{"id":1748,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/zep02\/"},"modified":"2020-03-09T18:35:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T22:35:20","slug":"zep02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/zep02\/","title":{"rendered":"Zephaniah 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 2<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Before the decree bring forth, <span class=\"add\">before<\/span> the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD\u2019S anger come upon you.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD\u2019S anger. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the sea coast shall be dwellings <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified <span class=\"add\">themselves<\/span> against their border.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Therefore <span class=\"add\">as<\/span> I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified <span class=\"add\">themselves<\/span> against the people of the LORD of hosts.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The LORD <span class=\"add\">will be<\/span> terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and <span class=\"add\">men<\/span> shall worship him, every one from his place, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> all the isles of the heathen. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Ye Ethiopians also, ye <span class=\"add\">shall be<\/span> slain by my sword.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> dry like a wilderness.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; <span class=\"add\">their<\/span> voice shall sing in the windows; desolation <span class=\"add\">shall be<\/span> in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>This <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I <span class=\"add\">am,<\/span> and <span class=\"add\">there is<\/span> none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> wag his hand. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Zephaniah Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/zep01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/zep02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/zep03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 1\u00a0Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; 2\u00a0Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD\u2019S anger come upon you. 3\u00a0Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD\u2019S anger. 4\u00a0For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up. 5\u00a0Woe 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. 6\u00a0And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 7\u00a0And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity. 8\u00a0I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. 9\u00a0Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. 10\u00a0This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. 11\u00a0The LORD&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-1748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-zephaniah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3973,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748\/revisions\/3973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}