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Zephaniah 2 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Judgment on Judah’s Enemies

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:1 - Gather together, yes, gather,
O shameless nation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - before the decree takes effect[fn]
—before the day passes away like chaff—
before there comes upon you
the burning anger of the LORD,
before there comes upon you
the day of the anger of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:3 - Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land,
who do his just commands;[fn]
seek righteousness; seek humility;
perhaps you may be hidden
on the day of the anger of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - For Gaza shall be deserted,
and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5 - Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast,
you nation of the Cherethites!
The word of the LORD is against you,
O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
and I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6 - And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures,
with meadows[fn] for shepherds
and folds for flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:7 - The seacoast shall become the possession
of the remnant of the house of Judah,
on which they shall graze,
and in the houses of Ashkelon
they shall lie down at evening.
For the LORD their God will be mindful of them
and restore their fortunes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8 - “I have heard the taunts of Moab
and the revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
and made boasts against their territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore, as I live,” declares the LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become like Sodom,
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - This shall be their lot in return for their pride,
because they taunted and boasted
against the people of the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11 - The LORD will be awesome against them;
for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and to him shall bow down,
each in its place,
all the lands of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:12 - You also, O Cushites,
shall be slain by my sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:13 - And he will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,
and he will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - Herds shall lie down in her midst,
all kinds of beasts;[fn]
even the owl and the hedgehog[fn]
shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
devastation will be on the threshold;
for her cedar work will be laid bare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the exultant city
that lived securely,
that said in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one else.”
What a desolation she has become,
a lair for wild beasts!
Everyone who passes by her
hisses and shakes his fist.
See the ESV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
ESV Footnotes
Hebrew gives birth
Or who carry out his judgment
Or caves
Hebrew beasts of every nation
The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain
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