Zephaniah 2 (NET2)
1 Bunch yourselves together like straw, you undesirable nation, 2 before God’s decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the LORD’s raging anger overtakes you – before the day of the LORD’s angry judgment overtakes you! 3 Seek the LORD’s favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the LORD’s angry judgment. 4 Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown. 5 Beware, you who live by the sea, the people who came from Crete. The LORD’s message is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy everyone who lives there!” 6 The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks. 7 Those who are left from the kingdom of Judah will take possession of it. By the sea they will graze, in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening, for the LORD their God will intervene for them and restore their prosperity. 8 “I have heard Moab’s taunts and the Ammonites’ insults. They taunted my people and verbally harassed those living in Judah. 9 Therefore, as surely as I live,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, “be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land.” 10 This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 11 The LORD will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the LORD in their own lands. 12 “You Ethiopians will also die by my sword!” 13 The LORD will attack the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a heap of ruins; it will be as barren as the desert. 14 Flocks and herds will lie down in the middle of it, as well as every kind of wild animal. Owls will sleep in the tops of its support pillars; they will hoot through the windows. Rubble will cover the thresholds; even the cedar work will be exposed to the elements. 15 This is how the once-proud city will end up – the city that was so secure. She thought to herself, “I am unique! No one can compare to me!” What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.
In Other Versions
Zephaniah 2 in the ANGEFD
Zephaniah 2 in the ANTPNG2D
Zephaniah 2 in the AS21
Zephaniah 2 in the BAGH
Zephaniah 2 in the BBPNG
Zephaniah 2 in the BBT1E
Zephaniah 2 in the BDS
Zephaniah 2 in the BEV
Zephaniah 2 in the BHAD
Zephaniah 2 in the BIB
Zephaniah 2 in the BLPT
Zephaniah 2 in the BNT
Zephaniah 2 in the BNTABOOT
Zephaniah 2 in the BNTLV
Zephaniah 2 in the BOATCB
Zephaniah 2 in the BOATCB2
Zephaniah 2 in the BOBCV
Zephaniah 2 in the BOCNT
Zephaniah 2 in the BOECS
Zephaniah 2 in the BOGWICC
Zephaniah 2 in the BOHCB
Zephaniah 2 in the BOHCV
Zephaniah 2 in the BOHLNT
Zephaniah 2 in the BOHNTLTAL
Zephaniah 2 in the BOICB
Zephaniah 2 in the BOILNTAP
Zephaniah 2 in the BOITCV
Zephaniah 2 in the BOKCV
Zephaniah 2 in the BOKCV2
Zephaniah 2 in the BOKHWOG
Zephaniah 2 in the BOKSSV
Zephaniah 2 in the BOLCB
Zephaniah 2 in the BOLCB2
Zephaniah 2 in the BOMCV
Zephaniah 2 in the BONAV
Zephaniah 2 in the BONCB
Zephaniah 2 in the BONLT
Zephaniah 2 in the BONUT2
Zephaniah 2 in the BOPLNT
Zephaniah 2 in the BOSCB
Zephaniah 2 in the BOSNC
Zephaniah 2 in the BOTLNT
Zephaniah 2 in the BOVCB
Zephaniah 2 in the BOYCB
Zephaniah 2 in the BPBB
Zephaniah 2 in the BPH
Zephaniah 2 in the BSB
Zephaniah 2 in the CCB
Zephaniah 2 in the CUV
Zephaniah 2 in the CUVS
Zephaniah 2 in the DBT
Zephaniah 2 in the DGDNT
Zephaniah 2 in the DHNT
Zephaniah 2 in the DNT
Zephaniah 2 in the ELBE
Zephaniah 2 in the EMTV
Zephaniah 2 in the ESV
Zephaniah 2 in the FBV
Zephaniah 2 in the FEB
Zephaniah 2 in the GGMNT
Zephaniah 2 in the GNT
Zephaniah 2 in the HARY
Zephaniah 2 in the HNT
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVA
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVB
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVG
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVH
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVK
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVM
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVM2
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVO
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVP
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVT
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVT2
Zephaniah 2 in the IRVU
Zephaniah 2 in the ISVN
Zephaniah 2 in the JSNT
Zephaniah 2 in the KAPI
Zephaniah 2 in the KBT1ETNIK
Zephaniah 2 in the KBV
Zephaniah 2 in the KJV
Zephaniah 2 in the KNFD
Zephaniah 2 in the LBA
Zephaniah 2 in the LBLA
Zephaniah 2 in the LNT
Zephaniah 2 in the LSV
Zephaniah 2 in the MAAL
Zephaniah 2 in the MBV
Zephaniah 2 in the MBV2
Zephaniah 2 in the MHNT
Zephaniah 2 in the MKNFD
Zephaniah 2 in the MNG
Zephaniah 2 in the MNT
Zephaniah 2 in the MNT2
Zephaniah 2 in the MRS1T
Zephaniah 2 in the NAA
Zephaniah 2 in the NASB
Zephaniah 2 in the NBLA
Zephaniah 2 in the NBS
Zephaniah 2 in the NBVTP
Zephaniah 2 in the NIV11
Zephaniah 2 in the NNT
Zephaniah 2 in the NNT2
Zephaniah 2 in the NNT3
Zephaniah 2 in the PDDPT
Zephaniah 2 in the PFNT
Zephaniah 2 in the RMNT
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIAS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIBS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIBS2
Zephaniah 2 in the SBICS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIDS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIGS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIHS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIIS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIIS2
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIIS3
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIKS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIKS2
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIMS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIOS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIPS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBISS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBITS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBITS2
Zephaniah 2 in the SBITS3
Zephaniah 2 in the SBITS4
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIUS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBIVS
Zephaniah 2 in the SBT
Zephaniah 2 in the SBT1E
Zephaniah 2 in the SCHL
Zephaniah 2 in the SNT
Zephaniah 2 in the SUSU
Zephaniah 2 in the SUSU2
Zephaniah 2 in the SYNO
Zephaniah 2 in the TBIAOTANT
Zephaniah 2 in the TBT1E
Zephaniah 2 in the TBT1E2
Zephaniah 2 in the TFTIP
Zephaniah 2 in the TFTU
Zephaniah 2 in the TGNTATF3T
Zephaniah 2 in the THAI
Zephaniah 2 in the TNFD
Zephaniah 2 in the TNT
Zephaniah 2 in the TNTIK
Zephaniah 2 in the TNTIL
Zephaniah 2 in the TNTIN
Zephaniah 2 in the TNTIP
Zephaniah 2 in the TNTIZ
Zephaniah 2 in the TOMA
Zephaniah 2 in the TTENT
Zephaniah 2 in the UBG
Zephaniah 2 in the UGV
Zephaniah 2 in the UGV2
Zephaniah 2 in the UGV3
Zephaniah 2 in the VBL
Zephaniah 2 in the VDCC
Zephaniah 2 in the YALU
Zephaniah 2 in the YAPE
Zephaniah 2 in the YBVTP
Zephaniah 2 in the ZBP
