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¹ Gather together, yes, gather,
    O ^(a)shameless nation,
^2 (b)before the decree takes effect^[a]
    —before the day passes away ^(c)like chaff—
^(d)before there comes upon you
    the burning anger of the Lord,
before there comes upon you
    the day of the anger of the Lord.
^3 (e)Seek the Lord, ^(f)all you humble of the land,
    who do his just commands;^[b]
(g)seek righteousness; seek humility;
    ^(h)perhaps ⁽ⁱ⁾you may be hidden
    on the day of the anger of the Lord.
^4 (j)For Gaza shall be deserted,
    and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon,
    and Ekron shall be uprooted.

⁵ Woe to ^(k)you inhabitants of the seacoast,
    you nation of ^(l)the Cherethites!
^(m)The word of the Lord is against you,
    ⁽ⁿ⁾O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
    and I will destroy you ^(o)until no inhabitant is left.
^6 (p)And you, O seacoast, ^(q)shall be pastures,
    with meadows^[c] for shepherds
    and folds for flocks.
^7 (r)The seacoast shall become the possession
    of ^(s)the remnant of the house of Judah,
    ^(t)on which they shall graze,
and in the houses of Ashkelon
    they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God ^(u)will be mindful of them
    and ^(v)restore their fortunes.

⁸ "I have heard ^(w)the taunts of Moab
    and ^(x)the revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
    and made boasts ^(y)against their territory.
⁹ Therefore, ^(z)as I live," declares the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel,
"Moab shall become ^(aa)like Sodom,
    and the Ammonites ^(ab)like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
    and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation shall possess them."
¹⁰ This shall be their lot in return ^(ac)for their pride,
    because they taunted and boasted
    against the people of the Lord of hosts.
¹¹ The Lord will be awesome against them;
    ^(ad)for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and ^(ae)to him shall bow down,
    each in its place,
    all ^(af)the lands of the nations.

^12 (ag)You also, O Cushites,
    shall be slain by my sword.

¹³ And he will stretch out his hand against the north
    ^(ah)and destroy Assyria,
and he ^(ai)will make Nineveh a desolation,
    a dry waste like the desert.
^14 (aj)Herds shall lie down in her midst,
    all kinds of beasts;^[d]
(ak)even the owl and the hedgehog^[e]
    shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
    devastation will be on the threshold;
    for ^(al)her cedar work will be laid bare.
¹⁵ This is the exultant city
    ^(am)that lived securely,
that said in her heart,
    "I am, and there is no one else."
What a desolation she has become,
    ^(an)a lair for wild beasts!
^(ao)Everyone who passes by her
    hisses and ^(ap)shakes his fist.