Zephaniah 2:1 - Prayer Tents

A Call to Repentance

2Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O undesirable nation,H7197H7197H1471H3700 2Before the decree is issued, Or the day passes like chaff, Before the LORD'S fierce anger comes upon you, Before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you!H2706H3205H3117H5674H4671H3808H2740H639H3068H935H3117H3068H639H935 3Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the LORD'S anger.H1245H3068H6035H776H6466H4941H1245H6664H1245H6038H194H5641H3117H3068H639

Judgment on Nations

4For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, And Ekron shall be uprooted.H5804H5800H831H8077H1644H795H6672H6138H6131 5Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: "I will destroy you; So there shall be no inhabitant."H1945H3427H3220H2256H1471H3774H1697H3068H3667H776H6430H6H3427 6The seacoast shall be pastures, With shelters for shepherds and folds for flocks.H3220H2256H5116H3741H7462H1448H6629 7The coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; They shall feed their flocks there; In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the LORD their God will intervene for them, And return their captives.H2256H7611H1004H3063H7462H1004H831H7257H6153H3068H430H6485H7725H7622H7622 8"I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the insults of the people of Ammon, With which they have reproached My people, And made arrogant threats against their borders.H8085H2781H4124H1421H1121H5983H2778H5971H1431H1366 9Therefore, as I live," Says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Surely Moab shall be like Sodom, And the people of Ammon like Gomorrah—Overrun with weeds and saltpits, And a perpetual desolation. The residue of My people shall plunder them, And the remnant of My people shall possess them."H2416H5002H3068H6635H430H3478H4124H5467H1121H5983H6017H4476H2738H4379H4417H5704H5769H8077H7611H5971H962H3499H1471H5157 10This they shall have for their pride, Because they have reproached and made arrogant threats Against the people of the LORD of hosts.H1347H2778H1431H5971H3068H6635 11The LORD will be awesome to them, For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth; People shall worship Him, Each one from his place, Indeed all the shores of the nations.H3068H3372H7329H430H776H7812H376H4725H339H1471 12"You Ethiopians also, You shall be slain by My sword."H3569H1992H2491H2719 13And He will stretch out His hand against the north, Destroy Assyria, And make Nineveh a desolation, As dry as the wilderness.H5186H3027H6828H6H804H7760H5210H8077H6723H4057 14The herds shall lie down in her midst, Every beast of the nation. Both the pelican and the bittern Shall lodge on the capitals of her pillars; Their voice shall sing in the windows; Desolation shall be at the threshold; For He will lay bare the cedar work.H5739H7257H8432H2416H1471H6893H7090H3885H3730H6963H7891H2474H2721H5592H6168H731 15This is the rejoicing city That dwelt securely, That said in her heart, "I am it, and there is none besides me." How has she become a desolation, A place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her Shall hiss and shake his fist.H5947H5892H3427H983H559H3824H657H8047H2416H4769H5674H8319H5128H3027