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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Zephaniah 2 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/zephaniah/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/zephaniah/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</a> > Zephaniah 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../zephaniah/1.htm" title="Zephaniah 1">◄</a> Zephaniah 2 <a href="../zephaniah/3.htm" title="Zephaniah 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/zephaniah/2-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Bend yourselves, indeed, bend, "" O nation not desired,<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Before the bringing forth of a statute, "" The day has passed on as chaff, "" While the heat of the anger of YHWH has not yet come in on you, "" While [the] Day of the anger of YHWH has not yet come in on you,<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Seek YHWH, all you humble of the land, "" Who have done His judgment, "" Seek righteousness, seek humility, "" It may be you are hidden in the Day of the anger of YHWH.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For Gaza is forsaken, "" And Ashkelon [is] for a desolation, "" Ashdod! At noon they cast her forth, "" And Ekron is rooted up.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Behold! O inhabitants of the seacoast, "" Nation of the Cherethites, "" A word of YHWH [is] against you, "" Canaan, land of the Philistines, "" “And I have destroyed you without an inhabitant.”<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the seacoast has been habitations, "" Cottages [for] shepherds, and folds [for] a flock.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the coast has been for the remnant of the house of Judah, "" By them they have pleasure, "" In houses of Ashkelon they lie down at evening, "" For their God YHWH inspects them, "" And He has turned back [to] their captivity.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“I have heard the reproach of Moab, "" And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, "" With which they reproached My people, "" And magnify [themselves] against their border.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore, [as] I live,” "" A declaration of YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, "" “Surely Moab is as Sodom, "" And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, "" An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, "" And a desolation for all time. A remnant of My people seizes them, "" And a remnant of My nation inherits them.”<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>This [is] to them for their arrogancy, "" Because they have reproached, "" And they magnify [themselves] against the people of YHWH of Hosts. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Fearful [is] YHWH against them, "" For He made all gods of the land bare, "" And all islanders of the nations bow themselves to Him, "" Each from his place.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Also you, O Cushim, they [are] pierced of My sword.”<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And He stretches His hand against the north, "" And destroys Asshur, "" And He sets Nineveh for a desolation, "" A dry land like a wilderness.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And droves have crouched in her midst, "" Every beast of the nation, "" Both pelican and hedgehog lodge in her knobs, "" A voice sings at the window, "" “Destruction [is] at the threshold, "" For the cedar-work is exposed.”<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>This [is] the exulting city that is dwelling confidently, "" That is saying in her heart, "" “I [am], and there is none beside me,” "" How she has been for a desolation, "" A crouching-place for beasts, "" Everyone passing by her hisses, "" He shakes his hand!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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