Gather yourselves , gather together , O shameful ... nation ,
before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff , before ... the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you , before ... the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
Seek - the LORD , all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness ; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
For Gaza will be abandoned , and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon , and Ekron will be uprooted.
Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast , O nation of the Cherethites ! The word of the LORD is against you , O Canaan , land of the Philistines : “ I will destroy you , and no one will be left. ”
So the seacoast ... will become (a land of) pastures , with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah ; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon , for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.
“ I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites ... , who have taunted - My people and threatened ... their borders.
Therefore , as surely as I live , ” declares the LORD of Hosts , the God of Israel , “ surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites ... like Gomorrah — a place of weeds and salt pits , vvv a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them ; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them. ”
This in return for their pride , for taunting and mocking ... the people of the LORD of Hosts.
The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves - all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship each in its own place.
“ You too , O Cushites , will be slain by My sword .... ”
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy - Assyria ; He will make - Nineveh a desolation , as dry as a desert.
Herds will lie down in her midst , creatures ... of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her (pillars). Their calls will sound from the window , but desolation will lie on the threshold , for He will expose the beams of cedar.
This carefree city that dwells securely , that thinks to herself : “ I (am it) , and (there is) none besides me , ” what a ruin she has become , a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.