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Zephaniah 2 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:1 - Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame;
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah’s anger come upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:3 - Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah’s anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5 - Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6 - And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:7 - And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8 - I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11 - Jehovah 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 nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:12 - Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:13 - And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides 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.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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