2Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;H7197H7197H1471H3700

2Before 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 LORD's anger come upon you.H2706H3205H3117H5674H4671H3808H2740H639H3068H935H3117H3068H639H935

3Seek 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 LORD's anger.H1245H3068H6035H776H6466H4941H1245H6664H1245H6038H194H5641H3117H3068H639

4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.H5804H5800H831H8077H1644H795H6672H6138H6131

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.H1945H3427H3220H2256H1471H3774H1697H3068H3667H776H6430H6H3427

6And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.H3220H2256H5116H3741H7462H1448H6629

7And 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.H2256H7611H1004H3063H7462H1004H831H7257H6153H3068H430H6485H7725H7622H7622

8I 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.H8085H2781H4124H1421H1121H5983H2778H5971H1431H1366

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 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.H2416H5002H3068H6635H430H3478H4124H5467H1121H5983H6017H4476H2738H4379H4417H5704H5769H8077H7611H5971H962H3499H1471H5157

10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.H1347H2778H1431H5971H3068H6635

11The 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.H3068H3372H7329H430H776H7812H376H4725H339H1471

12Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.H3569H1992H2491H2719

13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.H5186H3027H6828H6H804H7760H5210H8077H6723H4057

14And 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.H5739H7257H8432H2416H1471H6893H7090H3885H3730H6963H7891H2474H2721H5592H6168H731

15This 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.H5947H5892H3427H983H559H3824H657H8047H2416H4769H5674H8319H5128H3027