Tzefanyah 2
2
1Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O shameful nation;
2Before the decree brings forth, before the day passes like the chaff, before the charon af Hashem comes upon you, before the Yom Af Hashem (Day of Hashemʼs Anger) comes upon you;
3Seek ye Hashem, all ye anvei ha'aretz (humble of the land), which have wrought His mishpat; seek tzedek, seek anavah (meekness, humility); it may be ye shall be hid in the Yom Af Hashem.
4For Azah (Gaza) shall be abandoned, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod in broad day, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5Hoy (Woe) unto the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Keretim (Cretans)! The Devar Hashem is against you, O Kena'an, eretz of the Pelishtim (Philistines). I will even destroy thee, that there no inhabitant remains.
6And the seacoast shall be dwellings and meadows for ro'im (shepherds), and pens for tzon.
7And the coast shall be for the she'erit Bais Yehudah; they shall feed thereupon; in the batim (houses) of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the erev; for Hashem Eloheichem shall visit them, and restore their fortunes.
8I have heard the reproach of Moav, and the revilings of the Bnei Ammon, whereby they have reproached My nation, and magnified themselves against their territory.
9Therefore as I live, saith Hashem Tzva'os, Elohei Yisroel, Surely Moav shall be as Sodom, and the Bnei Ammon as Amora (Gomorrah), a place of weeds and salt pits, and desolation ad olam; the She'erit Ami shall plunder them, and the remnant of My nation shall possess them.
10This shall they have in return for their ga'on (pride), because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Am Hashem Tzva'os.
11 Hashem will be terrible unto them; for He will reduce to nothing all the elohei ha'aretz (g-ds of the land); and men shall worship Hashem, everyone from his place, even all the coasts and islands of the Goyim.
12Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by My cherev.
13And Hashem will stretch out His hand against the tzafon (north), and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like a midbar.
14And herds shall lie down in the midst of it, all the beasts of the Goyim; both the desert owl and the screech owl will roost on her columns; their voice shall hoot in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; the beams of cedar will be exposed.
15This is HaIr HaAlizah (the rejoicing city) that dwelt carelessly, that said in her lev, 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 shake 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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