Zephaniah 2
1 Bend yourselves, yea, bend ye, O nation not desired,
2 Before the bringing forth of a statute, As chaff hath the day passed on, While yet not come in upon you doth the heat of the anger of Jehovah, While yet not come in upon you doth a day of the anger of Jehovah,
3 Seek Jehovah, all ye humble of the land, Who His judgment have done, Seek ye righteousness, seek humility, It may be ye are hidden in a day of the anger of Jehovah.
4 For Gaza is forsaken, And Ashkelon is for a desolation, Ashdod! at noon they do cast her forth, And Ekron is rooted up.
5 Ho! O inhabitants of the sea-coast, Nation of the Cherethites, A word of Jehovah is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines, And I have destroyed thee without an inhabitant.
6 And the sea-coast hath been habitations, Cottages for shepherds, and folds for a flock.
7 And the coast hath been for the remnant of the house of Judah, By them they have pleasure, In houses of Ashkelon at even they lie down, For inspect them doth Jehovah their God, And He hath turned back to their captivity.
8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, Wherewith they reproached My people, And magnify themselves against their border.
9 Therefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation — unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them.
10 This is to them for their arrogancy, Because they have reproached, And they magnify themselves against the people of Jehovah of Hosts.
11 Fearful is Jehovah against them, For He made bare all gods of the land, And bow themselves to Him, each from his place, Do all islanders of the nations.
12 Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword are they.
13 And He stretcheth His hand against the north, And doth destroy Asshur, And he setteth Nineveh for a desolation, A dry land like a wilderness.
14 And crouched in her midst have droves, Every beast of the nation, Both pelican and hedge-hog in her knobs lodge, A voice doth sing at the window, 'Destruction is at the threshold, For the cedar-work is exposed.'
15 This is the exulting city that is dwelling confidently, That is saying in her heart, 'I am, and beside me there is none,' How hath she been for a desolation, A crouching-place for beasts, Every one passing by her doth hiss, He doth shake his hand!
Cross-references
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- 1Jol 1:14, 2Ch 20:4, Est 4:16, Neh 9:1, Neh 8:1, Zec 11:8, Jer 3:3, Jer 6:15
- 2Nam 1:6, Isa 17:13, Hos 13:3, Psa 1:4, Lam 4:11, Zep 1:18, Zep 3:8, 2Ki 22:16–17
- 3Amo 5:14–15, Isa 26:20–21, Psa 76:9, Jer 29:12–13, Jon 3:9, Psa 22:26, Isa 55:6–7, Psa 105:4
- 4Zec 9:5–7, Amo 1:6–8, Jer 47:1–7, Jer 25:20, Jer 6:4, Jer 15:8, Ezk 25:15–17, Psa 91:6
- 5Ezk 25:16, Jer 47:7, Amo 3:1, Jos 13:3, Zec 1:6, Mrk 12:12, Amo 5:1, Zep 3:6
- 6Isa 17:2, Ezk 25:5, Zep 2:14–15, Isa 5:17
- 7Exo 4:31, Zep 3:20, Mic 5:3–8, Ezk 39:25, Luk 1:68, Jer 29:14, Mic 4:7, Mic 2:12
- 8Psa 83:4–7, Ezk 25:3–11, Jer 48:27–29, Jer 49:1, Amo 1:13, Ezk 36:2
- 9Isa 15:1–9, Isa 11:14, Deu 29:23, Isa 25:10, Jer 48:1–49:6, Isa 49:18, Zep 2:14, Jer 49:18
- 10Isa 16:6, Jer 48:29, Zep 2:8, Dan 4:37, Exo 9:17, Dan 5:20–23, Isa 10:12–15, Oba 1:3
- 11Zec 14:9–21, Zec 13:2, Mic 4:1–3, Psa 138:4, Isa 2:2–4, Gen 10:5, Isa 24:14–16, Zec 2:11
- 12Ezk 30:4–9, Jer 51:20–23, Isa 20:4–5, Isa 43:3, Isa 13:5, Isa 18:1–7, Jer 46:9–10, Psa 17:13
- 13Nam 3:7, Nam 3:18–19, Isa 10:12, Isa 10:16, Nam 1:1, Nam 3:15, Isa 11:11, Mic 5:6
- 14Amo 9:1, Isa 13:19–22, Jer 22:14, Isa 34:11–17, Rev 18:2, Isa 14:23, Zep 2:6
- 15Ezk 28:2, Isa 22:2, Nam 3:19, Ezk 28:9, Isa 47:7–8, Psa 52:6–7, Lam 1:1, Jer 19:8
Topics in this chapter
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Ammonites, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Assyria, Bittern, Cherethites, Church, Confidence, Cormorant, Day, Ekron, Ethiopia, Gaza, God, Gomorrah, Holiness, Idolatry, Island, Israel, Prophecies Concerning, Jesus, the Christ, Meekness, Nettles, Nineveh, Philistines, Prayer, Pride, Salt, Seekers, Sodom, Wicked (People)