Zephaniah 2
King James Version with Strongs Numbers - Zephaniah 2 << | >> 123 2:1 Gather yourselves together7197, yea, gather together7197, O nation1471 not desired3700; 2:2 Before the decree2706 bring forth3205, {before} the day3117 pass5674 as the chaff4671, before3808 the fierce2740 anger0639 of the LORD3068 come0935 upon you, before the day3117 of the LORD'S3068 anger0639 come0935 upon you. 2:3 Seek1245 ye the LORD3068, all ye meek6035 of the earth0776, which have wrought6466 his judgment4941; seek1245 righteousness6664, seek1245 meekness6038: it may be0194 ye shall be hid5641 in the day3117 of the LORD'S3068 anger0639. 2:4 For Gaza5804 shall be forsaken5800, and Ashkelon0831 a desolation8077: they shall drive out1644 Ashdod0795 at the noon day6672, and Ekron6138 shall be rooted up6131. 2:5 Woe1945 unto the inhabitants3427 of the sea3220 coast2256, the nation1471 of the Cherethites3774! the word1697 of the LORD3068 {is} against you; O Canaan3667, the land0776 of the Philistines6430, I will even destroy0006 thee, that there shall be no inhabitant3427. 2:6 And the sea3220 coast2256 shall be dwellings5116 {and} cottages3741 for shepherds7462, and folds1448 for flocks6629. 2:7 And the coast2256 shall be for the remnant7611 of the house1004 of Judah3063; they shall feed7462 thereupon: in the houses1004 of Ashkelon0831 shall they lie down7257 in the evening6153: for the LORD3068 their God0430 shall visit6485 them, and turn away7725 their captivity7622-7622. 2:8 I have heard8085 the reproach2781 of Moab4124, and the revilings1421 of the children1121 of Ammon5983, whereby they have reproached2778 my people5971, and magnified1431 {themselves} against their border1366. 2:9 Therefore {as} I live2416, saith5002 the LORD3068 of hosts6635, the God0430 of Israel3478, Surely Moab4124 shall be as Sodom5467, and the children1121 of Ammon5983 as Gomorrah6017, {even} the breeding4476 of nettles2738, and saltpits4379-4417, and a perpetual5704-5769 desolation8077: the residue7611 of my people5971 shall spoil0962 them, and the remnant3499 of my people1471 shall possess5157 them. 2:10 This shall they have for their pride1347, because they have reproached2778 and magnified1431 {themselves} against the people5971 of the LORD3068 of hosts6635. 2:11 The LORD3068 {will be} terrible3372 unto them: for he will famish7329 all the gods0430 of the earth0776; and {men} shall worship7812 him, every one0376 from his place4725, {even} all the isles0339 of the heathen1471. 2:12 Ye Ethiopians3569 also, ye1992 {shall be} slain2491 by my sword2719. 2:13 And he will stretch out5186 his hand3027 against the north6828, and destroy0006 Assyria0804; and will make7760 Nineveh5210 a desolation8077, {and} dry6723 like a wilderness4057. 2:14 And flocks5739 shall lie down7257 in the midst8432 of her, all the beasts2416 of the nations1471: both the cormorant6893 and the bittern7090 shall lodge3885 in the upper lintels3730 of it; {their} voice6963 shall sing7891 in the windows2474; desolation2721 {shall be} in the thresholds5592: for he shall uncover6168 the cedar work0731. 2:15 This {is} the rejoicing5947 city5892 that dwelt3427 carelessly0983, that said0559 in her heart3824, I {am}, and {there is} none beside0657 me: how is she become a desolation8047, a place for beasts2416 to lie down in4769! every one that passeth by5674 her shall hiss8319, {and} wag5128 his hand3027.