Zephaniah Chapter 2 - King James Strong Number Version

1: Gather yourselves together, <H7197> yea, gather together, <H7197> O nation <H1471> not desired; <H3700>
2: Before the decree <H2706> bring forth, <H3205> [before] the day <H3117> pass <H5674> as the chaff, <H4671> before <H3808> the fierce <H2740> anger <H0639> of the LORD <H3068> come <H0935> upon you, before <H3808> the day <H3117> of the LORD'S <H3068> anger <H0639> come <H0935> upon you.
3: Seek <H1245> ye the LORD, <H3068> all ye meek <H6035> of the earth, <H0776> which have wrought <H6466> his judgment; <H4941> seek <H1245> righteousness, <H6664> seek <H1245> meekness: <H6038> it may be <H0194> ye shall be hid <H5641> in the day <H3117> of the LORD'S <H3068> anger. <H0639>
4: For Gaza <H5804> shall be forsaken, <H5800> and Ashkelon <H0831> a desolation: <H8077> they shall drive out <H1644> Ashdod <H0795> at the noon day, <H6672> and Ekron <H6138> shall be rooted up. <H6131>
5: Woe <H1945> unto the inhabitants <H3427> of the sea <H3220> coast, <H2256> the nation <H1471> of the Cherethites! <H3774> the word <H1697> of the LORD <H3068> [is] against you; O Canaan, <H3667> the land <H0776> of the Philistines, <H6430> I will even destroy <H0006> thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. <H3427>
6: And the sea <H3220> coast <H2256> shall be dwellings <H5116> [and] cottages <H3741> for shepherds, <H7462> and folds <H1448> for flocks. <H6629>
7: And the coast <H2256> shall be for the remnant <H7611> of the house <H1004> of Judah; <H3063> they shall feed <H7462> thereupon: in the houses <H1004> of Ashkelon <H0831> shall they lie down <H7257> in the evening: <H6153> for the LORD <H3068> their God <H0430> shall visit <H6485> them, and turn away <H7725> their captivity. <H7622> <H7622>
8: I have heard <H8085> the reproach <H2781> of Moab, <H4124> and the revilings <H1421> of the children <H1121> of Ammon, <H5983> whereby they have reproached <H2778> my people, <H5971> and magnified <H1431> [themselves] against their border. <H1366>
9: Therefore [as] I live, <H2416> saith <H5002> the LORD <H3068> of hosts, <H6635> the God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> Surely Moab <H4124> shall be as Sodom, <H5467> and the children <H1121> of Ammon <H5983> as Gomorrah, <H6017> [even] the breeding <H4476> of nettles, <H2738> and saltpits, <H4379> <H4417> and a perpetual <H5704> <H5769> desolation: <H8077> the residue <H7611> of my people <H5971> shall spoil <H0962> them, and the remnant <H3499> of my people <H1471> shall possess <H5157> them.
10: This shall they have for their pride, <H1347> because they have reproached <H2778> and magnified <H1431> [themselves] against the people <H5971> of the LORD <H3068> of hosts. <H6635>
11: The LORD <H3068> [will be] terrible <H3372> unto them: for he will famish <H7329> all the gods <H0430> of the earth; <H0776> and [men] shall worship <H7812> him, every one <H0376> from his place, <H4725> [even] all the isles <H0339> of the heathen. <H1471>
12: Ye Ethiopians <H3569> also, ye <H1992> [shall be] slain <H2491> by my sword. <H2719>
13: And he will stretch out <H5186> his hand <H3027> against the north, <H6828> and destroy <H0006> Assyria; <H0804> and will make <H7760> Nineveh <H5210> a desolation, <H8077> [and] dry <H6723> like a wilderness. <H4057>
14: And flocks <H5739> shall lie down <H7257> in the midst <H8432> of her, all the beasts <H2416> of the nations: <H1471> both the cormorant <H6893> and the bittern <H7090> shall lodge <H3885> in the upper lintels <H3730> of it; [their] voice <H6963> shall sing <H7891> in the windows; <H2474> desolation <H2721> [shall be] in the thresholds: <H5592> for he shall uncover <H6168> the cedar work. <H0731>
15: This [is] the rejoicing <H5947> city <H5892> that dwelt <H3427> carelessly, <H0983> that said <H0559> in her heart, <H3824> I [am], and [there is] none <H0657> beside me: <H5750> how is she become a desolation, <H8047> a place for beasts <H2416> to lie down in! <H4769> every one that passeth by <H5674> her shall hiss, <H8319> [and] wag <H5128> his hand. <H3027>