Zephaniah 2:3-5

New International Reader's Version

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.
⁵ How terrible it will be for you Kerethites
    who live by the Mediterranean Sea!
Philistia, the Lord has spoken against you.
    What happened to Canaan will happen to you.