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2 You shameless bunch of people,
gather together now and pray.
2 Do it while there is still time, before all these terrible things happen.
I’m warning you they are beginning to happen;
The day is blown away like chaff. God will not stand by.
Do it before the terrible Eternal’s anger comes down on your head.
Do it soon before the appointed time when His anger rains down over you.
3 Seek the Eternal. Only He can save you, Judah.
Call out to Him, all who realize their lowly places on the earth,
All who are trying to live by His teaching.
Pursue what is just and chase after true humility.
Maybe, just maybe, the Eternal will hide and protect you
from what will happen on that terrible day when His anger is unleashed.
During the early seventh century b.c., Judah is a tiny nation controlled by the Assyrian Empire and bullied by her neighbors. Under former Kings Manasseh and Amon, Judah lost all international power and fell into such hedonism that prophets such as Zephaniah are forced to hide themselves. No one in Judah is safe as Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Egypt (ruled by an Ethiopian dynasty), and Assyria continue seizing land God promised to the Israelites centuries earlier (Genesis 15:18–21). God has frequently used those foreign nations to discipline His children; but they, too, worship other gods and have overstepped the boundaries He set for them. The destruction of these foreign oppressors promises Judah not only revenge but the restoration of the inheritance promised to her people so long ago.
4 As for the Philistine cities off to the west—Gaza will be deserted,
Ashkelon will be left in ashes and ruins,
Ashdod will be scattered to the winds at noon,
and Ekron will be pulled up by its roots.
5 Too bad for their citizens who live along the seacoast,
those people who migrated from Crete;[a]
This message from the Eternal One is for you too.
Eternal One: O Canaan, land of the Philistines,
I will destroy you and wipe you from the face of the earth.
6 Their valuable coastlands will become pastures for our sheep,
meadows[b] for our shepherds, and pens for our flocks.
7 Their land will be given to
whomever remain from the people of Judah.
During the day, they will eat the fruit of the land.
In the evening, they will go into the houses left in Ashkelon to sleep.
You see, the Eternal their God will always care for the faithful
and will return their prosperity to them.
For hundreds of years the Philistines have lived along the coast and taken great joy in attacking settlements occupied by God’s people in the eastern hills. The archenemies of Israel, they are an advanced seafaring culture that devastates cities, uproots crops, and drives the Lord’s servants far from their homes. But God has seen their actions, and fortunes will soon be reversed.
8 Eternal One: As for Moab and Ammon off to the east,
I have heard them taunting and mocking My people.
I know they have expanded their borders into Judah’s land.
9 As I, the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies and God of Israel, live
I will make Moab like Sodom and the Ammonites like the people of Gomorrah.[c]
Nothing will be left there but thorny plants and barren ground.
They will become totally desolate salt pits; not a thing will ever thrive there again.
The remnant of My people will take whatever they want from them;
the survivors of My nation will inherit what I once designated to Moab and Ammon.
10 Shame will be payback for their arrogance and pride, because they taunted and belittled those who are faithful to the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies. 11 And the Eternal will strike terror in their hearts because He will starve out all their so-called gods from the face of the earth. And so all the different people who live along the coasts will bow low before Him; everyone will worship Him from where he lives.
Eternal One: 12 As for you, Ethiopia to the south, you will die by My sword.
Even the great Assyria, once God’s chosen instrument to punish His people, will not escape the Lord’s judgment.
13 God will stretch His hand over Assyria in the north and wage war against her.
Their prized city Nineveh will be left in ruins.
Fertile land will give way to thirsty desert. Nothing will thrive there.
14 Cattle and sheep will sleep in her streets;
wild beasts will roam through the rubble.
Birds that fly and animals that burrow, such as the scavenger pelican and hedgehog, will live atop each column.
Birds will roost and sing in the broken window sills.
Wrecked and ruined are the thresholds to the pagan temples,
for God has exposed their beautiful cedar woodwork to the elements.
15 Nineveh is the boastful city
that bragged of her greatness and security.
She said in her heart,
“I am so amazing that no other can compare.”
Now she is totally deserted
and animals live in her streets!
Everyone who passes her now will hiss and taunt
and make vulgar gestures.
2 Bend yourselves, yea, bend ye, O nation not desired, 2 Before the bringing forth of a statute, As chaff hath the day passed on, While yet not come in upon you doth the heat of the anger of Jehovah, While yet not come in upon you doth a day of the anger of Jehovah, 3 Seek Jehovah, all ye humble of ...
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2 Come ye together, be [ye] gathered, ye folk not worthy to be loved, (Come ye, be ye gathered together, ye nation not worthy to be loved,) 2 before that (his) commanding bring forth as dust (the) passing day; before that wrath of strong vengeance of the Lord come (up)on you, before that the day of ...
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2 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame, 2 before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh’s anger comes on you. 3 Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept hi...
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Judgment of Nearby Nations2 Gather together! Gather together,O shameless nation—2 before the decree is brought forth,before the day passes away like chaff,before Adonai’s burning anger comes upon you,before the day of Adonai’s anger comes upon you!3 Seek Adonai, all you humble of the landwho have ex...
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Judgment on Israel’s Enemies2 Come together and hold assembly,O shameless nation,2 before you are driven away like the drifting chaff,[a]before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the Lord,before there comes upon you the day of the wrath of the Lord.3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, ...
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Judgment on Israel’s Enemies2 Come together and hold assembly,O shameless nation,2 before you are driven away like the drifting chaff,[a]before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the Lord,before there comes upon you the day of the wrath of the Lord.3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, ...
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Judgment on Israel’s Enemies2 Gather together, gather, O shameless nation,2 before you are driven away like the drifting chaff,[a]before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the Lord,before there comes upon you the day of the Lord’s wrath.3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his c...
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Judgement on Israel’s Enemies2 Gather together, gather, O shameless nation,2 before you are driven away like the drifting chaff,[a]before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the Lord,before there comes upon you the day of the Lord’s wrath.3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his ...
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Judgement on Israel’s Enemies2 Gather together, gather, O shameless nation,2 before you are driven away like the drifting chaff,[a]before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the Lord,before there comes upon you the day of the Lord’s wrath.3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his ...
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Judgment on Israel’s Enemies2 Gather together, gather, O shameless nation,(A)2 before you are driven away[a] like the drifting chaff,[b]before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the Lord,before there comes upon you the day of the Lord’s wrath.(B)3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land who ...
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A Call to Repentance2 Gather together—yes, gather together, you shameless nation.2 Gather before judgment begins, before your time to repent is blown away like chaff.Act now, before the fierce fury of the Lord falls and the terrible day of the Lord’s anger begins.3 Seek the Lord, all who are humble,...
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A Call to Turn from Sin2 Gather together. Gather together, O nation without shame, 2 before you are driven away like the waste from the grain. Gather together before the burning anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger. 3 Look for the Lord, all you people of the earth w...
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A Call to Repentance2 Gather(A) yourselves together, yes, gather together,O [a]undesirable nation,2 Before 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!3 (B)Seek the Lord, (C)all you meek of the eart...
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Judah and Jerusalem judged along with the nationsJudah summoned to repent2 Gather together, gather yourselves together, you shameful nation,2 before the decree takes effect and that day passes like windblown chaff,before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you,before the day of the Lord’s wrath comes...
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Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the NationsJudah Summoned to Repent2 Gather together,(A) gather yourselves together, you shameful(B) nation,2 before the decree takes effect and that day passes like windblown chaff,(C)before the Lord’s fierce anger(D) comes upon you,before the day of the Lord’s...
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The Lord Will Judge Judah and Jerusalem Along With the NationsGod Calls Judah to Turn Away From Their Sins2 Gather together, you shameful nation of Judah! Gather yourselves together!2 Come together before the Lord’s judgment arrives. The day of the Lord’s judgment will sweep in like straw blown by t...
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The Prophet Warns the People2 Bunch yourselves together like straw,[a] you undesirable[b] nation,2 before God’s decree becomes reality[c] and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff,[d]before the Lord’s raging anger[e] overtakes[f] you—before the day of the Lord’s angry judgment overt...
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The Lord Asks People to Change2 Gather together, gather, you unwanted people.2 Do it before it’s too late, before you are blown away like chaff,before the Lord’s terrible anger reaches you, before the day of the Lord’s anger comes to you.3 Come to the Lord, all you who are not proud, who obey his la...
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