Zephaniah 2

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1. 1Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O nation not desired;
2. 2Do it before the decree takes effect, before the day sweeps past like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD falls on you, before the day of the LORD's anger overtakes you.
3. 3Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth who have carried out his judgment. Seek righteousness, seek meekness. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the LORD's anger.
4. 4Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be emptied by midday, and Ekron will be torn up by its roots.
5. 5Woe to you who live along the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you so that there will be no inhabitant.
6. 6And the sea coast will become homes and shelters for shepherds, and enclosures for flocks.
7. 7The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah. They will graze there and lie down in the evening in the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will visit them and turn away their captivity.
8. 8I have heard how Moab mocked my people and how the Ammonites hurled insults at them, boasting against their borders.
9. 9Therefore, as surely as I live," declares the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Moab will become like Sodom, and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, a place overgrown with weeds and salt pits, a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the rest of my people will possess them.
10. 10This is what they get for their pride, because they mocked and boasted against the people of the LORD of hosts.
11. 11The LORD will be terrifying to them, for he will famish all the gods of the earth. People will worship him, each from their own place, even all the isles of the heathen.
12. 12"You Ethiopians, too — you will fall by my sword."
13. 13And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria; he will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a wilderness.
14. 14Herds will lie down in the middle of the city, along with all kinds of wild animals. Both the cormorant and the bittern will lodge on the upper lintels. Their voices will sing in the windows; desolation will be in the thresholds, for he will uncover the cedar work.
15. 15This is the rejoicing city that lived carelessly, saying in her heart, 'I am, and there is none beside me.' How has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her will hiss and wag his hand.