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Zephaniah, Chapter 2

¹ Gather yourselves together, yes, gather, O nation without^a Or longingshame,	1 Ch2 20:4 Joe 1:14 Jer 3:3 Jer 6:15
² Before the decree^b Lit is borntakes effect— The day passes like the chaff— Before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, Before the day of the LORD’S anger comes upon you.	2 Isa 17:13 Hos 13:3 Ljr 4:11 Nah 1:6 Zep 1:18
³ Seek the LORD, All you humble of the^c Or landearth Who have carried out His^d Or justiceordinances; Seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of the LORD’S anger.	3 Psa 105:4 Amo 5:6 Psa 22:26 Isa 11:4 Amo 5:14 Amo 5:15 Psa 57:1 Isa 26:20
⁴ For Gaza will be abandoned And Ashkelon a desolation; Ashdod will be driven out at noon And Ekron will be uprooted.	4 Amo 1:7 Amo 1:8 Zec 9:5-7 Amo 1:7 Amo 1:8 Zec 9:5-7 Amo 1:7 Amo 1:8 Zec 9:5-7
⁵ Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the^eCherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; And I will destroy you So that there will be no inhabitant.	5 Eze 25:16 Amo 3:1 Zep 1:11 Isa 14:29 Isa 14:30 Zep 3:6
⁶ So the seacoast will be pastures, With^f Or meadows or wellscaves for shepherds and folds for flocks.	6 Isa 5:17 Isa 7:25
⁷ And the coast will be For the remnant of the house of Judah, They will pasture on it. In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening; For the LORD their God will care for them And restore their fortune.	7 Isa 11:16 Isa 32:14 Exo 4:31 Psa 80:14 Jer 32:44 Zep 3:20
⁸ “I have heard the^g Lit reproachtaunting of Moab And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, With which they have^h Lit reproachedtaunted My people Andⁱ Lit made themselves greatbecome arrogant against their territory.	8 Eze 25:8 Eze 25:3 Amo 1:13
⁹ “Therefore, as I live,” declares the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, “Surely Moab will be like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah— A place possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”	9 Isa 15:1-9 Jer 48:1-47 Amo 2:1-3 Gen 19:24 Jer 49:1-6 Eze 25:1-10 Deu 29:23 Isa 11:14
¹⁰ This they will have in return for their pride, because they have^j Lit reproachedtaunted and^k Lit made themselves greatbecome arrogant against the people of the LORD of hosts. ¹¹ The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will^l Lit make leanstarve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place.	10 Isa 16:6 Zep 2:8 11 Joe 2:11 Zep 1:4 Isa 24:15 Psa 72:8-11 Zep 3:9
¹² “You also, O Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword.”	12 Isa 18:1-7 Isa 20:4 Isa 20:5 Eze 30:4-9
¹³ And He will stretch out His hand against the north And destroy Assyria, And He will make Nineveh a desolation, Parched like the wilderness.	13 Isa 14:26 Zep 1:4 Isa 10:16 Mic 5:6 Nah 3:7
¹⁴ Flocks will lie down in her midst, ^mAll beasts which range in herds; Both theⁿ Or owl or jackdawpelican and the hedgehog Will lodge in^o Lit her capitalsthe tops of her pillars; ^p Lit A voiceBirds will sing in the window, Desolation will be on the threshold; For He has laid bare the cedar work.	14 Isa 14:23 Isa 34:11
¹⁵ This is the exultant city Which dwells securely, Who says in her heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” How she has become a desolation, A resting place for beasts! Everyone who passes by her will hiss And wave his hand in contempt.	15 Isa 22:2 Isa 32:9 Isa 32:11 Isa 47:8 Isa 47:8 Eze 28:2 Eze 28:9 Isa 32:14 Jer 18:16 Jer 19:8


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