SEEK THE LORD ALL YOU HUMBLE

 

Zephaniah 2

Gather together, gather together, O shameful Nation,

2 Before the Appointed Time arrives

And that day sweeps on like chaff,

BEFORE THE FIERCE ANGER OF THE LORD

COMES UPON YOU,

BEFORE THE DAY OF THE LORD'S WRATH

COMES UPON YOU.

3 SEEK THE LORD,

ALL YOU HUMBLE OF THE LAND,

YOU WHO DO WHAT HE COMMANDS.

SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS, SEEK HUMILITY;

PERHAPS YOU WILL BE SHELTERED

ON THE DAY OF THE LORD'S ANGER

4 Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon left in ruins.

At midday Ashdod will be emptied and Ekron uprooted.

5 Woe to you who live by the sea, O Kerethite people;

The Word of the Lord is against you,

O Canaan, land of the Philistines.

'I WILL DESTROY YOU, AND NONE WILL BE LEFT.'

6 The land by the sea, where the Kerethites dwell,

Will be a place for shepherds and sheep pens.

7 IT WILL BELONG TO THE REMNANT

OF THE HOUSE OF JUDAH;

There they will find pasture.

In the evening they will lie down

In the houses of Askelon.

THE LORD THEIR GOD WILL CARE FOR THEM;

HE WILL RESTORE THEIR FORTUNES.

8 'I have heard the insults of Moab

And the taunts of the Ammonites,

WHO INSULTED MY PEOPLE

AND MADE THREATS AGAINST THEIR LAND.

9 THEREFORE, AS SURELY AS I LIVE,'

DECLARES THE LORD ALMIGHTY,

THE GOD OF ISRAEL,

'Surely Moab will become like Sodom,

And Ammonites like Gomorrah--

A place of weeds and salt pits,

A wasteland forever.

THE REMNANT OF MY PEOPLE WILL PLUNDER THEM;

THE SURVIVORS OF MY NATION

WILL INHERIT THEIR LAND.'

10 This is what they will get in return for their pride,

For insulting and mocking the people of the Lord Almighty.

11 THE LORD WILL BE AWESOME TO THEM

When he destroys all the gods of the Land.

THE NATIONS ON EVERY SHORE WILL WORSHIP HIM,

EVER ONE IN ITS OWN LAND.

12 'You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My Sword.'

13 He will stretch out His hand

Against the north and destroy Assyria

Leaving Nineveh utterly desolate

And dry as the desert.

14 Flocks and herds will lie down there,

Creatures of every kind.

The desert owl and the screech owl

Will roost on her columns.

Their calls will echo through the windows,

Rubble will be in the doorways,

The beams of cedar will be exposed.

15 THIS IS THE CAREFREE CITY

THAT LIVED IN SAFETY.

SHE SAID TO HERSELF,

'I AM, AND THERE IS NONE BESIDE ME.'

WHAT A RUIN SHE HAS BECOME,

A LAIR FOR WILD BEASTS!

ALL WHO PASS BY HER SCOFF

AND SHAKE THEIR FISTS.

(Zephaniah 2:

[Like Nineveh, this is the attitude of Babylon,

The Harlot of Satan,

In The Time of The END, and her Destiny.

Only the Humble

And those who obey the Commands of the Lord

Will be Saved.]