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Zephaniah 2:10

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They will receive the wages of their pride, for they have scoffed at the people of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf:

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so they can worship me.

But you still lord it over my people and refuse to let them go.

We have heard about proud Moab— about its pride and arrogance and rage. But all that boasting has disappeared.

Now this is what the Lord says: “I will uproot from their land all the evil nations reaching out for the possession I gave my people Israel. And I will uproot Judah from among them.

“You used to boast, ‘We are heroes, mighty men of war.’

We have all heard of the pride of Moab, for his pride is very great. We know of his lofty pride, his arrogance, and his haughty heart.

She defiled herself with immorality and gave no thought to her future. Now she lies in the gutter with no one to lift her out. “Lord, see my misery,” she cries. “The enemy has triumphed.”

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped and danced and cheered with glee at the destruction of my people,

“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”

When they were invaded, you stood aloof, refusing to help them. Foreign invaders carried off their wealth and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem, but you acted like one of Israel’s enemies.

You have been deceived by your own pride because you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains. ‘Who can ever reach us way up here?’ you ask boastfully.

“I have heard the taunts of the Moabites and the insults of the Ammonites, mocking my people and invading their borders.

In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”




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