֹן gā-nō-wn Defending V-Qal-InfAbs 5337 [e] וְהִצִּ֖יל wə-hiṣ-ṣîl and He will deliver [it] Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms 6452 [e] פָּסֹ֥חַ pā-sō-aḥ Passing over V-Qal-InfAbs 4422 [e] וְהִמְלִֽיט׃ wə-him-lîṭ. and He will preserve [it] Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms

New American Standard Bible
Like flying birds so the LORD of hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; He will pass over and rescue it.

King James Bible
As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Like hovering birds, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem-- by protecting it, He will rescue it, by sparing it, He will deliver it.

birds

Isaiah 10:14 And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as …

Exodus 19:4 You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on …

Deuteronomy 32:11 As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad …

Psalm 46:5 God is in the middle of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help …

Psalm 91:4 He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you …

defending

Psalm 37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver …

passing. Or rather, as Bp. Lowth renders, 'leaping forward'. as the mother bird spreads her wings to cover her young, throws herself before them, and opposes the rapacious bird that assaults them; so shall Jehovah protect, as with a shield, Jerusalem from the enemy, protecting and delivering, springing forward and rescuing her.

Exodus 12:27 That you shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who …

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