13 The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters;
But God will (A)rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And (B)be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind,
Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

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13 Although the peoples roar(A) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes(B) them they flee(C) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff(D) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.(E)

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13 (A)O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
(B)Like the chaff before the wind!

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13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff(A) before the wind.

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A Call to Repentance

Gather(A) yourselves together, yes, gather together,
O [a]undesirable nation,

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:1 Or shameless

Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the Nations

Judah Summoned to Repent

Gather together,(A) gather yourselves together,
    you shameful(B) nation,

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14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of (A)Rabbah,
And it shall devour its palaces,
(B)Amid shouting in the day of battle,
And a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.

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14 I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah(A)
    that will consume(B) her fortresses
amid war cries(C) on the day of battle,
    amid violent winds(D) on a stormy day.

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18 We have been with child, we have been in pain;
We have, as it were, [a]brought forth wind;
We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
Nor have (A)the inhabitants of the world fallen.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:18 given birth to

18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
    but we gave birth(A) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(B) to the earth,
    and the people of the world have not come to life.(C)

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19 Behold, a (A)whirlwind of the Lord has gone forth in fury—
A violent whirlwind!
It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.

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19 See, the storm(A) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind(B) swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.

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