Zephaniah 2 KJV Easy Read Bible

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A Call to Repentance

1Gather yourselves^p together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

2Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you^p, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you^p. takes effect

3Seek you^p the Lord, all you^p meek of the earth, which have wrought His judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you^p shall be hidden in the day of the Lord’s anger. humble; carried out; humility; concealed

Judgment on Nations

4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

5Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you^p; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy you, that there shall be no inhabitant.

6And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

7And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

8I 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.

9Therefore as I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of My people shall spoil them, and the remnant of My people shall possess them. Jehovah^s.f. Tsebaoth; growing weeds; pool where water has evaporated; plunder

10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.

11The Lord will be terrible to 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. starve

12You^p Ethiopians also, you^p shall be slain by My sword.

13And He will stretch out His hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

14And 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. owl; pillars; reveal

15This is the rejoicing city that dwelled 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 passes by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

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