Berean Standard Bible

Zephaniah 2:4-10

4ForH3588 GazaH5804 will beH1961 abandonedH5800, and AshkelonH831 left in ruinsH8077. AshdodH795 will be driven outH1644 at noonH6672, and EkronH6138 will be uprootedH6131.5WoeH1945 to the dwellersH3427 ofH2256 the seacoastH3220, O nationH1471 of the CherethitesH3774! The wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 is against youH5921, O CanaanH3667, landH776 of the PhilistinesH6430: “I will destroy youH6, and no one will beH369 leftH3427.”6So the seacoastH2256 H3220 will becomeH1961 a land of pasturesH5116, with wellsH3741 1 for shepherdsH7462 and foldsH1448 for sheepH6629.7The coast will belongH2256 toH1961 the remnantH7611 of the houseH1004 of JudahH3063; thereH5921 they will find pastureH7462. They will lie downH7257 in the eveningH6153 among the housesH1004 of AshkelonH831, forH3588 the LORDH3068 their GodH430 will attend to themH6485 and restoreH7725 their captivesH7622.2

8“I have heardH8085 the reproachH2781 of MoabH4124and the insultsH1421 of the AmmonitesH1121 H5983,whoH834 have tauntedH2778 My peopleH5971and threatenedH1431 H5921 their bordersH1366.9ThereforeH3651, as surely as IH589 liveH2416,”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635,the GodH430 of IsraelH3478,“surelyH3588 MoabH4124 will beH1961 like SodomH5467and the AmmonitesH1121 H5983 like GomorrahH6017—a placeH4476 of weedsH2738 andH4379 salt pitsH4417,a perpetualH5704 H5769 wastelandH8077.The remnantH7611 of My peopleH5971 will plunder themH962;the remainderH3499 of My nationH1471 will dispossess themH5157.”

10ThisH2063 they shall have in return forH8478 their prideH1347,forH3588 tauntingH2778 and mockingH1431 H5921 the peopleH5971of the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635.

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