2:4 Indeed,
and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins.
Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon,
and Ekron will be overthrown.
2:13 The Lord
and destroy Assyria.
He will make Nineveh a heap of ruins;
it will be as barren
1:17 I will bring distress on the people
and they will stumble
for they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out like dirt;
their flesh
1:11 Wail, you who live in the market district,
for all the merchants
and those who count money
1:4 “I will attack
and all who live in Jerusalem.
I will remove
as well as the very memory
3:8 Therefore you must wait patiently
“for the day when I attack and take plunder.
I have decided
and assemble kingdoms,
so I can pour out my fury on them –
all my raging anger.
For
by my fiery anger.
1:14 The Lord’s great day of judgment
it is approaching very rapidly!
There will be a bitter sound on the Lord’s day of judgment;
at that time warriors will cry out in battle.
3:15 The Lord has removed the judgment against you;
he has turned back your enemy.
Israel’s king, the Lord, is in your midst!
You no longer need to fear disaster.
3:19 Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you.
I will rescue the lame sheep
and gather together the scattered sheep.
I will take away their humiliation
and make the whole earth admire and respect them.
3:3 Her princes
her rulers
who completely devour their prey by morning.
3:14 Shout for joy, Daughter Zion!
Shout out, Israel!
Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!
3:11 In that day you
for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast,
and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.
1:15 That day will be a day of God’s anger,
a day of distress and hardship,
a day of devastation and ruin,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and dark skies,
2:3 Seek the Lord’s favor,
Strive to do what is right!
Maybe you will be protected
3:6 “I destroyed
their walled cities
I turned their streets into ruins;
no one passes through them.
Their cities are desolate;
no one lives there.