Zephaniah 2
The Doom of the
Surrounding Nations |
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Gather yourselves together, yea, gather
together, O nation not desired;
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before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of
the LORD come upon you, before the day of the
LORD's anger come upon you.
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Seek ye the LORD,
all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek
righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day
of the LORD's anger.
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For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ash'kelon
a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron
shall be rooted up.
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Woe unto the inhabitants of the
seacoast, the nation of the Cher'ethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the
Philistines, Is. 14.29-31 · Jer. 47.1-7 · Ezek.
25.15-17 · Joel 3.4-8 · Amos 1.6-8 · Zech. 9.5-7 I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no
inhabitant.
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And the seacoast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
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And the coast shall be for the remnant of
the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of
Ash'kelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their
captivity.
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I have heard the reproach of Moab, Is.
15.1--16.14 ; 25.10-12 · Jer. 48.1-47 · Ezek. 25.8-11 · Amos 2.1-3 and the revilings of the children of Ammon, Jer. 49.1-6 · Ezek. 21.28-32 ; 25.1-7 · Amos 1.13-15 whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
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Therefore, as I live, saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab
shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, Gen.
19.24 even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits,
and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil
them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
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This shall they have for their pride,
because they have reproached and magnified themselves against
the people of the LORD of hosts.
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The LORD will
be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the
earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
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Ye Ethiopians Is. 18.1-7 also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
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And he will stretch out his hand against
the north, and destroy Assyria; Is. 10.5-34 ; 14.24-27 · Nah. 1.1--3.19 and
will make Nin'eveh a desolation, and dry like a
wilderness.
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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.
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This is the rejoicing city that
dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there
is none besides 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.
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