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Zephaniah 2 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:1 - Be ye gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation;
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - before ye become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:3 - Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth; do judgment, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that ye may be hid in the day of the wrath of the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ascalon shall be destroyed; and Azotus shall be cast forth at noon-day, and Accaron shall be rooted up.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5 - Woe to them that dwell on the border of the sea, neighbours of the Cretans! the word of the Lord is against you, O Chanaan, land of the Philistines, and I will destroy you out of your dwelling-place.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6 - And Crete shall be a pasture of flocks, and a fold of sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:7 - And the sea coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Juda; they shall pasture upon them in the houses of Ascalon; they shall rest in the evening because of the children of Juda; for the Lord their God has visited them, and he will turn away their captivity.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8 - I have heard the revilings of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reviled my people, and magnified themselves against my coasts.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodoma, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha; and Damascus shall be left as a heap of the threshing-floor, and desolate for ever: and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11 - The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, even all the islands of the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:12 - Ye Ethiopians also are the slain of my sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:13 - And he shall stretch forth his hand against the north and destroy the Assyrian, and make Nineve a dry wilderness, even as a desert.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was as a cedar.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the scornful city that dwells securely, that says in her heart, I am, and there is no longer any to be after me: how is she become desolate, a habitation of wild beasts! every one that passes through her shall hiss, and shake his hands.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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