Zephaniah 2 "Gather together! Yes, indeed, gather together, You shameless nation!

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ "Gather together! Yes, indeed, gather together, You shameless nation! ² before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes on you, before the day of the LORD's anger comes on you. ³ seek the LORD, all you humble people of the land, who do what he commands. Seek righteousness! Seek humility! Maybe you will be protected in the day of the LORD's anger." ⁴ "For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon deserted {— } Ashdod will be emptied at high noon; even Ekron will be uprooted. ⁵ "Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you and you will not be inhabited. ⁶ The Philistine coast will become meadows for shepherds and sheep pens. ⁷ The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture there. They will lie down in the evening in the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will visit them, and restore them. ⁸ I have heard the reproaches of Moab and the scorning of the Ammonites, with which they have taunted my nation and made boasts against their territory. ⁹ "Therefore, as I live"—a declaration of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel— "Moab shall be as Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a place of weeds and salt pits and a desolation forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remainder of my nation shall possess them." ¹⁰ This shall be for them in place of their pride because they mocked and boasted against the people of the LORD of hosts. ¹¹ The LORD shall be grim upon them, and destroy all the goods in the land. And all the Isles of the Heathen shall worship him, every man in his place. ¹² "You Ethiopians (Cushites) will 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, dry like the desert. ¹⁴ Herds shall lie down in her midst, every wild animal of a nation; even the desert owl and the screech owl shall lodge on her capitals. A voice shall hoot in the window; rubble on the threshold; for the cedar is laid bare. ¹⁵ This is the city of rejoicing that lived securely; the one saying in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a lair for wild animals! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.