{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/zephaniah/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:29:22.295Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Zephaniah","bookSlug":"zephaniah","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand."}],"citation":{"inline":"Zephaniah 2 (ASV)","markdown":"[Zephaniah 2](https://primebible.com/asv/zephaniah/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/zephaniah/2 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}