{"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/kjv/zephaniah/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T21:25:47.550Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 not desired;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Before the decree bring forth, <i>before</i> the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, 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 the LORD <i>is</i> against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the sea coast shall be dwellings <i>and</i> 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 thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified <i>themselves</i> against their border."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Therefore <i>as</i> I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, <i>even</i> the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified <i>themselves</i> against the people of the LORD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The LORD <i>will be</i> terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and <i>men</i> shall worship him, every one from his place, <i>even</i> all the isles of the heathen."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Ye Ethiopians also, ye <i>shall be</i> 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, <i>and</i> dry like a wilderness."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; <i>their</i> voice shall sing in the windows; desolation <i>shall be</i> in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"This <i>is</i> the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I <i>am</i>, and <i>there is</i> none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, <i>and</i> wag his hand."}],"citation":{"inline":"Zephaniah 2 (KJV)","markdown":"[Zephaniah 2](https://primebible.com/kjv/zephaniah/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/zephaniah/2 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}