1
Gather together, yes, gather,
OsJer. 6:15 shameless nation,
2 t[ch. 3:8] before the decree takes effect
—before the day passes awayuPs. 1:4 like chaff—
v[2 Kgs. 23:26] 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 wSee Amos 5:6 Seek the Lord,xPs. 76:9; Isa. 11:4 all you humble of the land,
who do his just commands;1Or who carry out his judgment
y[Amos 5:14, 15] seek righteousness; seek humility;
y[Amos 5:14, 15] perhapsz[Isa. 2:10; 26:20, 21] you may be hidden
on the day of the anger of the Lord.
4 aZech. 9:5, 6; [Jer. 47:5]; See Amos 1:6-8 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 tobJer. 47:7; Ezek. 25:16 you inhabitants of the seacoast,
you nation ofcSee 1 Sam. 30:14 the Cherethites!
d[Nah. 2:13] The word of the Lord is against you,
e[Josh. 13:3] O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
and I will destroy youfch. 3:6 until no inhabitant is left.
6 gver. 7 And you, O seacoast,hIsa. 65:10 shall be pastures,
with meadows1Or caves for shepherds
and folds for flocks.
7 i[Josh. 19:29] The seacoast shall become the possession
ofj[ch. 3:13; Obad. 19] the remnant of the house of Judah,
h[See ver. 6 above] on which they shall graze,
and in the houses of Ashkelon
they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their GodkZech. 10:3; Luke 1:68 will be mindful of them
andlch. 3:20 restore their fortunes.
8 “I have heardm[Jer. 48:27] the taunts of Moab
andnEzek. 25:3, 6 the revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
and made boastso[Jer. 49:1] against their territory.
9 Therefore,pIsa. 49:18; See Ezek. 16:48 as I live, ” declares the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel,
“Moab shall becomeqDeut. 29:23; See Isa. 13:19 like Sodom,
and the AmmonitesqDeut. 29:23; See Isa. 13:19 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 returnrIsa. 16:6 for their pride,
because they taunted and boasted
against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome against them;
s[Isa. 17:4] for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
andtPs. 22:27 to him shall bow down,
each in its place,
alluSee Gen. 10:5 the lands of the nations.
12 v[ch. 3:10] You also, O Cushites,
shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
w[Isa. 10:12] and destroy Assyria,
and hexNah. 3:7 will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.
14 yIsa. 13:21, 22; 34:14 Herds shall lie down in her midst,
all kinds of beasts;
zIsa. 34:11 even the owl and the hedgehog
shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
devastation will be on the threshold;
fora[Jer. 22:14, 15] her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the exultant city
bIsa. 47:8 that lived securely,
that said in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one else. ”
What a desolation she has become,
c[Ezek. 25:5] a lair for wild beasts!
dJer. 19:8 Everyone who passes by her
hisses ande[Nah. 3:19] shakes his fist.