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Zephaniah 2:4-10

4For 1GazaH5804 will be abandonedH5800 And AshkelonH831 a desolationH8077; 2AshdodH795 will be drivenH1644 out at noonH6672 And 3EkronH6138 will be uprootedH6131.5WoeH1945 to the inhabitantsH3427 of the seacoastH3220H2256, The nationH1471 of the 45CherethitesH3774! The wordH1697 of the LordH3068 is 6againstH5921 you, O 7CanaanH3667, landH776 of the PhilistinesH6430; And I will 8destroyH6 you SoH4480 that thereH369 will be 9noH369 inhabitantH3427.6So the seacoastH3220H2256 will be 10pasturesH5116, With 11cavesH3741 for shepherdsH7462 and foldsH1448 for flocksH6629.7And the coastH2256 will be For the 12remnantH7611 of the houseH1004 of JudahH3063, They will 13pastureH7462 on it. In the housesH1004 of AshkelonH831 they will lieH7257 downH7257 at eveningH6153; For the LordH3068 their GodH430 will 14careH6485 for them And 15restoreH7725 their fortuneH7622.

8“I have heardH8085 the 1617tauntingH2781 of MoabH4124 And the 18revilingsH1421 of the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983, With whichH834 they have 19tauntedH2778 My peopleH5971 And 2021becomeH1431 arrogantH1431 againstH5921 their territoryH1366.9ThereforeH3651, as I liveH2416,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, The GodH430 of IsraelH3478, “SurelyH3588 22MoabH4124 will be like 23SodomH5467 And the sonsH1121 of 24AmmonH5983 like 25GomorrahH6017-- A placeH4476 possessedH4476 by nettlesH2738 and saltH4417 pitsH4379, And a perpetualH5769 desolationH8077. The remnantH7611 of My peopleH5971 will 26plunderH962 them And the remainderH3499 of My nationH1471 will inheritH5157 them.” 10ThisH2088 they will have in returnH8478 for their 27prideH1347, becauseH3588 they have 2829tauntedH2778 and 30becomeH1431 arrogantH1431 againstH5921 the peopleH5971 of the LordH3068 of hostsH6635.

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Notes

  1. 1. Zephaniah 2:4 Amos 1:7, 8; Zech 9:5-7 ↩
  2. 2. Zephaniah 2:4 Amos 1:7, 8; Zech 9:5-7 ↩
  3. 3. Zephaniah 2:4 Amos 1:7, 8; Zech 9:5-7 ↩
  4. 4. Zephaniah 2:5 I.e. a segment of the Philistines with roots in Crete ↩
  5. 5. Zephaniah 2:5 Ezek 25:16 ↩
  6. 6. Zephaniah 2:5 Amos 3:1 ↩
  7. 7. Zephaniah 2:5 Zeph 1:11 ↩
  8. 8. Zephaniah 2:5 Is 14:29, 30 ↩
  9. 9. Zephaniah 2:5 Zeph 3:6 ↩
  10. 10. Zephaniah 2:6 Is 5:17; 7:25 ↩
  11. 11. Zephaniah 2:6 Or meadows or wells ↩
  12. 12. Zephaniah 2:7 Is 11:16 ↩
  13. 13. Zephaniah 2:7 Is 32:14 ↩
  14. 14. Zephaniah 2:7 Ex 4:31; Ps 80:14 ↩
  15. 15. Zephaniah 2:7 Jer 32:44; Zeph 3:20 ↩
  16. 16. Zephaniah 2:8 Lit reproach ↩
  17. 17. Zephaniah 2:8 Ezek 25:8 ↩
  18. 18. Zephaniah 2:8 Ezek 25:3 ↩
  19. 19. Zephaniah 2:8 Lit reproached ↩
  20. 20. Zephaniah 2:8 Lit made themselves great ↩
  21. 21. Zephaniah 2:8 Amos 1:13 ↩
  22. 22. Zephaniah 2:9 Is 15:1-9; Jer 48:1-47; Amos 2:1-3 ↩
  23. 23. Zephaniah 2:9 Gen 19:24 ↩
  24. 24. Zephaniah 2:9 Jer 49:1-6; Ezek 25:1-10 ↩
  25. 25. Zephaniah 2:9 Deut 29:23 ↩
  26. 26. Zephaniah 2:9 Is 11:14 ↩
  27. 27. Zephaniah 2:10 Is 16:6 ↩
  28. 28. Zephaniah 2:10 Lit reproached ↩
  29. 29. Zephaniah 2:10 Zeph 2:8 ↩
  30. 30. Zephaniah 2:10 Lit made themselves great ↩

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