Zephaniah Chapter 2
2:1 | Gather yourselves together, ![]() |
2:2 | Before the decree bring forth, [before] the ![]() ![]() |
2:3 | Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the ![]() ![]() |
2:4 | For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon ![]() |
2:5 | Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD [is] against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. |
2:6 | And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. |
2:7 | And the coast shall be for the remnant of the ![]() ![]() |
2:8 | I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified [themselves] against their border. |
2:9 | Therefore [as] I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of ![]() |
2:10 | This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified [themselves] against the people of the LORD of hosts. |
2:11 | The LORD [will be] terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the ![]() |
2:12 | Ye Ethiopians also, ye [shall be] slain by my ![]() |
2:13 | And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, [and] dry like a wilderness. |
2:14 | And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation [shall be] in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. |
2:15 | This [is] the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, 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] wag his hand. |