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I have heard the taunts of Moab
    and the revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
    and made boasts against their territory.(A)
Therefore, as I live, says the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel,
Moab shall become like Sodom
    and the Ammonites like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits
    and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.(B)
10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride,
    because they scoffed and boasted
    against the people of the Lord of hosts.(C)
11 The Lord will be terrible against them;
    he will shrivel all the gods of the earth,
and to him shall bow down
    each in its place,
    all the coasts and islands of the nations.(D)

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The Lord’s Rebuke to Moab and Ammon

“I’ve heard Moab’s insults
    and the curses from those Ammonites[a]
by which they defame my people
    and boast about their territory.
Therefore as I’m alive and living,” declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel,
    “Moab will surely become like Sodom,
        and the Ammonites[b] like Gomorrah,
a place overrun by weeds and salty marshes,
    unpopulated forever.
The survivors of my people will confiscate their property,
    and those who remain of my nation will inherit what was theirs.[c]
10 This they[d] will have in lieu of their pride,
    because they have insulted and mocked the people of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.
11 The Lord will incite them to terror,
    because he will cause all the gods of the earth to waste away.
They will worship him,
    every person in his own home,
        including even the coastlands of the nations.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:8 Lit. the descendants of Ammon; so also in v. 9.
  2. Zephaniah 2:9 Lit. the descendants of Ammon; so also in v. 9.
  3. Zephaniah 2:9 Cf. Obad 19-21
  4. Zephaniah 2:10 I.e. the people of Edom and Moab