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
2
Judgment of Judah’s Enemies
1Gather yourselves together! Now gather together,
O nation having no shame!
2Before the birth of the decree,
the day flies away like chaff;
before the fierce anger of Yahweh overtakes you;
before the day of the anger of Yahweh overtakes you.
3Seek Yahweh, all you afflicted of the land
who have fulfilled his law;
seek righteousness;
seek humility.
Perhaps you will be concealed
on the day of the anger of Yahweh.
4For Gaza will be abandoned,
and Ashkelon as a desolation.
As for Ashdod, at noon they will drive her away,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5Woe to you, inhabitants of the region of the sea,
people of the Kerethites!
The word of Yahweh is against you,
O Canaan, land of the Philistines.
I will destroy you until there is no inhabitant.#Literally “from there is not an inhabitant”
6And you, O region of the sea, shall become
pastures and meadows for shepherds
and sheep pens for the flocks.
7And it shall become a region
for the remnant of the house of Judah;
upon them they shall graze,
and in the houses of Ashkelon
they shall lie down in the evening.
For Yahweh their God shall be mindful of them,
and he will restore their fortunes.
8I have heard the reproaches of Moab
and the scorning of the Ammonites,#Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
with which they have taunted my nation
and made boasts against their territory.
9“Therefore, as I live”—a declaration of Yahweh of hosts,
the God of Israel—
“Moab shall be as Sodom,
and the Ammonites#Literally “sons/children of Ammon” like Gomorrah,
a place of weeds and salt pits
and a desolation forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
and the remainder of my nation shall possess them.”
10This shall be for them in place of their pride
because they mocked and boasted
against the people of Yahweh of hosts.
11Yahweh will be awesome against them,
for he will destroy all the gods of the earth
and all the lands#Or “islands” of the nations;
each in its place will bow down to him.
12You also, O Cushites,
they shall be killed by my sword.
13And he will stretch out his hand against the north,
and he will destroy Assyria
and will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry wasteland like the desert.
14Herds shall lie down in her midst,
every wild animal of a nation;
even the desert owl and the screech owl
shall lodge on her capitals.
A voice shall hoot in the window;
rubble#The traditional Hebrew text has “waste,” while LXX has “a raven,” reflecting a different word with one consonant changed on the threshold;
for the cedar is laid bare.
15This is the city of rejoicing
that lived securely;
the one saying in her heart,
“I am, and there is none besides me.”#Literally “I am and none me”
How she has become a desolation,
a lair for wild animals!
Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
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