2:1 Gather yourselves together 7197 8703, yea, gather together 7197 8798, O nation 1471 not desired 3700 8737;(not…: or, not desirous)

2:2 Before the decree 2706 bring forth 3205 8800, [before] the day 3117 pass 5674 8804 as the chaff 4671, before 3808 the fierce 2740 anger 639 of the LORD 3068 come 935 8799 upon you, before the day 3117 of the LORD'S 3068 anger 639 come 935 8799 upon you.

2:3 Seek 1245 8761 ye the LORD 3068, all ye meek 6035 of the earth 776, which have wrought 6466 8804 his judgment 4941; seek 1245 8761 righteousness 6664, seek 1245 8761 meekness 6038: it may be 194 ye shall be hid 5641 8735 in the day 3117 of the LORD'S 3068 anger 639.

2:4 For Gaza 5804 shall be forsaken 5800 8803, and Ashkelon 831 a desolation 8077: they shall drive out 1644 8762 Ashdod 795 at the noon day 6672, and Ekron 6138 shall be rooted up 6131 8735.

2:5 Woe 1945 unto the inhabitants 3427 8802 of the sea 3220 coast 2256, the nation 1471 of the Cherethites 3774! the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 [is] against you; O Canaan 3667, the land 776 of the Philistines 6430, I will even destroy 6 8689 thee, that there shall be no inhabitant 3427 8802.

2:6 And the sea 3220 coast 2256 shall be dwellings 5116 [and] cottages 3741 for shepherds 7462 8802, and folds 1448 for flocks 6629.

2:7 And the coast 2256 shall be for the remnant 7611 of the house 1004 of Judah 3063; they shall feed 7462 8799 thereupon: in the houses 1004 of Ashkelon 831 shall they lie down 7257 8799 in the evening 6153: for the LORD 3068 their God 430 shall visit 6485 8799 them, and turn away 7725 8804 their captivity 7622 8675 7622.(for the LORD: or, when, etc)

2:8 I have heard 8085 8804 the reproach 2781 of Moab 4124, and the revilings 1421 of the children 1121 of Ammon 5983, whereby they have reproached 2778 8765 my people 5971, and magnified 1431 8686 [themselves] against their border 1366.

2:9 Therefore [as] I live 2416, saith 5002 8803 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, Surely Moab 4124 shall be as Sodom 5467, and the children 1121 of Ammon 5983 as Gomorrah 6017, [even] the breeding 4476 of nettles 2738, and saltpits 4379 4417, and a perpetual 5704 5769 desolation 8077: the residue 7611 of my people 5971 shall spoil 962 8799 them, and the remnant 3499 of my people 1471 shall possess 5157 8799 them.

2:10 This shall they have for their pride 1347, because they have reproached 2778 8765 and magnified 1431 8686 [themselves] against the people 5971 of the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.

2:11 The LORD 3068 [will be] terrible 3372 8737 unto them: for he will famish 7329 8804 all the gods 430 of the earth 776; and [men] shall worship 7812 8691 him, every one 376 from his place 4725, [even] all the isles 339 of the heathen 1471.(famish: Heb. make lean)

2:12 Ye Ethiopians 3569 also, ye 1992 [shall be] slain 2491 by my sword 2719.

2:13 And he will stretch out 5186 8799 his hand 3027 against the north 6828, and destroy 6 8762 Assyria 804; and will make 7760 8799 Nineveh 5210 a desolation 8077, [and] dry 6723 like a wilderness 4057.

2:14 And flocks 5739 shall lie down 7257 8804 in the midst 8432 of her, all the beasts 2416 of the nations 1471: both the cormorant 6893 and the bittern 7090 shall lodge 3885 8799 in the upper lintels 3730 of it; [their] voice 6963 shall sing 7891 8787 in the windows 2474; desolation 2721 [shall be] in the thresholds 5592: for he shall uncover 6168 8765 the cedar work 731.(cormorant: or, pelican)(upper…: or, knops, or, chapiters)(for…: or, when he hath uncovered)

2:15 This [is] the rejoicing 5947 city 5892 that dwelt 3427 8802 carelessly 983, that said 559 8802 in her heart 3824, I [am], and [there is] none beside 657 me: how is she become a desolation 8047, a place for beasts 2416 to lie down in 4769! every one that passeth by 5674 8802 her shall hiss 8319 8799, [and] wag 5128 8686 his hand 3027.

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