☰ ZEPHANIAH 2
Judgments on Judah’s Enemies
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1  Gather yourselves together, yes, Agather,
O nation Bwithout 1shame,
2  Before the decree 1takes effect—
The day passes Alike the chaff—
Before the Bburning anger of the Lord comes upon you,
Before the Cday of the Lord’s anger comes upon you.
3  ASeek the Lord,
All you Bhumble of the 1earth
Who have carried out His 2ordinances;
CSeek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will be Dhidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
4 For AGaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon a desolation;
AAshdod will be driven out at noon
And AEkron will be uprooted.
5  Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation of the 1ACherethites!
The word of the Lord is Bagainst you,
O CCanaan, land of the Philistines;
And I will Ddestroy you
So that there will be Eno inhabitant.
6 So the seacoast will be Apastures,
With 1caves for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7 And the coast will be
For the Aremnant of the house of Judah,
They will Bpasture on it.
In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;
For the Lord their God will Ccare for them
And Drestore their fortune.
8 “I have heard the 1Ataunting of Moab
And the Brevilings of the sons of Ammon,
With which they have 2taunted My people
And 3Cbecome arrogant against their territory.
9 “Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel,
“Surely AMoab will be like BSodom
And the sons of CAmmon like DGomorrah—
A place possessed by nettles and salt pits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The remnant of My people will Eplunder them
And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”
10  This they will have in return for their Apride, because they have 1Btaunted and 2become arrogant against the people of the Lord of hosts. 11 The Lord will be Aterrifying to them, for He will 1starve Ball the gods of the earth; and all the Ccoastlands of the nations will Dbow down to Him, everyone from his own place.
12 “You also, O AEthiopians, will be slain by My sword.”
13 And He will Astretch out His hand against the north
And destroy BAssyria,
And He will make CNineveh a desolation,
Parched like the wilderness.
14  Flocks will lie down in her midst,
1All beasts which range in herds;
Both the 2Apelican and the hedgehog
Will lodge in 3the tops of her pillars;
4Birds will sing in the window,
Desolation will be on the threshold;
For He has laid bare the cedar work.
15  This is the Aexultant city
Which Bdwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
“CI am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a Ddesolation,
A resting place for beasts!
EEveryone who passes by her will hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.
A 2:1 2 Chr 20:4; Joel 1:14 B 2:1 Jer 3:3; 6:15 1 2:1 Or longing 1 2:2 Lit is born A 2:2 Is 17:13; Hos 13:3 B 2:2 Lam 4:11; Nah 1:6 C 2:2 Zeph 1:18 A 2:3 Ps 105:4; Amos 5:6 B 2:3 Ps 22:26; Is 11:4 1 2:3 Or land 2 2:3 Or justice C 2:3 Amos 5:14, 15 D 2:3 Ps 57:1; Is 26:20 A 2:4 Amos 1:7, 8; Zech 9:5-7 A 2:4 Amos 1:7, 8; Zech 9:5-7 A 2:4 Amos 1:7, 8; Zech 9:5-7 1 2:5 I.e. a segment of the Philistines with roots in Crete A 2:5 Ezek 25:16 B 2:5 Amos 3:1 C 2:5 Zeph 1:11 D 2:5 Is 14:29, 30 E 2:5 Zeph 3:6 A 2:6 Is 5:17; 7:25 1 2:6 Or meadows or wells A 2:7 Is 11:16 B 2:7 Is 32:14 C 2:7 Ex 4:31; Ps 80:14 D 2:7 Jer 32:44; Zeph 3:20 1 2:8 Lit reproach A 2:8 Ezek 25:8 B 2:8 Ezek 25:3 2 2:8 Lit reproached 3 2:8 Lit made themselves great C 2:8 Amos 1:13 A 2:9 Is 15:1-9; Jer 48:1-47; Amos 2:1-3 B 2:9 Gen 19:24 C 2:9 Jer 49:1-6; Ezek 25:1-10 D 2:9 Deut 29:23 E 2:9 Is 11:14 A 2:10 Is 16:6 1 2:10 Lit reproached B 2:10 Zeph 2:8 2 2:10 Lit made themselves great A 2:11 Joel 2:11 1 2:11 Lit make lean B 2:11 Zeph 1:4 C 2:11 Is 24:15 D 2:11 Ps 72:8-11; Zeph 3:9 A 2:12 Is 18:1-7; 20:4, 5; Ezek 30:4-9 A 2:13 Is 14:26; Zeph 1:4 B 2:13 Is 10:16; Mic 5:6 C 2:13 Nah 3:7 1 2:14 Or All kinds of beasts in crowds; lit Every kind of beast of a nation 2 2:14 Or owl or jackdaw A 2:14 Is 14:23; 34:11 3 2:14 Lit her capitals 4 2:14 Lit A voice A 2:15 Is 22:2 B 2:15 Is 32:9, 11; 47:8 C 2:15 Is 47:8; Ezek 28:2, 9 D 2:15 Is 32:14 E 2:15 Jer 18:16; 19:8
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