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Zephaniah 2:10

New American Bible - revised edition

This will be the recompense for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.

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He let no one oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go to serve me.

Will you continue to exalt yourself over my people and not let them go?

We have heard of the pride of Moab, how very proud he is, Of his haughtiness, pride, and arrogance that his empty words do not match.

Thus says the Lord, against all my evil neighbors who plunder the heritage I gave my people Israel as their own: See, I will uproot them from their land; the house of Judah I will uproot in their midst.

How can you say, “We are heroes, mighty warriors”?

We have heard of the pride of Moab, pride beyond bounds: His loftiness, his pride, his scorn, his insolent heart.

Her uncleanness is on her skirt; she has no thought of her future. Her downfall is astonishing, with no one to comfort her. “Look, O Lord, at my misery; how the enemy triumphs!”

For thus says the Lord God: Because you rejoiced over the land of Israel with scorn in your heart, clapping your hands and stamping your feet,

On the day you stood by, the day strangers carried off his possessions, And foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you too were like one of them.

The pride of your heart has deceived you— you who dwell in mountain crevices, in your lofty home, Who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to earth?”

I have heard the taunts uttered by Moab, and the insults of the Ammonites, When they taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.

Likewise, you younger members, be subject to the presbyters. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for: “God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble.”




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