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Zephaniah 2:1 (NET) New English Translation

1 Bunch yourselves together like straw, you undesirable nation,
2 before God's decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the LORD's raging anger overtakes you� before the day of the LORD's angry judgment overtakes you!
3 Seek the LORD's favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the LORD's angry judgment.
4 Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown.
5 Those who live by the sea, the people who came from Crete, are as good as dead. The LORD has decreed your downfall, Canaan, land of the Philistines: "I will destroy everyone who lives there!"
6 The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks.
7 Those who are left from the kingdom of Judah will take possession of it. By the sea they will graze, in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening, for the LORD their God will intervene for them and restore their prosperity.
8 "I have heard Moab's taunts and the Ammonites' insults. They taunted my people and verbally harassed those living in Judah.
9 Therefore, as surely as I live," says the LORD who commands armies, the God of Israel, "be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land."
10 This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the LORD who commands armies.
11 The LORD will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the LORD in their own lands.
12 "You Ethiopians will also die by my sword!"
13 The LORD will attack the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a heap of ruins; it will be as barren as the desert.
14 Flocks and herds will lie down in the middle of it, as well as every kind of wild animal. Owls will sleep in the tops of its support pillars; they will hoot through the windows. Rubble will cover the thresholds; even the cedar work will be exposed to the elements.
15 This is how the once-proud city will end up� the city that was so secure. She thought to herself, "I am unique! No one can compare to me!" What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.
1 Gather yourselves together, H7197 yea , gather together, H7197 O nation H1471 not H3808 desired; H3700
2 Before H2962 the decree H2706 bring forth, H3205 before the day H3117 pass H5674 as the chaff, H4671 before H2962 the fierce H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068 come H935 upon H5921 you, before H2962 the day H3117 of the LORD's H3068 anger H639 come H935 upon H5921 you.
3 Seek H1245 ye H853 the LORD, H3068 all H3605 ye meek H6035 of the earth, H776 which H834 have wrought H6466 his judgment; H4941 seek H1245 righteousness, H6664 seek H1245 meekness: H6038 it may be H194 ye shall be hid H5641 in the day H3117 of the LORD's H3068 anger. H639
4 For H3588 Gaza H5804 shall be H1961 forsaken, H5800 and Ashkelon H831 a desolation: H8077 they shall drive out H1644 Ashdod H795 at the noon day, H6672 and Ekron H6138 shall be rooted up. H6131
5 Woe H1945 unto the inhabitants H3427 of the sea H3220 coast, H2256 the nation H1471 of the Cherethites H3774 ! the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 is against H5921 you ; O Canaan, H3667 the land H776 of the Philistines, H6430 I will even destroy H6 thee , that there shall be no H4480 H369 inhabitant. H3427
6 And the sea H3220 coast H2256 shall be H1961 dwellings H5116 and cottages H3741 for shepherds, H7462 and folds H1448 for flocks. H6629
7 And the coast H2256 shall be H1961 for the remnant H7611 of the house H1004 of Judah; H3063 they shall feed H7462 thereupon: H5921 in the houses H1004 of Ashkelon H831 shall they lie down H7257 in the evening: H6153 for H3588 the LORD H3068 their God H430 shall visit H6485 them , and turn away H7725 their captivity. H7622
8 I have heard H8085 the reproach H2781 of Moab, H4124 and the revilings H1421 of the children H1121 of Ammon, H5983 whereby H834 they have reproached H2778 H853 my people, H5971 and magnified H1431 themselves against H5921 their border. H1366
9 Therefore H3651 as I H589 live, H2416 saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 Surely H3588 Moab H4124 shall be H1961 as Sodom, H5467 and the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 as Gomorrah, H6017 even the breeding H4476 of nettles, H2738 and saltpits H4417 H4379 , and a perpetual H5704 H5769 desolation: H8077 the residue H7611 of my people H5971 shall spoil H962 them , and the remnant H3499 of my people H1471 shall possess H5157 them.
10 This H2063 shall they have for H8478 their pride, H1347 because H3588 they have reproached H2778 and magnified H1431 themselves against H5921 the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635
11 The LORD H3068 will be terrible H3372 unto H5921 them: for H3588 he will famish H7329 H853 all H3605 the gods H430 of the earth; H776 and men shall worship H7812 him , every one H376 from his place H4480 H4725 , even all H3605 the isles H339 of the heathen. H1471
12 Ye H859 Ethiopians H3569 also, H1571 ye H1992 shall be slain H2491 by my sword. H2719
13 And he will stretch out H5186 his hand H3027 against H5921 the north, H6828 and destroy H6 H853 Assyria; H804 and will make H7760 H853 Nineveh H5210 a desolation, H8077 and dry H6723 like a wilderness. H4057
14 And flocks H5739 shall lie down H7257 in the midst H8432 of her, all H3605 the beasts H2416 of the nations: H1471 both H1571 the cormorant H6893 and H1571 the bittern H7090 shall lodge H3885 in the upper lintels H3730 of it; their voice H6963 shall sing H7891 in the windows; H2474 desolation H2721 shall be in the thresholds: H5592 for H3588 he shall uncover H6168 the cedar work. H731
15 This H2063 is the rejoicing H5947 city H5892 that dwelt H3427 carelessly, H983 that said H559 in her heart, H3824 I H589 am , and there is none H657 beside H5750 me: how H349 is she become H1961 a desolation, H8047 a place for beasts H2416 to lie down H4769 in! every one H3605 that passeth H5674 by H5921 her shall hiss, H8319 and wag H5128 his hand. H3027
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