Judgments on Judah’s Enemies
Gather yourselves together, yes, agather,O nation bwithout 1shame,Or longing2 Chr 20:4; Joel 1:14Jer 3:3; 6:152 Before the decree 1takes effect—The day passes alike the chaff—Before the bburning anger of the LORD comes upon you,Before the cday of the LORD’S anger comes upon you.Lit is bornIs 17:13; Hos 13:3Lam 4:11; Nah 1:6Zeph 1:183 aSeek the LORD,All you bhumble of the 1earthWho have carried out His 2ordinances;cSeek righteousness, seek humility.Perhaps you will be dhiddenIn the day of the LORD’S anger.Or landOr justicePs 105:4; Amos 5:6Ps 22:26; Is 11:4Amos 5:14, 15Ps 57:1; Is 26:20
4 For aGaza will be abandonedAnd Ashkelon a desolation;bAshdod will be driven out at noonAnd cEkron will be uprooted.Amos 1:7, 8; Zech 9:5-75 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,The nation of the 1aCherethites!The word of the LORD is bagainst you,O cCanaan, land of the Philistines;And I will ddestroy youSo that there will be eno inhabitant.I.e. a segment of the Philistines with roots in CreteEzek 25:16Amos 3:1Zeph 1:11Is 14:29, 30Zeph 3:66 So the seacoast will be apastures,With 1caves for shepherds and folds for flocks.Or meadows or wellsIs 5:17; 7:257 And the coast will beFor the aremnant of the house of Judah,They will bpasture on it.In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;For the LORD their God will ccare for themAnd drestore their fortune.Is 11:16Is 32:14Ex 4:31; Ps 80:14Jer 32:44; Zeph 3:20
8 “I have heard the 1ataunting of MoabAnd the brevilings of the sons of Ammon,With which they have 2taunted My peopleAnd 3cbecome arrogant against their territory.Lit reproachLit reproachedLit made themselves greatEzek 25:8Ezek 25:3Amos 1:139 “Therefore, as I live,” declares the LORD of hosts,The God of Israel,“Surely aMoab will be like bSodomAnd the sons of cAmmon like dGomorrah—A place possessed by nettles and salt pits,And a perpetual desolation.The remnant of My people will eplunder themAnd the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”Is 15:1-9; Jer 48:1-47; Amos 2:1-3Gen 19:24Jer 49:1-6; Ezek 25:1-10Deut 29:23Is 11:14
10 This they will have in return for their apride, because they have 1btaunted and 2become arrogant against the people of the LORD of hosts.Lit reproachedLit made themselves greatIs 16:6Zeph 2:8 11 The LORD will be aterrifying to them, for He will 1starve ball the gods of the earth; and all the ccoastlands of the nations will dbow down to Him, everyone from his own place.Lit make leanJoel 2:11Zeph 1:4Is 24:15Ps 72:8-11; Zeph 3:9
12 “You also, O aEthiopians, will be slain by My sword.”Is 18:1-7; 20:4, 5; Ezek 30:4-913 And He will astretch out His hand against the northAnd destroy bAssyria,And He will make cNineveh a desolation,Parched like the wilderness.Is 14:26; Zeph 1:4Is 10:16; Mic 5:6Nah 3:714 Flocks will lie down in her midst,1All beasts which range in herds;Both the 2apelican and the hedgehogWill lodge in 3the tops of her pillars;4Birds will sing in the window,Desolation will be on the threshold;For He has laid bare the cedar work.Or All kinds of beasts in crowds; lit Every kind of beast of a nationOr owl or jackdawLit her capitalsLit A voiceIs 14:23; 34:1115 This is the aexultant cityWhich bdwells securely,Who says in her heart,“cI am, and there is no one besides me.”How she has become a ddesolation,A resting place for beasts!eEveryone who passes by her will hissAnd wave his hand in contempt.Is 22:2Is 32:9, 11; 47:8Is 47:8; Ezek 28:2, 9Is 32:14Jer 18:16; 19:8