Zephaniah 2 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ Gather together, gather together, O nation without shame,

² before the decree is born – the day shall pass on like chaff – before the burning wrath of יהוה  comes upon you, before the day of wrath of יהוה  comes upon you!

³ Seek יהוה, all you meek ones of the earth, who have done His right-ruling. Seek righteousness, seek meekness, if so be that you are hidden in the day of wrath of יהוה.

⁴ For Azzah is abandoned and Ashqelon laid waste, Ashdoḏ

⁵ Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Kerĕ

⁶ And the seacoast shall be pastures, shepherds’ meadows and enclosures for flocks.

⁷ And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Yehuḏ

⁸ “I have heard the reproach of Mo’aḇ

⁹ “Therefore, as I live,” declares יהוה  of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

¹⁰ This is what they get for their pride, because they have reproached and exalted themselves against the people of יהוה  of hosts.

¹¹ יהוה  shall be awesome to them, for He shall make all the mighty ones of the earth to shrivel, while all the coastlands of the nations bow down to Him, each one from his place.

¹² “You too, O Kushites, are to be slain by My sword.”

¹³ And He shall stretch out His hand against the north, and destroy Ashshur, and make Ninewĕ

¹⁴ And droves shall lie down in her midst, every beast of the nation, both pelican and bittern lodge in the tops of her columns, a voice singing at the window, ruin be at the threshold, for the cedar work is exposed.

¹⁵ This is the exultant city that is dwelling in safety, that said in her heart, “I am it, and there is none but me.” How has she become a waste, a place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her whistles and shakes his fist.