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Zephaniah 2:4

NETBible	Indeed,¹ Gaza will be deserted² and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins.³ Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon,⁴ and Ekron will be overthrown.⁵
NIV © biblegateway Zep 2:4	Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon left in ruins. At midday Ashdod will be emptied and Ekron uprooted.
NASB © biblegateway Zep 2:4	For Gaza will be abandoned And Ashkelon a desolation; Ashdod will be driven out at noon And Ekron will be uprooted.
NLT © biblegateway Zep 2:4	Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron––these Philistine cities, too, will be rooted out and left in desolation.
MSG © biblegateway Zep 2:4	Gaza is scheduled for demolition, Ashdod will be cleaned out by high noon, Ekron pulled out by the roots.
BBE © SABDAweb Zep 2:4	For Gaza will be given up and Ashkelon will become waste: they will send Ashdod out in the middle of the day, and Ekron will be uprooted.
NRSV © bibleoremus Zep 2:4	For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
NKJV © biblegateway Zep 2:4	For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, And Ekron shall be uprooted.
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KJV	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)_.
NASB © biblegateway Zep 2:4	For Gaza <05804> will be abandoned <05800> And Ashkelon <0831> a desolation <08077> ; Ashdod <0795> will be driven <01644> out at noon <06672> And Ekron <06138> will be uprooted <06131> .
LXXM	dioti <1360> CONJ gaza <1047> N-NSF dihrpasmenh {V-RMPNS} estai <1510> V-FMI-3S kai <2532> CONJ askalwn {N-NSF} estai <1510> V-FMI-3S eiv <1519> PREP afanismon <854> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ azwtov <108> N-NS meshmbriav <3314> N-GSF ekrifhsetai {V-FPI-3S} kai <2532> CONJ akkarwn {N-PRI} ekrizwyhsetai <1610> V-FPI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	Indeed <03588> , Gaza <05804> will be deserted <05800> and Ashkelon <0831> will become <01961> a heap of ruins <08077> . Invaders will drive away <01644> the people of Ashdod <0795> by noon <06672> , and Ekron <06138> will be overthrown <06131> .
HEBREW	o rqet <06131> Nwrqew <06138> hwsrgy <01644> Myrhub <06672> dwdsa <0795> hmmsl <08077> Nwlqsaw <0831> hyht <01961> hbwze <05800> hze <05804> yk (2:4) <03588>

NETBible

Indeed,¹ Gaza will be deserted² and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins.³ Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon,⁴ and Ekron will be overthrown.⁵

NET Notes

¹tn Or “for” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

²tn There is a sound play here in the Hebrew text: the name Gaza (עַזָּה, ’azzah) sounds like the word translated “deserted” (עֲזוּבָה, ’azuvah).

³tn Or “a desolate place.”

⁴tn Heb “[As for] Ashdod, at noon they will drive her away.”

⁴sn The reference to noon may suggest a sudden, quick defeat (see Jer 6:4; 15:8).

⁵tn Heb “uprooted.” There is a sound play here in the Hebrew text: the name “Ekron” (עֶקְרוֹן, ’eqron) sounds like the word translated “uprooted” (תֵּעָקֵר, te’aqer).