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And the coastland will become the possession
    of the remnant of the house of Judah.
They will pasture their flocks there,
    and when evening arrives
    they will lie down in the houses at Ashkelon.
For the Lord, their God, will be mindful of them
    and restore their fortunes.
[a]“I have heard the insults of Moab
    and the taunts of the Ammonites
when they reviled my people
    and threatened their frontiers.
Therefore, as I live,” says the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel,
“Moab will become like Sodom
    and the Ammonites like Gomorrah:
a land filled with nettles and salt pits,
    a wasteland forevermore.
The remnant of my people will plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation will dispossess them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:8 Moab and Ammon, east of Israel, were its enemies. According to Gen 19:30-38, these peoples were descendants of Lot, who survived the disastrous fate of Sodom.