Zephaniah 2

1 ♥ 📝 G ather yourselves together,^H7197 yea, gather together,^H7197 O nation^H1471 that hath no shame;^H3700

2 ♥ 📝 before the decree^H2706 bring forth,^H3205 [before] the day^H3117 pass^H5674 as the chaff,^H4671 before^H3808 the fierce^H2740 anger^H639 of Jehovah^H3068 come^H935 upon you, before the day^H3117 of Jehovah's^H3068 anger^H639 come^H935 upon you.

3 ♥ 📝 Seek^H1245 ye Jehovah,^H3068 all ye meek^H6035 of the earth,^H776 that have kept^H6466 his ordinances;^H4941 seek^H1245 righteousness,^H6664 seek^H1245 meekness:^H6038 it may be^H194 ye will be hid^H5641 in the day^H3117 of Jehovah's^H3068 anger.^H639

4 ♥ 📝 For Gaza^H5804 shall be forsaken,^H5800 and Ashkelon^H831 a desolation;^H8077 they shall drive out^H1644 Ashdod^H795 at noonday,^H6672 and Ekron^H6138 shall be rooted up.^H6131

5 ♥ 📝 Woe^H1945 unto the inhabitants^H3427 of the sea-coast, the nation^H1471 of the Cherethites!^H3774 The word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 is against you, O Canaan,^H3667 the land^H776 of the Philistines;^H6430 I will destroy^H6 thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.^H3427

6 ♥ 📝 And the sea -^H3220 coast^H2256 shall be pastures,^H5116 with cottages^H3741 for shepherds^H7462 and folds^H1448 for flocks.^H6629

7 ♥ 📝 And the coast^H2256 shall be for the remnant^H7611 of the house^H1004 of Judah;^H3063 they shall feed^H7462 [their flocks] thereupon; in the houses^H1004 of Ashkelon^H831 shall they lie down^H7257 in the evening;^H6153 for Jehovah^H3068 their God^H430 will visit^H6485 them, and bring back^H7725 their captivity.^H7622

8 ♥ 📝 I have heard^H8085 the reproach^H2781 of Moab,^H4124 and the revilings^H1421 of the children^H1121 of Ammon,^H5983 wherewith they have reproached^H2778 my people,^H5971 and magnified^H1431 themselves against their border.^H1366

9 ♥ 📝 Therefore as I live,^H2416 saith^H5002 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 Surely Moab^H4124 shall be as Sodom,^H5467 and the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 as Gomorrah,^H6017 a possession^H4476 of nettles,^H2738 and saltpits,^H4379 and a perpetual^H5704 desolation:^H8077 the residue^H7611 of my people^H5971 shall make a prey^H962 of them, and the remnant^H3499 of my nation^H1471 shall inherit^H5157 them.

10 ♥ 📝 This shall they have for their pride,^H1347 because they have reproached^H2778 and magnified^H1431 themselves against the people^H5971 of Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

11 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 will be terrible^H3372 unto them; for he will famish^H7329 all the gods^H430 of the earth;^H776 and men shall worship^H7812 him, every one^H376 from his place,^H4725 even all the isles^H339 of the nations.^H1471

12 ♥ 📝 Ye Ethiopians^H3569 also, ye^H1992 shall be slain^H2491 by my sword.^H2719

13 ♥ 📝 And he will stretch out^H5186 his hand^H3027 against the north,^H6828 and destroy^H6 Assyria,^H804 and will make^H7760 Nineveh^H5210 a desolation,^H8077 and dry^H6723 like the wilderness.^H4057

14 ♥ 📝 And herds^H5739 shall lie down^H7257 in the midst^H8432 of her, all the beasts^H2416 of the nations:^H1471 both the pelican^H6893 and the porcupine^H7090 shall lodge^H3885 in the capitals^H3730 thereof; [their] voice^H6963 shall sing^H7891 in the windows;^H2474 desolation^H2721 shall be in the thresholds:^H5592 for he hath laid bare^H6168 the cedar-work.^H731

15 ♥ 📝 This is the joyous^H5947 city^H5892 that dwelt^H3427 carelessly,^H983 that said^H559 in her heart,^H3824 I am, and there is none besides^H657 me: how is she become a desolation,^H8047 a place for beasts^H2416 to lie down in!^H4769 every one that passeth by^H5674 her shall hiss,^H8319 and wag^H5128 his hand.^H3027