2 Before the decree is issued,
Or the day passes like chaff,
Before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you,
Before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you!
Or the day passes like chaff,
Before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you,
Before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you!
3 aSeek the Lord, ball you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
cIt may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
cIt may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Judgment on Nations
4 For aGaza shall be forsaken,
And Ashkelon desolate;
They shall drive out Ashdod bat noonday,
And Ekron shall be uprooted.
And Ashkelon desolate;
They shall drive out Ashdod bat noonday,
And Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to the inhabitants of athe seacoast,
The nation of the Cherethites!
The word of the Lord is against you,
O bCanaan, land of the Philistines:
“I will destroy you;
So there shall be no inhabitant.”
The nation of the Cherethites!
The word of the Lord is against you,
O bCanaan, land of the Philistines:
“I will destroy you;
So there shall be no inhabitant.”
7 The coast shall be for athe remnant of the house of Judah;
They shall feed their flocks there;
In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God will bintervene for them,
And creturn their captives.
They shall feed their flocks there;
In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God will bintervene for them,
And creturn their captives.
8 “Ia have heard the reproach of Moab,
And bthe insults of the people of Ammon,
With which they have reproached My people,
And cmade arrogant threats against their borders.
And bthe insults of the people of Ammon,
With which they have reproached My people,
And cmade arrogant threats against their borders.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Matthew Henry for Zephaniah 2:4.
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