Zephaniah - Chapter 2 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
  • 2. Before the decree bring forth, {cf15I before} the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
  • 3. Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
  • 4. For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
  • 5. Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD {cf15I is} against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
  • 6. And the sea coast shall be dwellings {cf15I and} cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
  • 7. And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
  • 8. I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified {cf15I themselves} against their border.
  • 9. Therefore {cf15I 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, {cf15I 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.
  • 10. This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified {cf15I themselves} against the people of the LORD of hosts.
  • 11. The LORD {cf15I will be} terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and {cf15I men} shall worship him, every one from his place, {cf15I even} all the isles of the heathen.
  • 12. Ye Ethiopians also, ye {cf15I shall be} slain by my sword.
  • 13. And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, {cf15I and} dry like a wilderness.
  • 14. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; {cf15I their} voice shall sing in the windows; desolation {cf15I shall be} in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
  • 15. This {cf15I is} the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I {cf15I am}, and {cf15I there is} none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, {cf15I and} wag his hand.
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