(A)Seek the Lord,
All you (B)humble of the [a]earth
Who have carried out His [b]ordinances;
(C)Seek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will be (D)hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.

For (E)Gaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon a desolation;
(F)Ashdod will be driven out at noon
And (G)Ekron will be uprooted.
Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation of the [c](H)Cherethites!
The word of the Lord is (I)against you,
O (J)Canaan, land of the Philistines;
And I will (K)destroy you
So that there will be (L)no inhabitant.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:3 Or land
  2. Zephaniah 2:3 Or justice
  3. Zephaniah 2:5 I.e. a segment of the Philistines with roots in Crete