1 Assemble, be gathered together, O people not worthy to be loved.
2 Until the decree settles accounts, the day like dust is passing away, before which the wrath of the fury of the Lord may overcome you, before which the day of the anger of the Lord may overcome you.
3 Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth; you who have been working are his judgment. Seek the just, seek the meek. So then, in some way, you might be hidden in the day of the fury of the Lord.
4 For Gaza will be destroyed, and Ashkelon will be in the desert; they will expel Ashdod at midday, and Ekron will be eradicated.
5 Woe to you who inhabit the coast of the sea, you people of perdition. The word of the Lord is over you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will disperse you, so that not one inhabitant will be left.
6 And the coastline of the sea will be a resting place for shepherds and a fence line for cattle.
7 And it will be the line of him who will remain from the house of Judah. There they will pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will rest towards evening. For the Lord their God will visit them, and he will turn away their captivity.
8 I have heard about the disgrace of Moab and the blasphemies of the sons of Ammon, by which they have defamed my people and have been magnified beyond their borders.
9 Because of this, as I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab will be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, like the dryness of thorns, and piles of salt, and a desert, all the way to eternity. The remnant of my people will despoil them, and the residue of my nation will possess them.
10 This will come upon them for their arrogance, because they have blasphemed and have been magnified over the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be a horror over them, and he will reduce all the gods of the earth. And they will adore him, each man from his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles.
12 Even so, you Ethiopians, you will be executed by my sword.
13 And he will extend his hand over the North, and he will destroy Assur. And he will set the Beautiful in the wilderness, and in an impassable place, and like a desert.
14 And flocks will lie down in its midst, all the beasts of the Gentiles. And the pelican and the hedgehog will stay at its threshold; the voice of the singing bird will be at the window, with the crow above its threshold, for I will diminish her strength.
15 This is the glorious city, dwelling in trust, which said in her heart, “I am and there is no one other than me.” How has she become a lair for beasts in the desert? All who pass through her will hiss and wag their hand.
Versículos relacionados com Zephaniah, 2:
Chapter 2 of Sophonies talks about the imminent destruction that will come about the neighboring nations of Judah, including Moab, Ammon, Cux and Nineveh. The chapter ends with a call to repentance to the inhabitants of Judah so that they can be spared from the wrath of God. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in sophonies 2:
Isaiah 13:6: "howl, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come as a brush of the Almighty." This verse talks about the coming of the day of the Lord and its destructive nature, which relates to the prophecy of saponies about the destruction that will come over the nations.
Jeremiah 46:28: "Do not fear, O my servant, Jacob, says the Lord, because I am with you; for I will destroy all the nations among which I launched you; but I will not destroy at all, but I will punish you with measure , and in no way will I have you innocent. " This verse shows that although God punishes the nations for his disobedience, he still has a plan for his people, who relates to the call to repentance in Sophonies 2.
Isaiah 11:14: "But they will fly over the Philistine's shoulder to the West, together they will strip the children of the East; in Edom and root their hands, and the children of Ammon will obey them." This verse mentions Moab, Amom and Edom, who are some of the nations that Sophonies prophesied to be destroyed.
Jeremiah 50:29: "call Babylon the Arch Arch Arch against Babylon; camp against her around; no one escapes him according to his work; For if there was superb against the Lord, against the saint of Israel. " This verse talks about the punishment that will come upon Babylon for its disobedience, which relates to the prophecy of Sophonies about the destruction that will come over the nations.
Isaiah 55:6-7: "Seek the Lord as long as one can find, invoke him while he is near. Leave the wicked his way, and the evil man his thoughts, and convert to the Lord, who shall be sympathized; To our God, because it is great to forgive. " This verse talks about the importance of repentance, which is a call that Saponiah makes to the inhabitants of Judah at the end of chapter 2.
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