Zephaniah 2

CLV(i) 1 Rake yourselves together! And rake together the nation not longed for! 2 Ere the generating of the statute, the day shall pass as trash; ere the hot anger of Yahweh be coming on you, ere the day of the anger of Yahweh be coming on you, 3 Seek Yahweh, all the humble of the land, who have contrived His judgment; seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will be concealed in the day of Yahweh's anger." 4 For Gaza shall become forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. Ashdod--they shall drive her out at noon, and Ekron shall be made a stump." 5 Woe to the dwellers of the sea board, the sojourners of the Cherethites! The word of Yahweh is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines! And I will destroy you, that there be no dweller." 6 And the sea board shall come to be a homestead, a place cut out for shepherds, and stone dikes for flocks." 7 And the sea board shall come to be for the remnant of the house of Judah; on them shall they graze; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they recline in the evening, for Yahweh, their Elohim, shall visit them, and will reverse their captivity." 8 I hear the reproach of Moab, and the taunts of the sons of Ammon, who reproach My people, and are magnifying themselves against their boundary." 9 Therefore, Living am I, (averring is Yahweh of hosts, the Elohim of Israel), for:Moab shall become as Sodom, and the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah:A tenancy of prickly acanthus, and salt diggings, and a desolation till the eon. The remnant of My people shall plunder them, and the rest of My nation shall allot them." 10 This is theirs instead of their pomp, seeing that they reproach, and they are magnifying themselves against the people of Yahweh of hosts." 11 Yahweh will be fearful against them, for He will make all the elohim of the earth lean; and all the coastlands of the nations, each man from his place, shall worship Him." 12 Moreover, you, Ethiopians!-- By My sword shall they be wounded!" 13 He will stretch out His hand against the north, and He will destroy Assyria, and He will make Nineveh a desolation, arid as a wilderness." 14 And droves shall recline in its midst, all the field life. Moreover, the pelican, and the hedgehog shall lodge in its shelters. A voice shall sing in the window, a raven in the threshold, for the cedar is razed." 15 This is the joyous city dwelling trustingly, saying in her heart, I, and still only I! How she has become a desolation, a reclining place for the animal! Every one passing over her shall hiss and shall wag his hand."