Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia, because the rod of the one who struck you is broken. For a viper will come from the root of a snake, and from its egg comes a flying serpent.
Zephaniah 2:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Woe, inhabitants of the seacoast, nation of the Cherethites! , The word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines: I will destroy you until there is no one left. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites [in Philistia]! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left. American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. Common English Bible Doom, inhabitants of the seacoast, nation of Cretans. The LORD’s word is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines. I will exterminate you, leaving no inhabitant. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you who inhabit the coast of the sea, you people of perdition. The word of the Lord is over you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will disperse you, so that not one inhabitant will be left. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to you that inhabit the sea coast, O nation of reprobates: the word of the Lord upon you, O Chanaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will destroy thee, so that there shall not be an inhabitant. |
Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia, because the rod of the one who struck you is broken. For a viper will come from the root of a snake, and from its egg comes a flying serpent.
Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed, and the impoverished will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root with hunger, and your remnant will be slain.
How can it rest when the Lord has given it a command? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.
therefore this is what the Lord God says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, cutting off the Cherethites and wiping out what remains of the coastal peoples. ,
Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:
Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, house of Israel:
Wail, you residents of the Hollow, for all the merchants will be silenced; all those loaded with silver will be cut off.
I have cut off nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have laid waste their streets, with no one to pass through. Their cities lie devastated, without a person, without an inhabitant.
But didn’t my words and my statutes that I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? ” ’ So the people repented and said, ‘As the Lord of Armies decided to deal with us for our ways and our deeds, so he has dealt with us.’
They were looking for a way to arrest him but feared the crowd because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. So they left him and went away.
This is the land that remains: All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites:
from the Shihor east of Egypt to the border of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory) #– #the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvites
These nations included the five rulers of the Philistines and all of the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the Lebanese mountains from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.
We raided the south country of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the south country of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag.’