King James VersionZephaniah2

Zephaniah

1 Gath­er your­selves to­geth­er, yea, gath­er to­geth­er, O na­tion not de­sired; 2 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. 3 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. 4 For Gaza shall be for­sak­en, and Ashkelon a des­o­la­tion: they shall drive out Ash­dod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be root­ed up. 5 Woe unto the in­hab­i­tants of the sea coast, the na­tion of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even de­stroy thee, that there shall be no in­hab­i­tant. 6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cot­tages for shep­herds, and folds for flocks. 7 And 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. 8 I 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. 9 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, 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. 10 This shall they have for their pride, be­cause they have re­proached and mag­ni­fied themselves against the peo­ple of the LORD of hosts. 11 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. 12 Ye Ethiopi­ans al­so, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and de­stroy As­syr­ia; and will make Nin­eveh a des­o­la­tion, and dry like a wilder­ness. 14 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. 15 This is the re­joic­ing city that dwelt 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 pas­seth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.