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Zephaniah 2:10

New Century Version

This is what Moab and Ammon get for being proud, because they insulted and made fun of the people of the Lord All-Powerful.

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But he did not let anyone hurt them; he warned kings not to harm them.

So Moses and Aaron went to the king and told him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to be sorry for what you have done? Let my people go to worship me.

You are still against my people and do not want to let them go.

We have heard that the people of Moab are proud and very conceited. They are very proud and angry, but their bragging means nothing.

This is what the Lord said to me: “Here is what I will do to all my wicked neighbors who take the land I gave my people Israel. I will pull them up and throw them out of their land. And I will pull up the people of Judah from among them.

“You cannot say, ‘We are warriors! We are brave men in battle!’

“We have heard that the people of Moab are proud, very proud. They are proud, very proud, and in their hearts they think they are important.”

She made herself dirty by her sins and did not think about what would happen to her. Her defeat was surprising, and no one could comfort her. She says, “Lord, see how I suffer, because the enemy has won.”

This is what the Lord God says: You have clapped your hands and stamped your feet; you have laughed about all the insults you made against the land of Israel.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give praise and honor and glory to the King of heaven. Everything he does is right and fair, and he is able to make proud people humble.

You stood aside without helping while strangers carried Israel’s treasures away. When foreigners entered Israel’s city gate and threw lots to decide what part of Jerusalem they would take, you were like one of them.

Your pride has fooled you, you who live in the hollow places of the cliff. Your home is up high, you who say to yourself, ‘No one can bring me down to the ground.’

“I have heard the insults of the country of Moab and the threats of the people of Ammon. They have insulted my people and have taken their land.”

In the same way, younger people should be willing to be under older people. And all of you should be very humble with each other. “God is against the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”




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