New American Standard Bible 2020
Zephaniah 2:4-10
4For 1Gaza will be abandoned, And Ashkelon will become a desolation; The inhabitants of 2Ashdod will be driven out at noon, And 3Ekron will be uprooted.5Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the 45Cherethites! The word of the Lord is 6against you, 7Canaan, land of the Philistines; And I will 8eliminate you So that there will be 9no inhabitant.6So the seacoast will become 10grazing places, With pastures for shepherds and folds for flocks.7And the coast will be For the 11remnant of the house of Judah, They will 12drive sheep to pasture on it. In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening; For the Lord their God will 13care for them And 14restore their fortunes.
8“I have heard the 15taunting of Moab And the 16abusive speech of the sons of Ammon, With which they have taunted My people And 17boasted against their territory.9Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of armies, The God of Israel, “18Moab will assuredly be like 19Sodom, And the sons of 20Ammon like 21Gomorrah-- Ground overgrown with weeds and full of salt mines, And a permanent desolation. The remnant of My people will 22plunder them, And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.” 10This they will have in return for their 23arrogance, because they have 24taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of armies.
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 2:7 Is 11:16 ↩
- 12. Zephaniah 2:7 Is 32:14 ↩
- 13. Zephaniah 2:7 Ex 4:31; Ps 80:14 ↩
- 14. Zephaniah 2:7 Jer 32:44; Zeph 3:20 ↩
- 15. Zephaniah 2:8 Ezek 25:8 ↩
- 16. Zephaniah 2:8 Ezek 25:3 ↩
- 17. Zephaniah 2:8 Amos 1:13 ↩
- 18. Zephaniah 2:9 Is 15:1-9; Jer 48:1-47; Amos 2:1-3 ↩
- 19. Zephaniah 2:9 Gen 19:24 ↩
- 20. Zephaniah 2:9 Jer 49:1-6; Ezek 25:1-10 ↩
- 21. Zephaniah 2:9 Deut 29:23 ↩
- 22. Zephaniah 2:9 Is 11:14 ↩
- 23. Zephaniah 2:10 Is 16:6 ↩
- 24. Zephaniah 2:10 Zeph 2:8 ↩
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
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