Zephaniah 2:8-10

New International Reader's Version

“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.
⁹ So 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.

¹⁰ Moab and Ammon will be judged
    because they are so proud.
They made fun of the Lord’s people.
    They laughed at them.