Zephaniah 2
2
Judgment on the Nations
1#2Ch 20:4; Joel 1:14 Gather together, yes, gather together,
O shameless nation,
2#Isa 17:13; La 4:11 before the decree takes effect,
before the day passes like chaff,
before the fierce anger of the Lord comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you.
3#Am 5:14–15; Ps 57:1 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
who carry out His judgment.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will be hidden
on the day of the Lord’s anger.
4#Zec 9:5–7; Am 1:6–8 For Gaza will be forsaken,
and Ashkelon a desolation;
Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
and Ekron will be uprooted.
5#Eze 25:16; Am 3:1 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
the nation of Kerethites!
The word of the Lord is against you,
O Canaan, land of the Philistines:
I will destroy you,
so that there will be no inhabitant.
6The seacoast will be pastures,
with meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7#Zep 3:20; Ex 4:31 The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah,
on which they will feed.
In the houses of Ashkelon
they will lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God will visit them
and restore their fortunes.
8#Jer 49:1; Am 1:13 I have heard these taunts of Moab,
and the revilings of the Ammonites,
by which they have reproached My people,
and made boasts against their territory.
9#Dt 29:23; Isa 11:14 Therefore, as I live,
says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel,
surely Moab will be like Sodom,
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—
a land of weeds and salt pits,
and a perpetual desolation.
The remnant of My people will plunder them,
and the survivors of My nation will possess them.
10#Isa 16:6; Zep 2:8 This will they have for their pride,
because they taunted and boasted against
the people of the Lord of Hosts.
11#Ge 10:5; Ps 72:8–11 The Lord will be dreadful to them,
for He will weaken all the gods of the earth;
men will worship Him, every one from his place,
all the lands of the nations.
12#Isa 18:1–7; 20:4–5 You also, O Ethiopians,
will be slain by My sword.
13#Na 3:7; Isa 10:12 And He will stretch out His hand against the north
and destroy Assyria;
and He will make Nineveh a desolation,
and dry like the desert.
14#Jer 22:14 Herds will lie down in her midst,
beasts of every kind;
the cormorant and the bittern
will lodge on her pillars.
Their voice will sing in the windows;
desolation will be on the threshold;
for He will lay bare the cedar work.
15#Eze 28:2; Na 3:19 This is the rejoicing city
that dwelt securely,
that said in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How has she become a desolation,
a place for beasts to lie down!
Everyone who passes by her will hiss
and shake his fist.
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Zephaniah 2
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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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