That land will belong
    to the remnant(A) of the people of Judah;
    there they will find pasture.
In the evening they will lie down
    in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will care for them;
    he will restore their fortunes.[a](B)

Moab and Ammon

“I have heard the insults(C) of Moab(D)
    and the taunts of the Ammonites,(E)
who insulted(F) my people
    and made threats against their land.(G)
Therefore, as surely as I live,”
    declares the Lord Almighty,
    the God of Israel,
“surely Moab(H) will become like Sodom,(I)
    the Ammonites(J) like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
    a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder(K) them;
    the survivors(L) of my nation will inherit their land.(M)

10 This is what they will get in return for their pride,(N)
    for insulting(O) and mocking
    the people of the Lord Almighty.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:7 Or will bring back their captives

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.

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

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 saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.

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