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“I have heard Moab’s taunts
and the Ammonites’ insults.
They[a] taunted my people
and verbally harassed those living in Judah.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:8 tn Heb “who.” A new sentence was begun here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. Zephaniah 2:8 tn Heb “and they made great [their mouth?] against their territory.” Other possible translation options include (1) “they enlarged their own territory” (cf. NEB) and (2) “they bragged about [the size] of their own territory.”

Moab and Ammon

“I have heard the insults(A) of Moab(B)
    and the taunts of the Ammonites,(C)
who insulted(D) my people
    and made threats against their land.(E)

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