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Zephaniah 2:1--3:20

2:1

Gather yourselves together
<07197> (8703)_,

yea, gather together
<07197> (8798)_,

O nation
<01471>

not desired
<03700> (8737)_;

{not...: or, not desirous}

2:2

Before the decree
<02706>

bring forth
<03205> (8800)_,

[before] the day
<03117>

pass
<05674> (8804)

as the chaff
<04671>_,

before
<03808>

the fierce
<02740>

anger
<0639>

of the LORD
<03068>

come
<0935> (8799)

upon you, before the day
<03117>

of the LORD'S
<03068>

anger
<0639>

come
<0935> (8799)

upon you.

2:3

Seek
<01245> (8761)

ye the LORD
<03068>_,

all ye meek
<06035>

of the earth
<0776>_,

which have wrought
<06466> (8804)

his judgment
<04941>_;

seek
<01245> (8761)

righteousness
<06664>_,

seek
<01245> (8761)

meekness
<06038>_:

it may be
<0194>

ye shall be hid
<05641> (8735)

in the day
<03117>

of the LORD'S
<03068>

anger
<0639>_.

2:4

For Gaza
<05804>

shall be forsaken
<05800> (8803)_,

and Ashkelon
<0831>

a desolation
<08077>_:

they shall drive out
<01644> (8762)

Ashdod
<0795>

at the noon day
<06672>_,

and Ekron
<06138>

shall be rooted up
<06131> (8735)_.

2:5

Woe
<01945>

unto the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of the sea
<03220>

coast
<02256>_,

the nation
<01471>

of the Cherethites
<03774>_!

the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] against you; O Canaan
<03667>_,

the land
<0776>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

I will even destroy
<06> (8689)

thee, that there shall be no inhabitant
<03427> (8802)_.

2:6

And the sea
<03220>

coast
<02256>

shall be dwellings
<05116>

[and] cottages
<03741>

for shepherds
<07462> (8802)_,

and folds
<01448>

for flocks
<06629>_.

2:7

And the coast
<02256>

shall be for the remnant
<07611>

of the house
<01004>

of Judah
<03063>_;

they shall feed
<07462> (8799)

thereupon: in the houses
<01004>

of Ashkelon
<0831>

shall they lie down
<07257> (8799)

in the evening
<06153>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>

shall visit
<06485> (8799)

them, and turn away
<07725> (8804)

their captivity
<07622> (8675) <07622>_.

{for the LORD: or, when, etc}

2:8

I have heard
<08085> (8804)

the reproach
<02781>

of Moab
<04124>_,

and the revilings
<01421>

of the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>_,

whereby they have reproached
<02778> (8765)

my people
<05971>_,

and magnified
<01431> (8686)

[themselves] against their border
<01366>_.

2:9

Therefore [as] I live
<02416>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>_,

the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

Surely Moab
<04124>

shall be as Sodom
<05467>_,

and the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>

as Gomorrah
<06017>_,

[even] the breeding
<04476>

of nettles
<02738>_,

and saltpits
<04379> <04417>_,

and a perpetual
<05704> <05769>

desolation
<08077>_:

the residue
<07611>

of my people
<05971>

shall spoil
<0962> (8799)

them, and the remnant
<03499>

of my people
<01471>

shall possess
<05157> (8799)

them.

2:10

This shall they have for their pride
<01347>_,

because they have reproached
<02778> (8765)

and magnified
<01431> (8686)

[themselves] against the people
<05971>

of the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>_.

2:11

The LORD
<03068>

[will be] terrible
<03372> (8737)

unto them: for he will famish
<07329> (8804)

all the gods
<0430>

of the earth
<0776>_;

and [men] shall worship
<07812> (8691)

him, every one
<0376>

from his place
<04725>_,

[even] all the isles
<0339>

of the heathen
<01471>_.

{famish: Heb. make lean}

2:12

Ye Ethiopians
<03569>

also, ye
<01992>

[shall be] slain
<02491>

by my sword
<02719>_.

2:13

And he will stretch out
<05186> (8799)

his hand
<03027>

against the north
<06828>_,

and destroy
<06> (8762)

Assyria
<0804>_;

and will make
<07760> (8799)

Nineveh
<05210>

a desolation
<08077>_,

[and] dry
<06723>

like a wilderness
<04057>_.

2:14

And flocks
<05739>

shall lie down
<07257> (8804)

in the midst
<08432>

of her, all the beasts
<02416>

of the nations
<01471>_:

both the cormorant
<06893>

and the bittern
<07090>

shall lodge
<03885> (8799)

in the upper lintels
<03730>

of it; [their] voice
<06963>

shall sing
<07891> (8787)

in the windows
<02474>_;

desolation
<02721>

[shall be] in the thresholds
<05592>_:

for he shall uncover
<06168> (8765)

the cedar work
<0731>_.

{cormorant: or, pelican} {upper...: or, knops, or, chapiters} {for...: or, when he hath uncovered}

2:15

This [is] the rejoicing
<05947>

city
<05892>

that dwelt
<03427> (8802)

carelessly
<0983>_,

that said
<0559> (8802)

in her heart
<03824>_,

I [am], and [there is] none beside
<0657>

me: how is she become a desolation
<08047>_,

a place for beasts
<02416>

to lie down in
<04769>_!

every one that passeth by
<05674> (8802)

her shall hiss
<08319> (8799)_,

[and] wag
<05128> (8686)

his hand
<03027>_.

3:1

Woe
<01945>

to her that is filthy
<04754> (8802)

and polluted
<01351> (8737)_,

to the oppressing
<03238> (8802)

city
<05892>_!

{her...: or, gluttonous: Heb. craw}

3:2

She obeyed
<08085> (8804)

not the voice
<06963>_;

she received
<03947> (8804)

not correction
<04148>_;

she trusted
<0982> (8804)

not in the LORD
<03068>_;

she drew not near
<07126> (8804)

to her God
<0430>_.

{correction: or, instruction}

3:3

Her princes
<08269>

within
<07130>

her [are] roaring
<07580> (8802)

lions
<0738>_;

her judges
<08199> (8802)

[are] evening
<06153>

wolves
<02061>_;

they gnaw not the bones
<01633> (8804)

till the morrow
<01242>_.

3:4

Her prophets
<05030>

[are] light
<06348> (8802)

[and] treacherous
<0900>

persons
<0582>_:

her priests
<03548>

have polluted
<02490> (8765)

the sanctuary
<06944>_,

they have done violence
<02554> (8804)

to the law
<08451>_.

3:5

The just
<06662>

LORD
<03068>

[is] in the midst
<07130>

thereof; he will not do
<06213> (8799)

iniquity
<05766>_:

every
<01242>

morning
<01242>

doth he bring
<05414> (8799)

his judgment
<04941>

to light
<0216>_,

he faileth
<05737> (8738)

not; but the unjust
<05767>

knoweth
<03045> (8802)

no shame
<01322>_.

{every...: Heb. morning by morning}

3:6

I have cut off
<03772> (8689)

the nations
<01471>_:

their towers
<06438>

are desolate
<08074> (8738)_;

I made their streets
<02351>

waste
<02717> (8689)_,

that none passeth by
<05674> (8802)_:

their cities
<05892>

are destroyed
<06658> (8738)_,

so that there is no man
<0376>_,

that there is none inhabitant
<03427> (8802)_.

{towers: or, corners}

3:7

I said
<0559> (8804)_,

Surely thou wilt fear
<03372> (8799)

me, thou wilt receive
<03947> (8799)

instruction
<04148>_;

so their dwelling
<04583>

should not be cut off
<03772> (8735)_,

howsoever
<0834> <03605>

I punished
<06485> (8804)

them: but
<0403>

they rose early
<07925> (8689)_,

[and] corrupted
<07843> (8689)

all their doings
<05949>_.

3:8

Therefore wait
<02442> (8761)

ye upon me, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

until the day
<03117>

that I rise up
<06965> (8800)

to the prey
<05706>_:

for my determination
<04941>

[is] to gather
<0622> (8800)

the nations
<01471>_,

that I may assemble
<06908> (8800)

the kingdoms
<04467>_,

to pour
<08210> (8800)

upon them mine indignation
<02195>_,

[even] all my fierce
<02740>

anger
<0639>_:

for all the earth
<0776>

shall be devoured
<0398> (8735)

with the fire
<0784>

of my jealousy
<07068>_.

3:9

For then will I turn
<02015> (8799)

to the people
<05971>

a pure
<01305> (8803)

language
<08193>_,

that they may all call
<07121> (8800)

upon the name
<08034>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to serve
<05647> (8800)

him with one
<0259>

consent
<07926>_.

{language: Heb. lip} {consent: Heb. shoulder}

3:10

From beyond
<05676>

the rivers
<05104>

of Ethiopia
<03568>

my suppliants
<06282>_,

[even] the daughter
<01323>

of my dispersed
<06327> (8803)_,

shall bring
<02986> (8686)

mine offering
<04503>_.

3:11

In that day
<03117>

shalt thou not be ashamed
<0954> (8799)

for all thy doings
<05949>_,

wherein thou hast transgressed
<06586> (8804)

against me: for then I will take away
<05493> (8686)

out of the midst
<07130>

of thee them that rejoice
<05947>

in thy pride
<01346>_,

and thou shalt no more
<03254> (8686)

be haughty
<01361> (8800)

because of my holy
<06944>

mountain
<02022>_.

{because...: Heb. in my holy}

3:12

I will also leave
<07604> (8689)

in the midst
<07130>

of thee an afflicted
<06041>

and poor
<01800>

people
<05971>_,

and they shall trust
<02620> (8804)

in the name
<08034>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

3:13

The remnant
<07611>

of Israel
<03478>

shall not do
<06213> (8799)

iniquity
<05766>_,

nor speak
<01696> (8762)

lies
<03577>_;

neither shall a deceitful
<08649>

tongue
<03956>

be found
<04672> (8735)

in their mouth
<06310>_:

for they shall feed
<07462> (8799)

and lie down
<07257> (8804)_,

and none shall make [them] afraid
<02729> (8688)_.

3:14

Sing
<07442> (8798)_,

O daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>_;

shout
<07321> (8685)_,

O Israel
<03478>_;

be glad
<08055> (8798)

and rejoice
<05937> (8798)

with all the heart
<03820>_,

O daughter
<01323>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_.

3:15

The LORD
<03068>

hath taken away
<05493> (8689)

thy judgments
<04941>_,

he hath cast out
<06437> (8765)

thine enemy
<0341> (8802)_:

the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

[even] the LORD
<03068>_,

[is] in the midst
<07130>

of thee: thou shalt not see
<07200> (8799)

evil
<07451>

any more.

3:16

In that day
<03117>

it shall be said
<0559> (8735)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

Fear
<03372> (8799)

thou not: [and to] Zion
<06726>_,

Let not thine hands
<03027>

be slack
<07503> (8799)_.

{slack: or, faint}

3:17

The LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>

in the midst
<07130>

of thee [is] mighty
<01368>_;

he will save
<03467> (8686)_,

he will rejoice
<07797> (8799)

over thee with joy
<08057>_;

he will rest
<02790> (8686)

in his love
<0160>_,

he will joy
<01523> (8799)

over thee with singing
<07440>_.

{rest: Heb. be silent}

3:18

I will gather
<0622> (8804)

[them that are] sorrowful
<03013> (8737)

for the solemn assembly
<04150>_,

[who] are of thee, [to whom] the reproach
<02781>

of it [was] a burden
<04864>_.

{reproach...: Heb. the burden upon it was reproach}

3:19

Behold, at that time
<06256>

I will undo
<06213> (8802)

all that afflict
<06031> (8764)

thee: and I will save
<03467> (8689)

her that halteth
<06760> (8802)_,

and gather
<06908> (8762)

her that was driven out
<05080> (8737)_;

and I will get
<07760> (8804)

them praise
<08416>

and fame
<08034>

in every land
<0776>

where they have been put to shame
<01322>_.

{get...: Heb. set them for a praise} {where...: Heb. of their shame}

3:20

At that time
<06256>

will I bring
<0935> (8686)

you [again], even in the time
<06256>

that I gather
<06908> (8763)

you: for I will make
<05414> (8799)

you a name
<08034>

and a praise
<08416>

among all people
<05971>

of the earth
<0776>_,

when I turn back
<07725> (8800)

your captivity
<07622>

before your eyes
<05869>_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_.