1.14
ZEPHANIAH
- 14The great day of the Lord is near,
- It is near and hasteth greatly,
- Even the voice of the day of the Lord,
- Wherein the mighty man crieth bitterly.
- 15That day is a day of wrath,
- A day of trouble and distress,
- A day of wasteness and desolation,
- A day of darkness and gloominess,
- A day of clouds and thick darkness,
- 16A day of the horn and alarm,
- Against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
- 17And I will bring distress upon men,
- That they shall walk like the blind,
- Because they have sinned against the Lord;
- And their blood shall be poured out as dust,
- And their flesh as dung.
- 18Neither their silver nor their gold
- Shall be able to deliver them
- In the day of the Lord's wrath;
- But the whole earth shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy;
- For He will make an end, yea, a terrible end,
- Of all them that dwell in the earth.
- 2Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together,
- O shameless nation;
- 2Before the decree bring forth
- The day when one passeth as the chaff,
- Before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you,
- Before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you.
- 3Seek ye the Lord, all ye humble of the earth,
- That have executed His ordinance;
- Seek righteousness, seek humility.
- It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.
- 4For Gaza shall be forsaken,
- And Ashkelon a desolation;
- They shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday,
- And Ekron shall be rooted up.
- 5Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast,
- The nation of the Cherethites!
- The word of the Lord is against you,
- O Canaan, the land of the Philistines;
- I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
- 6And the sea-coast shall be pastures,
- Even meadows for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
- 7And it shall be a portion for the remnant of the house of Judah,
- Whereon they shall feed;
- In the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening;
- For the Lord their God will remember them,
- And turn their captivity.
- 8I have heard the taunt of Moab,
- And the revilings of the children of Ammon,
- Wherewith they have taunted My people,
- And spoken boastfully concerning their border.
- 9Therefore as I live,
- Saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
- Surely Moab shall be as Sodom,
- And the children of Ammon as Gomorrah,
- Even the breeding-place of nettles, and saltpits,
- And a desolation, for ever;
- The residue of My people shall spoil them,
- And the remnant of My nation shall inherit them.
- 10This shall they have for their pride,
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