Zephaniah 2:1WEB
Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,
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ZephaniahWEB
Zephaniah 2:1WEB
Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,
Zephaniah 2:2WEB
before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh’s anger comes on you.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zephaniah 2:3WEB
Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zephaniah 2:4WEB
For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.
Zephaniah 2:5WEB
Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! Yahweh’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you until there is no inhabitant.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zephaniah 2:6WEB
The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
Zephaniah 2:7WEB
The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening, for Yahweh, their God, will visit them and restore them.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zephaniah 2:8WEB
I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their border.
Zephaniah 2:9WEB
Therefore, as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zephaniah 2:10WEB
This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Yahweh of Armies.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zephaniah 2:11WEB
Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zephaniah 2:12WEB
You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.
Zephaniah 2:13WEB
He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.
Zephaniah 2:14WEB
Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all kinds of animals. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.
Zephaniah 2:15WEB
This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss and shake their fists.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.