Zep 2 | NASB1995 | STEP | Gather yourselves together, yes, gather , O nation without shame ,

Zephaniah 2

Judgments on Judah’s Enemies

1 Gather yourselves together, yes, ^agather,
O nation ^bwithout ^{▼▼ Or longing}shame,
2 Before the decree ^{▼▼ Lit is born}takes effect—
The day passes ^elike the chaff—
Before the ^fburning anger of the Lord comes upon you,
Before the ^gday of the Lord’s anger comes upon you.
3 ^hSeek the Lord,
All you ⁱhumble of the ^{▼▼ Or land}earth
Who have carried out His ^{▼▼ Or justice}ordinances;
^lSeek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will be ^mhidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.

4 For ⁿGaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon a desolation;
^oAshdod will be driven out at noon
And ^pEkron will be uprooted.
5 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation of the ^{▼▼ I.e. a segment of the Philistines with roots in Crete
,} ^rCherethites!
The word of the Lord is ^sagainst you,
O ^tCanaan, land of the Philistines;
And I will ^udestroy you
So that there will be ^vno inhabitant.
6 So the seacoast will be ^wpastures,
With ^{▼▼ Or meadows or wells}caves for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7 And the coast will be
For the ^yremnant of the house of Judah,
They will ^zpasture on it.
In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;
For the Lord their God will ^aacare for them
And ^abrestore their fortune.

8 “I have heard the ^{▼▼ Lit reproach
,} ^adtaunting of Moab
And the ^aerevilings of the sons of Ammon,
With which they have ^{▼▼ Lit reproached}taunted My people
And ^{▼▼ Lit made themselves great
,} ^ahbecome arrogant against their territory.
9 “Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel,
“Surely ^aiMoab will be like ^ajSodom
And the sons of ^akAmmon like ^alGomorrah—
A place possessed by nettles and salt pits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The remnant of My people will ^amplunder them
And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”

10 This they will have in return for their ^anpride, because they have ^{▼▼ Lit reproached
,} ^aptaunted and ^{▼▼ Lit made themselves great}become arrogant against the people of the Lord of hosts. 11 The Lord will be ^arterrifying to them, for He will ^{▼▼ Lit make lean}starve ^atall the gods of the earth; and all the ^aucoastlands of the nations will ^avbow down to Him, everyone from his own place. 12 “You also, O ^awEthiopians, will be slain by My sword.”
13 And He will ^axstretch out His hand against the north
And destroy ^ayAssyria,
And He will make ^azNineveh a desolation,
Parched like the wilderness.
14 Flocks will lie down in her midst,
^{▼▼ Or All kinds of beasts in crowds; lit Every kind of beast of a nation}All beasts which range in herds;
Both the ^{▼▼ Or owl or jackdaw
,} ^bcpelican and the hedgehog
Will lodge in ^{▼▼ Lit her capitals}the tops of her pillars;
^{▼▼ Lit A voice}Birds will sing in the window,
Desolation will be on the threshold;
For He has laid bare the cedar work.
15 This is the ^bfexultant city
Which ^bgdwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
^bh“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a ^bidesolation,
A resting place for beasts!
^bjEveryone who passes by her will hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.