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Zephaniah 2:3 (NET) New English Translation

1 Bunch yourselves together like straw, you undesirable nation,
2 before God's decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the LORD's raging anger overtakes you— before the day of the LORD's angry judgment overtakes you!
3 Seek the LORD's favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the LORD's angry judgment.
4 Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown.
5 Those who live by the sea, the people who came from Crete, are as good as dead. The LORD has decreed your downfall, Canaan, land of the Philistines: "I will destroy everyone who lives there!"
6 The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks.
7 Those who are left from the kingdom of Judah will take possession of it. By the sea they will graze, in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening, for the LORD their God will intervene for them and restore their prosperity.
8 "I have heard Moab's taunts and the Ammonites' insults. They taunted my people and verbally harassed those living in Judah.
9 Therefore, as surely as I live," says the LORD who commands armies, the God of Israel, "be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land."
10 This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the LORD who commands armies.
11 The LORD will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the LORD in their own lands.
12 "You Ethiopians will also die by my sword!"
13 The LORD will attack the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a heap of ruins; it will be as barren as the desert.
14 Flocks and herds will lie down in the middle of it, as well as every kind of wild animal. Owls will sleep in the tops of its support pillars; they will hoot through the windows. Rubble will cover the thresholds; even the cedar work will be exposed to the elements.
15 This is how the once-proud city will end up— the city that was so secure. She thought to herself, "I am unique! No one can compare to me!" What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.
1 Gather yourselves together H7197 , yea , gather together H7197 , O nation H1471 not H3808 NADV desired H3700 ;
2 Before H2962 B-ADV the decree H2706 NMS bring forth H3205 VQFC , before the day H3117 NMS pass H5674 VQQ3MS as the chaff H4671 , before H2962 B-ADV the fierce H2740 CMS anger H639 CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS come H935 VQY3MS upon H5921 PREP-2MP you , before H2962 B-ADV the day H3117 NMS of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS \'s anger H639 CMS come H935 VQY3MS upon H5921 PREP-2MP you .
3 Seek H1245 ye the LORD H3068 EDS , all H3605 NMS ye meek H6035 of the earth H776 D-GFS , which H834 RPRO have wrought H6466 his judgment H4941 ; seek H1245 righteousness H6664 NMS , seek H1245 meekness H6038 : it may be H194 ADV ye shall be hid H5641 in the day H3117 B-NMS of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS \'s anger H639 CMS .
4 For H3588 CONJ Gaza H5804 LFS shall be H1961 forsaken H5800 , and Ashkelon H831 a desolation H8077 : they shall drive out H1644 Ashdod H795 at the noon day H6672 , and Ekron H6138 shall be rooted up H6131 .
5 Woe H1945 unto the inhabitants H3427 of the sea H3220 D-NMS coast H2256 , the nation H1471 NMS of the Cherethites H3774 ! the word H1697 CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS is against H5921 PREP-2MP you ; O Canaan H3667 LMS , the land H776 GFS of the Philistines H6430 TMS , I will even destroy H6 thee , that there shall be no H369 inhabitant H3427 .
6 And the sea H3220 D-NMS coast H2256 shall be H1961 dwellings H5116 and cottages H3741 for shepherds H7462 , and folds H1448 for flocks H6629 .
7 And the coast H2256 shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS for the remnant H7611 of the house H1004 CMS of Judah H3063 ; they shall feed H7462 thereupon H5921 PREP-3MP : in the houses H1004 of Ashkelon H831 shall they lie down H7257 in the evening H6153 : for H3588 CONJ the LORD H3068 EDS their God H430 shall visit H6485 them , and turn away H7725 W-VQQ3MS their captivity H7622 .
8 I have heard H8085 VQQ1MS the reproach H2781 of Moab H4124 , and the revilings H1421 of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , whereby H834 RPRO they have reproached H2778 my people H5971 , and magnified H1431 themselves against H5921 PREP their border H1366 .
9 Therefore H3651 L-ADV as I H589 PPRO-1MS live H2416 AMS , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 , the God H430 CDP of Israel H3478 , Surely H3588 CONJ Moab H4124 shall be H1961 VQY2MS as Sodom H5467 , and the children H1121 W-CMP of Ammon H5983 as Gomorrah H6017 , even the breeding H4476 of nettles H2738 NMS , and saltpits H4417 NMS , and a perpetual H5769 NMS desolation H8077 : the residue H7611 of my people H5971 shall spoil H962 them , and the remnant H3499 of my people H1471 shall possess H5157 them .
10 This H2063 DPRO shall they have for H8478 NMS their pride H1347 , because H3588 CONJ they have reproached H2778 and magnified H1431 themselves against H5921 PREP the people H5971 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 .
11 The LORD H3068 EDS will be terrible H3372 VNCMS unto H5921 PREP-3MP them : for H3588 CONJ he will famish H7329 all H3605 NMS the gods H430 CDP of the earth H776 D-GFS ; and men shall worship H7812 him , every one H376 NMS from his place H4725 M-CMS-3MS , even all H3605 NMS the isles H339 CMP of the heathen H1471 .
12 Ye H859 PPRO-2MS Ethiopians H3569 also H1571 CONJ , ye H1992 shall be slain H2491 by my sword H2719 .
13 And he will stretch out H5186 his hand H3027 CFS-3MS against H5921 PREP the north H6828 NFS , and destroy H6 Assyria H804 GFS ; and will make H7760 W-VQI3MS Nineveh H5210 LFS a desolation H8077 , and dry H6723 NFS like a wilderness H4057 .
14 And flocks H5739 shall lie down H7257 in the midst H8432 of her , all H3605 NMS the beasts H2416 of the nations H1471 : both H1571 CONJ the cormorant H6893 and H1571 CONJ the bittern H7090 shall lodge H3885 VQY3MP in the upper lintels H3730 of it ; their voice H6963 CMS shall sing H7891 in the windows H2474 ; desolation H2721 shall be in the thresholds H5592 : for H3588 CONJ he shall uncover H6168 the cedar work H731 .
15 This H2063 DPRO is the rejoicing H5947 city H5892 D-GFS that dwelt H3427 carelessly H983 L-NMS , that said H559 in her heart H3824 , I H589 PPRO-1MS am , and there is none H657 beside H5750 ADV me : how H349 is she become H1961 VQQ3FS a desolation H8047 , a place for beasts H2416 to lie down H4769 in ! every one H3605 NMS that passeth H5674 by H5921 PREP-3FS her shall hiss H8319 , and wag H5128 his hand H3027 .
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