Zephaniah 2
2
1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame, 2before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes on you, before the day of the LORD’s anger comes on you. 3Seek the LORD, 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 the LORD’s anger. 4For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up. 5Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The LORD’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you until there is no inhabitant. 6The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks. 7The 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 the LORD, their God,#2:7 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). will visit them and restore them. 8I 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. 9Therefore, as I live, says the LORD of Hosts, 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. 10This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of Hosts. 11The LORD 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.
12 You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness. 14Herds 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. 15This 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.
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Zephaniah 2
2
Judgment on Judah’s Enemies
1Gather together, yes, gather,
O #Jer. 6:15shameless nation,
2 # [ch. 3:8] before the decree takes effect#2:2 Hebrew gives birth
—before the day passes away #Ps. 1:4 like chaff—
# [2 Kgs. 23:26] before there comes upon you
the burning anger of the Lord,
before there comes upon you
the day of the anger of the Lord.
3 # See Amos 5:6 Seek the Lord, #Ps. 76:9; Isa. 11:4 all you humble of the land,
who do his just commands;#2:3 Or who carry out his judgment
# [Amos 5:14, 15] seek righteousness; seek humility;
# [Amos 5:14, 15] perhaps #[Isa. 2:10; 26:20, 21]you may be hidden
on the day of the anger of the Lord.
4 #
Zech. 9:5, 6; [Jer. 47:5]; See Amos 1:6-8 For Gaza shall be deserted,
and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5Woe to #Jer. 47:7; Ezek. 25:16 you inhabitants of the seacoast,
you nation of #See 1 Sam. 30:14 the Cherethites!
# [Nah. 2:13] The word of the Lord is against you,
# [Josh. 13:3] O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
and I will destroy you #ch. 3:6until no inhabitant is left.
6 # ver. 7 And you, O seacoast, #Isa. 65:10shall be pastures,
with meadows#2:6 Or caves for shepherds
and folds for flocks.
7 # [Josh. 19:29] The seacoast shall become the possession
of #[ch. 3:13; Obad. 19] the remnant of the house of Judah,
# [See ver. 6 above] on which they shall graze,
and in the houses of Ashkelon
they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God #Zech. 10:3; Luke 1:68 will be mindful of them
and #ch. 3:20restore their fortunes.
8“I have heard #[Jer. 48:27] the taunts of Moab
and #Ezek. 25:3, 6 the revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
and made boasts #[Jer. 49:1]against their territory.
9Therefore, #Isa. 49:18; See Ezek. 16:48 as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become #Deut. 29:23; See Isa. 13:19like Sodom,
and the Ammonites #Deut. 29:23; See Isa. 13:19like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
10This shall be their lot in return #Isa. 16:6for their pride,
because they taunted and boasted
against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11The Lord will be awesome against them;
# [Isa. 17:4] for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and #Ps. 22:27 to him shall bow down,
each in its place,
all #See Gen. 10:5the lands of the nations.
12 # [ch. 3:10] You also, O Cushites,
shall be slain by my sword.
13And he will stretch out his hand against the north
# [Isa. 10:12] and destroy Assyria,
and he #Nah. 3:7will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.
14 #
Isa. 13:21, 22; 34:14 Herds shall lie down in her midst,
all kinds of beasts;#2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation
#
Isa. 34:11 even the owl and the hedgehog#2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain
shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
devastation will be on the threshold;
for #[Jer. 22:14, 15]her cedar work will be laid bare.
15This is the exultant city
#
Isa. 47:8 that lived securely,
that said in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one else.”
What a desolation she has become,
# [Ezek. 25:5] a lair for wild beasts!
#
Jer. 19:8 Everyone who passes by her
hisses and #[Nah. 3:19]shakes his fist.
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