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Zephaniah 2:7-9
International Children’s Bible
Zephaniah 2:7-9
International Children’s Bible
7 Your land will belong to the descendants of Judah who are left alive.
There they will let their sheep eat grass.
At night they will sleep
in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will come to be with them.
He will give them back their riches.
Moab and Ammon Will Be Punished
8 “I heard the country of Moab insult my people.
The country of Ammon threatened to take their land.”
9 So the Lord of heaven’s armies, the God of Israel, says,
“As surely as I live,
Moab will be destroyed like Sodom.
Ammon will be destroyed like Gomorrah.[a]
Their land will be covered with weeds and salt.
It will be destroyed forever.
Those of my people who are left alive will take whatever they want from them.
Those who are left from my nation will take their land.”
Footnotes
- 2:9 Sodom . . . Gomorrah Two cities God destroyed because the people were so evil.
Zephaniah 2:7-9
New International Version
Zephaniah 2:7-9
New International Version
7 That land will belong
to the remnant(A) of the people of Judah;
there they will find pasture.
In the evening they will lie down
in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will care for them;
he will restore their fortunes.[a](B)
Moab and Ammon
8 “I have heard the insults(C) of Moab(D)
and the taunts of the Ammonites,(E)
who insulted(F) my people
and made threats against their land.(G)
9 Therefore, as surely as I live,”
declares the Lord Almighty,
the God of Israel,
“surely Moab(H) will become like Sodom,(I)
the Ammonites(J) like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder(K) them;
the survivors(L) of my nation will inherit their land.(M)”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:7 Or will bring back their captives
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