New American Standard Bible 2020

Zephaniah 2:4-15

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 4 5Cherethites! 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. 11The Lord will be 25terrifying to them, for He will 26starve 27all the gods of the earth; and all the 28coastlands of the nations will 29bow down to Him, everyone from his own place.

12“You also, 30Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword.”13And He will 31stretch out His hand against the north And eliminate 32Assyria, And He will make 33Nineveh a desolation, Parched like the wilderness.14Flocks will lie down in her midst, 34All animals that range in herds; Both the 35 36pelican and the hedgehog Will spend their nights in 37the tops of her pillars; 38Birds will sing in the window, Devastation will be on the threshold; For He has uncovered the cedar work.15This is the 39presumptuous city That 40dwells securely, Who says in her heart, “41I am, and there is no one besides me.” How she has become a 42desolation, A resting place for animals! 43Everyone who passes by her will 44hiss And wave his hand in contempt.

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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 2:7 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 ↩
25. Zephaniah 2:11 Joel 2:11 ↩
26. Zephaniah 2:11 Lit allow to dwindle ↩
27. Zephaniah 2:11 Zeph 1:4 ↩
28. Zephaniah 2:11 Is 24:15 ↩
29. Zephaniah 2:11 Ps 72:8-11; Zeph 3:9 ↩
30. Zephaniah 2:12 Is 18:1-7; 20:4, 5; Ezek 30:4-9 ↩
31. Zephaniah 2:13 Is 14:26; Zeph 1:4 ↩
32. Zephaniah 2:13 Is 10:16; Mic 5:6 ↩
33. Zephaniah 2:13 Nah 3:7 ↩
34. Zephaniah 2:14 Or All kinds of beasts in crowds; lit Every kind of beast of a nation ↩
35. Zephaniah 2:14 Or owl; or jackdaw ↩
36. Zephaniah 2:14 Is 14:23; 34:11 ↩
37. Zephaniah 2:14 Lit her capitals ↩
38. Zephaniah 2:14 Lit A voice ↩
39. Zephaniah 2:15 Is 22:2 ↩
40. Zephaniah 2:15 Is 32:9, 11; 47:8 ↩
41. Zephaniah 2:15 Is 47:8; Ezek 28:2, 9 ↩
42. Zephaniah 2:15 Is 32:14 ↩
43. Zephaniah 2:15 Jer 18:16; 19:8 ↩
44. Zephaniah 2:15 Or whistle ↩

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