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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Gaza will be abandoned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ashkelon left in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">At midday Ashdod will be emptied</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ekron uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Woe to you who live by the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">you Kerethite people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">Canaan, land of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">He says, &#8220;I will destroy you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">and none will be left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The land by the sea will become pastures</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">having wells for shepherds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">and pens for flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That land will belong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">to the remnant of the people of Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">there they will find pasture.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">In the evening they will lie down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">in the houses of Ashkelon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God will care for them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">he will restore their fortunes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will bring back their captives</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Moab and Ammon</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have heard the insults of Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and the taunts of the Ammonites,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">who insulted my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and made threats against their land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore, as surely as I live,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">&#8220;surely Moab will become like Sodom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the Ammonites like Gomorrah&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a place of weeds and salt pits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a wasteland forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">The remnant of my people will plunder them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is what they will get in return for their pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">for insulting and mocking</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be awesome to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">when he destroys all the gods of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">Distant nations will bow down to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">all of them in their own lands.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Cush</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;You Cushites,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, people from the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> too,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="content">will be slain by my sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Assyria</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He will stretch out his hand against the north</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and destroy Assyria,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">leaving Nineveh utterly desolate</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and dry as the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Flocks and herds will lie down there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">creatures of every kind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">The desert owl and the screech owl</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">will roost on her columns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">Their hooting will echo through the windows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">rubble will fill the doorways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">the beams of cedar will be exposed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is the city of revelry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">that lived in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">She said to herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the one! And there is none besides me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">What a ruin she has become,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">a lair for wild beasts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">All who pass by her scoff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">and shake their fists.</span></span></div>
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