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3
|Sofonías 2:3|
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
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4
|Sofonías 2:4|
Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon left in ruins. At midday Ashdod will be emptied and Ekron uprooted.
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5
|Sofonías 2:5|
Woe to you who live by the sea, O Kerethite people; the word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines. “I will destroy you, and none will be left.”
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6
|Sofonías 2:6|
The land by the sea, where the Kerethites [The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.] dwell, will be a place for shepherds and sheep pens.
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7
|Sofonías 2:7|
It will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. In the evening they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The LORD their God will care for them; he will restore their fortunes. [Or will bring back their captives]
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8
|Sofonías 2:8|
“I have heard the insults of Moab and the taunts of the Ammonites, who insulted my people and made threats against their land.
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9
|Sofonías 2:9|
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will become like Sodom, the Ammonites like Gomorrah — a place of weeds and salt pits, a wasteland for ever. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.”
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10
|Sofonías 2:10|
This is what they will get in return for their pride, for insulting and mocking the people of the LORD Almighty.
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11
|Sofonías 2:11|
The LORD will be awesome to them when he destroys all the gods of the land. The nations on every shore will worship him, every one in its own land.
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12
|Sofonías 2:12|
“You too, O Cushites, [That is, people from the upper Nile region] will be slain by my sword.”
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