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Judgments on Judah's Enemies

¹ Gather yourselves together, yes, ^(C1)gather,
O nation ^(C2)without ^(F1)shame,

² Before the decree ^(F1)takes effect--
The day passes ^(C1)like the chaff--
Before the ^(C2)burning anger of the LORD comes upon you,
Before the ^(C3)day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you.

^3 (C1)Seek the LORD,
All you ^(C2)humble of the ^(F1)earth
Who have carried out His ^(F2)ordinances;
^(C3)Seek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will be ^(C4)hidden
In the day of the LORD'S anger.

⁴ For ^(C1)Gaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon a desolation;
^(C1)Ashdod will be driven out at noon
And ^(C1)Ekron will be uprooted.

⁵ Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation of the ^(F1)(C1)Cherethites!
The word of the LORD is ^(C2)against you,
O ^(C3)Canaan, land of the Philistines;
And I will ^(C4)destroy you
So that there will be ^(C5)no inhabitant.

⁶ So the seacoast will be ^(C1)pastures,
With ^(F1)caves for shepherds and folds for flocks.

⁷ And the coast will be
For the ^(C1)remnant of the house of Judah,
They will ^(C2)pasture on it.
In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;
For the LORD their God will ^(C3)care for them
And ^(C4)restore their fortune.

⁸ "I have heard the ^(F1)(C1)taunting of Moab
And the ^(C2)revilings of the sons of Ammon,
With which they have ^(F2)taunted My people
And ^(F3)(C3)become arrogant against their territory.

⁹ "Therefore, as I live," declares the LORD of hosts,
The God of Israel,
"Surely ^(C1)Moab will be like ^(C2)Sodom
And the sons of ^(C3)Ammon like ^(C4)Gomorrah--
A place possessed by nettles and salt pits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The remnant of My people will ^(C5)plunder them
And the remainder of My nation will inherit them."

¹² "You also, O ^(C1)Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword."

¹³ And He will ^(C1)stretch out His hand against the north
And destroy ^(C2)Assyria,
And He will make ^(C3)Nineveh a desolation,
Parched like the wilderness.

¹⁴ Flocks will lie down in her midst,
^(F1)All beasts which range in herds;
Both the ^(F2)(C1)pelican and the hedgehog
Will lodge in ^(F3)the tops of her pillars;
^(F4)Birds will sing in the window,
Desolation will be on the threshold;
For He has laid bare the cedar work.

¹⁵ This is the ^(C1)exultant city
Which ^(C2)dwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
"^(C3)I am, and there is no one besides me."
How she has become a ^(C4)desolation,
A resting place for beasts!
^(C5)Everyone who passes by her will hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.