Zephaniah 2:2-4

New International Reader's Version

² Come together before the Lord’s judgment arrives.
    The day of the Lord’s judgment will sweep in
    like straw blown by the wind.
Soon the Lord’s great anger will come against you.
    The day of his wrath will come against you.
³ So look to him, all you people in the land
    who worship him faithfully.
    You always do what he commands you to do.
Continue to do what is right.
    Don’t be proud.
Then perhaps the Lord will keep you safe
    on the day he pours out his anger on the world.

⁴ Gaza will be deserted.
    Ashkelon will be destroyed.
Ashdod will be emptied out at noon.
    Ekron will be pulled up by its roots.