New American Standard Bible 1995

Zephaniah 2:4-10

4For 1Gaza will be abandoned And Ashkelon a desolation; 2Ashdod will be driven out at noon And 3Ekron will be uprooted.5Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the 4 5Cherethites! The word of the Lord is 6against you, O 7Canaan, land of the Philistines; And I will 8destroy you So that there will be 9no inhabitant.6So the seacoast will be 10pastures, With 11caves for shepherds and folds for flocks.7And the coast will be For the 12remnant of the house of Judah, They will 13pasture on it. In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening; For the Lord their God will 14care for them And 15restore their fortune.

8“I have heard the 16 17taunting of Moab And the 18revilings of the sons of Ammon, With which they have 19taunted My people And 20 21become arrogant against their territory.9Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, “Surely 22Moab will be like 23Sodom And the sons of 24Ammon like 25Gomorrah-- A place possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will 26plunder them And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.” 10This they will have in return for their 27pride, because they have 28 29taunted and 30become arrogant against the people of the Lord of hosts.

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Notes

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

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