Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Zephaniah:
Chapter 2
1. Gather
yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
2. Before 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.
3. Seek 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.
4. For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ash-ke-lon a desolation: they shall
drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5. Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the
Cher-e-thites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Ca-na-an, the land
of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no
inhabitant.
6. And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and
folds for flocks.
7. And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they
shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ash-ke-lon shall they lie down in
the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away
their captivity.
8. 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.
9. 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 Go-mor-rah,
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.
10. This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached
and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
11. 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.
12. Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
13. And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy
Assyria; and will make Nin-e-veh a desolation, and dry like a
wilderness.
14. And 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.
15. This 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.
Dec. 25 Daily
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