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Chapter 2
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1
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Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O
nation not desired; |
2
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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
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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
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For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation:
they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron
shall be rooted up. |
5
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Woe 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. |
6
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And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for
shepherds, and folds for flocks. |
7
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And 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. |
8
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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
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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 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. |
10
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This shall they have for their pride, because they
have reproached and magnified themselves against the
people of the LORD of hosts. |
11
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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
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Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. |
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 a wilderness. |
14
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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
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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. |
