Zephaniah 2:4-7

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For ^(A)Gaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon a desolation;
^(B)Ashdod will be driven out at noon
And ^(C)Ekron will be uprooted.

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Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation of the ^(a)^(D)Cherethites!
The word of the Lord is ^(E)against you,
O ^(F)Canaan, land of the Philistines;
And I will ^(G)destroy you
So that there will be ^(H)no inhabitant.

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So the seacoast will be ^(I)pastures,
With ^(b)caves for shepherds and folds for flocks.

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And the coast will be
For the ^(J)remnant of the house of Judah,
They will ^(K)pasture on it.
In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;
For the Lord their God will ^(L)care for them
And ^(M)restore their fortune.

Footnotes:

a. Zephaniah 2:5: ['I.e. a segment of the Philistines with roots in Crete']

b. Zephaniah 2:6: ['Or ', meadows, ' or ', wells]

Cross references:

A. Zephaniah 2:4: Amos 1:7; Amos 1:8; Zechariah 9:5-7

B. Zephaniah 2:4: Amos 1:7; Amos 1:8; Zechariah 9:5-7

C. Zephaniah 2:4: Amos 1:7; Amos 1:8; Zechariah 9:5-7

D. Zephaniah 2:5: Ezekiel 25:16

E. Zephaniah 2:5: Amos 3:1

F. Zephaniah 2:5: Zephaniah 1:11

G. Zephaniah 2:5: Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 14:30

H. Zephaniah 2:5: Zephaniah 3:6

I. Zephaniah 2:6: Isaiah 5:17; Isaiah 7:25

J. Zephaniah 2:7: Isaiah 11:16

K. Zephaniah 2:7: Isaiah 32:14

L. Zephaniah 2:7: Exodus 4:31; Psalm 80:14

M. Zephaniah 2:7: Jeremiah 32:44; Zephaniah 3:20