Zephaniah 2:7-9

New International Reader's Version

⁷That land will belong to those who are still left alive
    among the people of Judah.
    They will find grasslands there.
They will take over
    the houses in Ashkelon and live in them.
The Lord their God will take care of them.
    He will bless them with great success again.

A Message About Moab and Ammon

⁸The Lord says,

“I have heard Moab make fun of my people.
    The Ammonites also laughed at them.
They told them that bad things
    would happen to their land.
⁹So Moab will become like Sodom,”
    announces the Lord who rules over all.
    “Ammon will be like Gomorrah.
Weeds and salt pits will cover those countries.
    They will be dry and empty deserts forever.
Those who are still left alive among my people
    will take all their valuable things.
    So they will receive those lands as their own.
And that is just as sure as I am alive.”
    The Lord is the God of Israel.