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Zephaniah 2:8-3:20
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Zephaniah 2:8-3:20
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Moab and Ammon
8 “I have heard the insults(A) of Moab(B)
and the taunts of the Ammonites,(C)
who insulted(D) my people
and made threats against their land.(E)
9 Therefore, as surely as I live,”
declares the Lord Almighty,
the God of Israel,
“surely Moab(F) will become like Sodom,(G)
the Ammonites(H) like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder(I) them;
the survivors(J) of my nation will inherit their land.(K)”
10 This is what they will get in return for their pride,(L)
for insulting(M) and mocking
the people of the Lord Almighty.(N)
11 The Lord will be awesome(O) to them
when he destroys all the gods(P) of the earth.(Q)
Distant nations will bow down to him,(R)
all of them in their own lands.
Cush
Assyria
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,(U)
leaving Nineveh(V) utterly desolate
and dry as the desert.(W)
14 Flocks and herds(X) will lie down there,
creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(Y) and the screech owl(Z)
will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
rubble will fill the doorways,
the beams of cedar will be exposed.
15 This is the city of revelry(AA)
that lived in safety.(AB)
She said to herself,
“I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(AC)
What a ruin she has become,
a lair for wild beasts!(AD)
All who pass by her scoff(AE)
and shake their fists.(AF)
Jerusalem
3 Woe to the city of oppressors,(AG)
rebellious(AH) and defiled!(AI)
2 She obeys(AJ) no one,
she accepts no correction.(AK)
She does not trust(AL) in the Lord,
she does not draw near(AM) to her God.
3 Her officials within her
are roaring lions;(AN)
her rulers are evening wolves,(AO)
who leave nothing for the morning.(AP)
4 Her prophets are unprincipled;
they are treacherous people.(AQ)
Her priests profane the sanctuary
and do violence to the law.(AR)
5 The Lord within her is righteous;(AS)
he does no wrong.(AT)
Morning by morning(AU) he dispenses his justice,
and every new day he does not fail,(AV)
yet the unrighteous know no shame.(AW)
Jerusalem Remains Unrepentant
6 “I have destroyed nations;
their strongholds are demolished.
I have left their streets deserted,
with no one passing through.
Their cities are laid waste;(AX)
they are deserted and empty.
7 Of Jerusalem I thought,
‘Surely you will fear me
and accept correction!’(AY)
Then her place of refuge[b] would not be destroyed,
nor all my punishments come upon[c] her.
But they were still eager
to act corruptly(AZ) in all they did.
8 Therefore wait(BA) for me,”
declares the Lord,
“for the day I will stand up to testify.[d]
I have decided to assemble(BB) the nations,(BC)
to gather the kingdoms
and to pour out my wrath(BD) on them—
all my fierce anger.(BE)
The whole world will be consumed(BF)
by the fire of my jealous anger.
Restoration of Israel’s Remnant
9 “Then I will purify the lips of the peoples,
that all of them may call(BG) on the name of the Lord(BH)
and serve(BI) him shoulder to shoulder.
10 From beyond the rivers of Cush[e](BJ)
my worshipers, my scattered people,
will bring me offerings.(BK)
11 On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame(BL)
for all the wrongs you have done to me,(BM)
because I will remove from you
your arrogant boasters.(BN)
Never again will you be haughty
on my holy hill.(BO)
12 But I will leave within you
the meek(BP) and humble.
The remnant of Israel
will trust(BQ) in the name of the Lord.
13 They(BR) will do no wrong;(BS)
they will tell no lies.(BT)
A deceitful tongue
will not be found in their mouths.(BU)
They will eat and lie down(BV)
and no one will make them afraid.(BW)”
14 Sing, Daughter Zion;(BX)
shout aloud,(BY) Israel!
Be glad and rejoice(BZ) with all your heart,
Daughter Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away your punishment,
he has turned back your enemy.
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;(CA)
never again will you fear(CB) any harm.(CC)
16 On that day
they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
do not let your hands hang limp.(CD)
17 The Lord your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.(CE)
He will take great delight(CF) in you;
in his love he will no longer rebuke you,(CG)
but will rejoice over you with singing.”(CH)
18 “I will remove from you
all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
which is a burden and reproach for you.
19 At that time I will deal
with all who oppressed(CI) you.
I will rescue the lame;
I will gather the exiles.(CJ)
I will give them praise(CK) and honor
in every land where they have suffered shame.
20 At that time I will gather you;
at that time I will bring(CL) you home.
I will give you honor(CM) and praise(CN)
among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes[f](CO)
before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region
- Zephaniah 3:7 Or her sanctuary
- Zephaniah 3:7 Or all those I appointed over
- Zephaniah 3:8 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew will rise up to plunder
- Zephaniah 3:10 That is, the upper Nile region
- Zephaniah 3:20 Or I bring back your captives
2 Chronicles 35:20-27
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2 Chronicles 35:20-27
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The Death of Josiah(A)
20 After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Necho king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish(B) on the Euphrates,(C) and Josiah marched out to meet him in battle. 21 But Necho sent messengers to him, saying, “What quarrel is there, king of Judah, between you and me? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with which I am at war. God has told(D) me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.”
22 Josiah, however, would not turn away from him, but disguised(E) himself to engage him in battle. He would not listen to what Necho had said at God’s command but went to fight him on the plain of Megiddo.
23 Archers(F) shot King Josiah, and he told his officers, “Take me away; I am badly wounded.” 24 So they took him out of his chariot, put him in his other chariot and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments.(G) These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.(H)
26 The other events of Josiah’s reign and his acts of devotion in accordance with what is written in the Law of the Lord— 27 all the events, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Kings 23:29-30
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2 Kings 23:29-30
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29 While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho(A) king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo.(B) 30 Josiah’s servants brought his body in a chariot(C) from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.
Jeremiah 47-48
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Jeremiah 47-48
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A Message About the Philistines
47 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines(A) before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:(B)
2 This is what the Lord says:
“See how the waters are rising in the north;(C)
they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
all who dwell in the land will wail(D)
3 at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
at the noise of enemy chariots(E)
and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
their hands will hang limp.(F)
4 For the day has come
to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
who could help Tyre(G) and Sidon.(H)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,(I)
the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.[a](J)
5 Gaza will shave(K) her head in mourning;
Ashkelon(L) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut(M) yourselves?
6 “‘Alas, sword(N) of the Lord,
how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still.’(O)
7 But how can it rest
when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”(P)
A Message About Moab(Q)
48 Concerning Moab:(R)
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“Woe to Nebo,(S) for it will be ruined.
Kiriathaim(T) will be disgraced and captured;
the stronghold[b] will be disgraced and shattered.
2 Moab will be praised(U) no more;
in Heshbon[c](V) people will plot her downfall:
‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’(W)
You, the people of Madmen,[d] will also be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,(X)
cries of great havoc and destruction.
4 Moab will be broken;
her little ones will cry out.[e]
5 They go up the hill to Luhith,(Y)
weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim(Z)
anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
6 Flee!(AA) Run for your lives;
become like a bush[f] in the desert.(AB)
7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches,(AC)
you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh(AD) will go into exile,(AE)
together with his priests and officials.(AF)
8 The destroyer(AG) will come against every town,
and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
and the plateau(AH) destroyed,
because the Lord has spoken.
9 Put salt(AI) on Moab,
for she will be laid waste[g];(AJ)
her towns will become desolate,
with no one to live in them.
10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
A curse on anyone who keeps their sword(AK) from bloodshed!(AL)
11 “Moab has been at rest(AM) from youth,
like wine left on its dregs,(AN)
not poured from one jar to another—
she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
and her aroma is unchanged.
12 But days are coming,”
declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
and smash her jars.
13 Then Moab will be ashamed(AO) of Chemosh,(AP)
as Israel was ashamed
when they trusted in Bethel.(AQ)
14 “How can you say, ‘We are warriors,(AR)
men valiant in battle’?
15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
her finest young men(AS) will go down in the slaughter,(AT)”
declares the King,(AU) whose name is the Lord Almighty.(AV)
16 “The fall of Moab is at hand;(AW)
her calamity will come quickly.
17 Mourn for her, all who live around her,
all who know her fame;(AX)
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,(AY)
how broken the glorious staff!’
18 “Come down from your glory
and sit on the parched ground,(AZ)
you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,(BA)
for the one who destroys Moab
will come up against you
and ruin your fortified cities.(BB)
19 Stand by the road and watch,
you who live in Aroer.(BC)
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
ask them, ‘What has happened?’
20 Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
Wail(BD) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon(BE)
that Moab is destroyed.
21 Judgment has come to the plateau(BF)—
to Holon,(BG) Jahzah(BH) and Mephaath,(BI)
22 to Dibon,(BJ) Nebo(BK) and Beth Diblathaim,
23 to Kiriathaim,(BL) Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,(BM)
24 to Kerioth(BN) and Bozrah(BO)—
to all the towns(BP) of Moab, far and near.
25 Moab’s horn[h](BQ) is cut off;
her arm(BR) is broken,”
declares the Lord.
26 “Make her drunk,(BS)
for she has defied(BT) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;(BU)
let her be an object of ridicule.(BV)
27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?(BW)
Was she caught among thieves,(BX)
that you shake your head(BY) in scorn(BZ)
whenever you speak of her?
28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove(CA) that makes its nest
at the mouth of a cave.(CB)
29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(CC)—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness(CD) of her heart.
30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
“and her boasts(CE) accomplish nothing.
31 Therefore I wail(CF) over Moab,
for all Moab I cry out,
I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.(CG)
32 I weep for you, as Jazer(CH) weeps,
you vines of Sibmah.(CI)
Your branches spread as far as the sea[i];
they reached as far as[j] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
on your ripened fruit and grapes.
33 Joy and gladness are gone
from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine(CJ) from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy.(CK)
Although there are shouts,
they are not shouts of joy.
34 “The sound of their cry rises
from Heshbon(CL) to Elealeh(CM) and Jahaz,(CN)
from Zoar(CO) as far as Horonaim(CP) and Eglath Shelishiyah,
for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.(CQ)
35 In Moab I will put an end
to those who make offerings on the high places(CR)
and burn incense(CS) to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
36 “So my heart laments(CT) for Moab like the music of a pipe;
it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.(CU)
The wealth they acquired(CV) is gone.
37 Every head is shaved(CW)
and every beard(CX) cut off;
every hand is slashed
and every waist is covered with sackcloth.(CY)
38 On all the roofs in Moab
and in the public squares(CZ)
there is nothing but mourning,
for I have broken Moab
like a jar(DA) that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
39 “How shattered(DB) she is! How they wail!
How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,(DC)
an object of horror to all those around her.”
40 This is what the Lord says:
“Look! An eagle is swooping(DD) down,
spreading its wings(DE) over Moab.
41 Kerioth[k](DF) will be captured
and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors(DG)
will be like the heart of a woman in labor.(DH)
42 Moab will be destroyed(DI) as a nation(DJ)
because she defied(DK) the Lord.
43 Terror(DL) and pit and snare(DM) await you,
you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
44 “Whoever flees(DN) from the terror
will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
the year(DO) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.
45 “In the shadow of Heshbon
the fugitives stand helpless,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a blaze from the midst of Sihon;(DP)
it burns the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls(DQ) of the noisy boasters.
46 Woe to you, Moab!(DR)
The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
and your daughters into captivity.
47 “Yet I will restore(DS) the fortunes of Moab
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.
Here ends the judgment on Moab.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete
- Jeremiah 48:1 Or captured; / Misgab
- Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
- Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced.
- Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar
- Jeremiah 48:6 Or like Aroer
- Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away
- Jeremiah 48:25 Horn here symbolizes strength.
- Jeremiah 48:32 Probably the Dead Sea
- Jeremiah 48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts as far as the Sea of
- Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities
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