Zephaniah:2

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* Gather yourselves together , yea , gather together , O nation not desired ; * Before the decree bring forth , before the day pass as the chaff , before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you , before the day of the LORDS anger come upon you . * Seek ye the LORD , all ye meek of the earth , which have wrought his judgment ; seek righteousness , seek meekness : it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORDS anger . * For Gaza shall be forsaken , and Ashkelon a desolation : they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day , and Ekron shall be rooted up . * Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast , the nation of the Cherethites ! the word of the LORD is against you ; O Canaan K @na #an #, the land of the Philistines , I will even destroy thee , that there shall be no inhabitant . * And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds , and folds for flocks tso #n #. * And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah ; they shall feed thereupon : in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening : for the LORD their God shall visit them , and turn away their captivity sh @. * I have heard the reproach of Moab Mow #ab #, and the revilings of the children of Ammon , whereby they have reproached my people , and magnified themselves against their border . * Therefore as I live , saith the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel Yisra #el #, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom , and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah , even the breeding of nettles , and saltpits mikreh #, and a perpetual #H5769desolation : the residue of my people shall spoil them , and the remnant of my people shall possess them . * This shall they have for their pride ga #own #, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts . * The LORD will be terrible unto them : for he will famish all the gods of the earth ; and men shall worship him , every one from his place , even all the isles of the heathen . * Ye Ethiopians also , ye shall be slain by my sword . * And he will stretch out his hand against the north , and destroy Assyria ; and will make Nineveh a desolation , and dry like a wilderness . * And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her , all the beasts of the nations : both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it ; their voice shall sing in the windows ; desolation shall be in the thresholds : for he shall uncover the cedar work . * This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly , that said in her heart , I am , and there is none beside me : how is she become a desolation , a place for beasts to lie down in ! every one that passeth by her shall hiss , and wag his hand .

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