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Zephaniah 2:1
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Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together,
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Zephaniah 2:2
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before the decree bring forth, before the day
pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the
day of Jehovah's anger come upon you. |
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Zephaniah 2:3
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Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that
have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will
be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger. |
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Zephaniah 2:4
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For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation;
they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up. |
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Zephaniah 2:5
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Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the
nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, the land
of the Philistines; I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. |
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Zephaniah 2:6
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And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages
for shepherds and folds for flocks. |
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Zephaniah 2:7
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And the coast shall be for the remnant of the
house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon
shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and
bring back their captivity. |
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Zephaniah 2:8
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I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the
revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people,
and magnified themselves against their border. |
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Zephaniah 2:9
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Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts,
the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as
Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the
residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall
inherit them. |
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Zephaniah 2:10
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This shall they have for their pride, because
they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of
hosts. |
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Zephaniah 2:11
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Jehovah 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 nations. |
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Zephaniah 2:12
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Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my
sword. |
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Zephaniah 2:13
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And he will stretch out his hand against the
north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the
wilderness. |
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Zephaniah 2:14
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And herds shall lie down in the midst of her,
all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge
in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall
be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work. |
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Zephaniah 2:15
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This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly,
that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides 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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