{"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/dbt/zephaniah/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:56:09.947Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Zephaniah","bookSlug":"zephaniah","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Collect yourselves and gather together, O nation without shame,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"before the decree bring forth, before the day pass away as chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Seek Jehovah, all ye meek of the land, who have performed his ordinance; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For Gazah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon shall be 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, land of the Philistines: I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings 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 thereon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for Jehovah their God shall visit them, and turn again 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, Moab shall certainly be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation; the remnant of my people shall spoil them, and the residue of my nation shall possess 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 all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be the slain of my sword."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, a place of drought like the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the crowd of beasts; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the chapiters thereof; a voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be on the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar work."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"This is the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none else beside me: how is she become a desolation, a couching-place for beasts! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, shall wave his hand."}],"citation":{"inline":"Zephaniah 2 (DBT)","markdown":"[Zephaniah 2](https://primebible.com/dbt/zephaniah/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/zephaniah/2 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}