And that coast shall be for the [a]remnant of the house of Judah, to feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they judge toward night: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the rebukes of the children of Ammon, whereby they upbraided my people, and [b]magnified themselves against their borders.

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation, the residue of my folk shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:7 He showeth why God would destroy their enemies, because their country might be a resting place for his Church.
  2. Zephaniah 2:8 These nations presumed to take from the Jews that country which the Lord had given them.

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