Zephaniah 2
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Zephaniah 2:4-10

4For GazaH5804 shall be forsaken, and AshkelonH831 a desolationH8077: they shall driveH1644 outH1644 AshdodH795 at the noonday, and EkronH6138 shall be rooted upH1644.

5WoeH1945 unto the inhabitantsH3427 of the seaH3220 coast, the nationH1471 of the CherethitesH3774! The wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 is againstH5921 youH5921, O CanaanH3667, the landH776 of the PhilistinesH6430; I will destroyH6 thee, that there shall be noH369 inhabitantH3427.

6And the seaH3220 coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherdsH7462 and foldsH1448 for flocksH6629.

7And the coast shall be for the remnantH7611 of the houseH1004 of JudahH3063; they shall feedH7462 their flocks thereupon: in the housesH1004 of AshkelonH831 shall they lieH7257 downH7257 in the eveningH6153; for the LORDH3068 their GodH430 shall visitH6485 them, and bringH7725 againH7725 their captivityH7622.

8I have heardH8085 the reproachH2781 of MoabH4124, and the revilingsH1421 of the childrenH1121 of AmmonH5983, wherewith they have reproached my peopleH5971, and magnifiedH1431 themselvesH1431 againstH5921 their borderH1366.

9Therefore as I liveH2416, saith the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, SurelyH3588 MoabH4124 shall be as SodomH5467, and the childrenH1121 of AmmonH5983 as GomorrahH6017, a possessionH5157 of nettlesH2738, and saltpits, and a perpetualH5769 desolationH8077: the residue of my peopleH5971 shall spoilH962 them, and the remnantH7611 of my nationH1471 shall inheritH5157 them.

10This shall they have for their prideH1347, becauseH3588 they have reproached and magnifiedH1431 themselvesH1431 againstH5921 the peopleH5971 of the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635.

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