“1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not
desired; 2 Before the decree bring forth, [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 [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 [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
[themselves] against their border. 9 Therefore [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, [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 [themselves] against the people of the LORD of hosts. 11 The
LORD [will be] terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of
the earth; and [men] shall worship him, every one from his place, [even]
all the isles of the heathen.”
“12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye [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, [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; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation
[shall be] in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. 15
This [is] the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her
heart, I [am], and [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, [and] wag his hand.” (Zephaniah 2:1-15 AV)
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