Zephaniah:2:4-11
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For Gaza shall be forsaken ,
and Ashkelon a desolation :
they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day ,
and Ekron shall be rooted up .
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Woe 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 .
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And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds ,
and folds for flocks .
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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 .
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I have heard the reproach of Moab ,
and the revilings of the children of Ammon ,
whereby they have reproached my people ,
and magnified themselves against their border .
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Therefore 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 of nettles ,
and saltpits ,
and a perpetual desolation :
the residue of my people shall spoil them ,
and the remnant of my people shall possess them .
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This shall they have for their pride ,
because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts .
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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 .