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Zephaniah 2:2-15

2:2

Before the decree
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bring forth
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[before] the day
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pass
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as the chaff
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before
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the fierce
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anger
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of the LORD
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come
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upon you, before the day
<03117>

of the LORD'S
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anger
<0639>

come
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upon you.

2:3

Seek
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ye the LORD
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all ye meek
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of the earth
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which have wrought
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his judgment
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seek
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righteousness
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seek
<01245> (8761)

meekness
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it may be
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ye shall be hid
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in the day
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of the LORD'S
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anger
<0639>_.

2:4

For Gaza
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shall be forsaken
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and Ashkelon
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a desolation
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they shall drive out
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Ashdod
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at the noon day
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and Ekron
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shall be rooted up
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2:5

Woe
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unto the inhabitants
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of the sea
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coast
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the nation
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of the Cherethites
<03774>_!

the word
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of the LORD
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[is] against you; O Canaan
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the land
<0776>

of the Philistines
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I will even destroy
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thee, that there shall be no inhabitant
<03427> (8802)_.

2:6

And the sea
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coast
<02256>

shall be dwellings
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[and] cottages
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for shepherds
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and folds
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for flocks
<06629>_.

2:7

And the coast
<02256>

shall be for the remnant
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of the house
<01004>

of Judah
<03063>_;

they shall feed
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thereupon: in the houses
<01004>

of Ashkelon
<0831>

shall they lie down
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in the evening
<06153>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>

shall visit
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them, and turn away
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their captivity
<07622> (8675) <07622>_.

{for the LORD: or, when, etc}

2:8

I have heard
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the reproach
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of Moab
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and the revilings
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of the children
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of Ammon
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whereby they have reproached
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my people
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and magnified
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[themselves] against their border
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2:9

Therefore [as] I live
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saith
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the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>_,

the God
<0430>

of Israel
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Surely Moab
<04124>

shall be as Sodom
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and the children
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of Ammon
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as Gomorrah
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[even] the breeding
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of nettles
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and saltpits
<04379> <04417>_,

and a perpetual
<05704> <05769>

desolation
<08077>_:

the residue
<07611>

of my people
<05971>

shall spoil
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them, and the remnant
<03499>

of my people
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shall possess
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them.

2:10

This shall they have for their pride
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because they have reproached
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and magnified
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[themselves] against the people
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of the LORD
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of hosts
<06635>_.

2:11

The LORD
<03068>

[will be] terrible
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unto them: for he will famish
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all the gods
<0430>

of the earth
<0776>_;

and [men] shall worship
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him, every one
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from his place
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[even] all the isles
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of the heathen
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{famish: Heb. make lean}

2:12

Ye Ethiopians
<03569>

also, ye
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[shall be] slain
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by my sword
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2:13

And he will stretch out
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his hand
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against the north
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and destroy
<06> (8762)

Assyria
<0804>_;

and will make
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Nineveh
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a desolation
<08077>_,

[and] dry
<06723>

like a wilderness
<04057>_.

2:14

And flocks
<05739>

shall lie down
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in the midst
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of her, all the beasts
<02416>

of the nations
<01471>_:

both the cormorant
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and the bittern
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shall lodge
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in the upper lintels
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of it; [their] voice
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shall sing
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in the windows
<02474>_;

desolation
<02721>

[shall be] in the thresholds
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for he shall uncover
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the cedar work
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{cormorant: or, pelican} {upper...: or, knops, or, chapiters} {for...: or, when he hath uncovered}

2:15

This [is] the rejoicing
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city
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that dwelt
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carelessly
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that said
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in her heart
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I [am], and [there is] none beside
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me: how is she become a desolation
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a place for beasts
<02416>

to lie down in
<04769>_!

every one that passeth by
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her shall hiss
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[and] wag
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his hand
<03027>_.