Zephaniah 2
2
A Call to Repentance
1Gather#2 Chr. 20:4; Joel 1:14; 2:16 yourselves together, yes, gather together,
O undesirable nation,
2Before the decree is issued,
Or the day passes like chaff,
Before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you,
Before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you!
3#Ps. 105:4; Amos 5:6Seek the Lord, #Ps. 76:9all you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
#Joel 2:14; Amos 5:14, 15It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Judgment on Nations
4For #Jer. 47:1, 5; Amos 1:7, 8; Zech. 9:5Gaza shall be forsaken,
And Ashkelon desolate;
They shall drive out Ashdod #Jer. 6:4at noonday,
And Ekron shall be uprooted.
5Woe to the inhabitants of #Ezek. 25:15–17the seacoast,
The nation of the Cherethites!
The word of the Lord is against you,
O #Josh. 13:3Canaan, land of the Philistines:
“I will destroy you;
So there shall be no inhabitant.”
6The seacoast shall be pastures,
With shelters for shepherds #Is. 17:2and folds for flocks.
7The coast shall be for #(Mic. 5:7, 8)the remnant of the house of Judah;
They shall feed their flocks there;
In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God will #Luke 1:68intervene for them,
And #Jer. 29:14return their captives.
8“I#Jer. 48:27; Amos 2:1–3 have heard the reproach of Moab,
And #Ezek. 25:3; Amos 1:13the insults of the people of Ammon,
With which they have reproached My people,
And #Jer. 49:1made arrogant threats against their borders.
9Therefore, as I live,”
Says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
“Surely #Is. 15:1–9; Jer. 48:1–47Moab shall be like Sodom,
And #Amos 1:13the people of Ammon like Gomorrah—
#Deut. 29:23Overrun with weeds and saltpits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The residue of My people shall plunder them,
And the remnant of My people shall possess them.”
10This they shall have #Is. 16:6for their pride,
Because they have reproached and made arrogant threats
Against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11The Lord will be awesome to them,
For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth;
#Mal. 1:11People shall worship Him,
Each one from his place,
Indeed all #Gen. 10:5the shores of the nations.
12“You#Is. 18:1–7; Ezek. 30:4, 5 Ethiopians also,
You shall be slain by #Ps. 17:13My sword.”
13And He will stretch out His hand against the north,
#Is. 10:5–27; 14:24–27; Mic. 5:5, 6Destroy Assyria,
And make Nineveh a desolation,
As dry as the wilderness.
14The herds shall lie down in her midst,
#Is. 13:21Every beast of the nation.
Both the #Is. 14:23; 34:11pelican and the bittern
Shall lodge on the capitals of her pillars;
Their voice shall sing in the windows;
Desolation shall be at the threshold;
For He will lay bare the #Jer. 22:14cedar work.
15This is the rejoicing city
#Is. 47:8That dwelt securely,
#Rev. 18:7That said in her heart,
“I am it, and there is none besides me.”
How has she become a desolation,
A place for beasts to lie down!
Everyone who passes by her
#Lam. 2:15Shall hiss and #Nah. 3:19shake his fist.
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Zephaniah 2
2
1Gather together and assemble yourselves, shameless nation,
2before the decision is made—the day vanishes like chaff#2.2 Heb uncertain—
before the burning anger of the LORD comes against you,
before the day of the LORD’s anger comes against you.
3Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land who practice his justice;
seek righteousness;
seek humility.
Maybe you will be hidden on the day of the LORD’s anger.
Oracles against foreign nations
4Gaza will certainly be abandoned;
and Ashkelon destroyed.
Ashdod will be driven out at noon;
Ekron will be uprooted.
5Doom, inhabitants of the seacoast,
nation of Cretans.
The LORD’s word is against you,
Canaan, land of the Philistines.
I will exterminate you, leaving no inhabitant.
6The seacoast will become pastureland,
with wells for shepherds and pens for the flocks.
7The coast will belong to the survivors from the house of Judah;
they will pasture beside the sea;#2.7 Or they will pasture by them.
in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening.
The LORD their God will visit them and restore their possessions.
8I have heard the taunting of Moab
and the defamation of the Ammonites;
they taunted my people
and enlarged their borders.
9Therefore, as I live—
says the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel—
Moab will become like Sodom
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah:
a plot of weeds, salt pits, and devastation forever.
The few remaining from my people will plunder them;
the rest of my nation will possess them.
10This will happen on account of their pride,
because they taunted and boasted over the people of the LORD of heavenly forces.
11The LORD will terrify them;
he will make all the gods of the earth disappear.
All the coastlands of the nations will bow down to the LORD,
each one in its own place.
12Moreover, you too, Cushites, will be pierced by my sword.
13He will stretch out his hand against the north
and will cause Assyria to perish.
Let him make Nineveh a desolation,
a desolate place like the wilderness.
14Flocks will lie down in its midst,
every living thing of the nation.
Moreover, the owl and the porcupine will spend the night on its columns.
A bird’s call will resound from the window.
Desolation will be on the sill,
for the cedar will be stripped bare.
15This is the jubilant city,
the one dwelling securely,
the one saying in her heart,
I, and no one else, will endure forever.
How she has become a desolation,
a resting place for the wild animals.
All those who pass through her hiss and shake their fist.
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