Zephaniah 2:5

Zephaniah 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
• New International Version (NIV)Woe to you who live by the sea, you Kerethite people; the word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines. He says, “I will destroy you, and none will be left.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you; So there shall be no inhabitant.”

Context of Zephaniah 2:5

3Search for the Lord, all you humble people in the land who carry out his justice. Search for what is right. Search for humility. Maybe you will find shelter on the day of the Lord’s anger. 4Gaza will be deserted, and Ashkelon will be destroyed. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be torn out by the roots. How horrible it will be for those who live on the seacoast, for the nation from Crete. The Lord’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you so that no one will be living there.” 6The seacoast will become pastureland with meadows for shepherds and fenced-off places for sheep. 7The coast will belong to the faithful few from the nation of Judah. There they will graze their sheep. In the evening they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The Lord their God will take care of them and will restore their fortunes.

Zephaniah 2:5 word by word

ה֗וֹי יֹֽשְׁבֵ֛י חֶ֥בֶל הַיָּ֖ם גּ֣וֹי כְּרֵתִ֑ים דְּבַר־יְהוָ֣ה עֲלֵיכֶ֗ם כְּנַ֙עַן֙ אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֖יךְ מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Woeהוֹיhôy · woe!H1945
• unto the inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• coastחֶ֫בֶלchebel chêbel · cordH2256
• the nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• of the Cherethitesכְּרֵתִיkerêthîy · CherethiteH3774
• the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• against you; O Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• I will even destroyאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6

Cross-references for Zephaniah 2:5

• Jeremiah 47:7How can the sword of the Lord rest? The Lord has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast. He has put it there.
• Ezekiel 25:16So this is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to use my power against the Philistines, cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the people that are left on the coast.
• Amos 3:1Listen to this message which I, the Lord, have spoken against you Israelites, against your whole family that I brought out of Egypt.
• Amos 5:1Listen to this message, this funeral song that I sing about you, nation of Israel:
• Zechariah 1:6Didn’t my warnings and my laws, which I’ve commanded my servants the prophets ⌞to preach⌟, finally catch up with your ancestors? Then your ancestors turned away from their sins and said, ‘The Lord of Armies has done to us what he had planned to do. He has dealt with us as our ways and deeds deserve.’ ”
• Mark 12:12They wanted to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. They knew that he had directed this illustration at them. So they left him alone and went away.
• Joshua 13:3It extends from the Shihor River, east of Egypt, northward as far as the border of Ekron. This is considered to be Canaanite territory, even though there are five Philistine rulers over Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvim people
• Judges 3:3He left the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal Hermon to the border of Hamath.

Commentaries on Zephaniah 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The sea-coasts, the nation of the Cherethites - The sea-coasts mean all the country lying on the Mediterranean coast from Egypt to Joppa and Gaza. The Cherethites - the Cretans who were probably a colony of the Phoenicians. See on 1 Samuel 30:14; (note), and Amos 9:7; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The “woe” having been pronounced on the five cities apart, now falls upon the whole nation of the Cherethites or Philistines. The Cherethites are only named as equivalent to the Philistines, probably as originally a distinct immigration of the same people. The name is used by the Egyptian slave of the Amalekite 1 Samuel 30:14 for those whom the author of the first book of Samuel calls Philistines 1 Samuel 30:16. Ezekiel uses the name parallel with that of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-15Verses 4-15 Those are really in a woful condition who have the word of the Lord against them, for no word of his shall fall to the ground. God will restore his people to their rights, though long kept from them. It has been the common lot of God's people, in all ages, to be reproached and reviled. God shall be worshipped, not only by all Israel, and the strangers who join them, but by the heathen. Remote nations must be reckoned with for the wrongs done…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Old Testament scholars think the Philistines came from the island of Crete (compare Ezekiel 25:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. inhabitants of the seacoast--the Philistines dwelling on the strip of seacoast southwest of Canaan. Literally, the "cord" or "line" of sea (compare Jr 47:7; Eze 25:16). the Cherethites--the Cretans, a name applied to the Philistines as sprung from Crete (De 2:23; Jr 47:4; Am 9:7). Philistine means "an emigrant." Canaan ... land of the Philistines--They occupied the southwest of Canaan (Jos 13:2, 3); a name which hints that they are doomed to the same…Read the comment

Topics related to Zephaniah 2:5

• Cherethites
• Philistines

In the dictionaries

• Canaan
• Philistines
• Canaan; Canaanites
• Cherethites
• Canaan, Canaanite
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Cherethim
• Cottage
• Nahum, Book of
• Prophecy

Commentaries on Zephaniah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings