Zephaniah 2:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Gaza and Ashkelon will be deserted and left in ruins. Ashdod will be emptied in broad daylight, and Ekron uprooted.

Cross References

Psalm 91:6

And you won't fear diseases that strike in the dark or sudden disaster at midday.

Isaiah 14:29

Philistines, don't be happy just because the rod that punished you is broken. That rod will become a poisonous snake, and then a flying fiery dragon.

Jeremiah 15:8

There will be more widows in Judah than grains of sand on a beach. A surprise attack at midday! And the mothers in Jerusalem mourn for their children.

Jeremiah 25:20

and all the foreigners who lived in the country. Next I went to the king of Uz, and then to the four kings of Philistia, who ruled from Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what was left of Ashdod.

Jeremiah 6:4

Kings will tell their troops, “If we reach Jerusalem in the morning, we'll attack at midday. But if we arrive later,