Zephaniah 2:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Before you are driven away,
like chaff that disappears;
Before there comes upon you
the blazing anger of the Lord;
Before there comes upon you
the day of the Lord’s anger.
3 Seek the Lord,
all you humble of the land,
who have observed his law;
Seek justice,
seek humility;
Perhaps you will be sheltered
on the day of the Lord’s anger.(A)
Judgment on the Nations
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken,
and Ashkelon shall be a waste,
Ashdod they shall drive out at midday,
and Ekron[a] shall be uprooted.(B)
Footnotes
- 2:4 Gaza…Ashkelon…Ashdod…Ekron: cities of the Philistine confederation.
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