Zephaniah · Unlocked Literal Bible
Zephaniah 2 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Rally yourselves together and gather, unashamed nation—
1 CONGREGAOS y meditad, gente no amable,
2 before the decree takes effect and that day passes like the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh's wrath comes upon you, before the day of the wrath of Yahweh comes upon you.
2 Antes que pára el decreto, y el día se pase como el tamo; antes que venga sobre vosotros el furor de la ira de Jehová, antes que el día de la ira de Jehová venga sobre vosotros.
3 Seek Yahweh, all you humble people on earth who obey his decrees! Seek righteousness. Seek humility, and perhaps you will be protected in the day of Yahweh's wrath.
3 Buscad á Jehová todos los humildes de la tierra, que pusisteis en obra su juicio; buscad justicia, buscad mansedumbre: quizás seréis guardados en el día del enojo de Jehová.
4 For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will turn into a devastation. They will drive out Ashdod at noon, and they will uproot Ekron!
4 Porque Gaza será desamparada, y Ascalón asolada: saquearán á Asdod en el medio día, y Ecrón será desarraigada.
5 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Kerethites! Yahweh has spoken against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines. I will destroy you until no inhabitant remains.
5 ¡Ay de los que moran á la parte de la mar, de la gente de Cheretim! La palabra de Jehová es contra vosotros, oh Canaán, tierra de Palestinos, que te haré destruir hasta no quedar morador.
6 So the seacoast will become pastures for shepherds and for sheep pens.
6 Y será la parte de la mar por moradas de cabañas de pastores, y corrales de ovejas.
7 The coastal region will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah, who will shepherd their flocks there. Their people will lie down in the evening in the houses of Ashkelon, for Yahweh their God will care for them and restore their fortunes.
7 Y será aquella parte para el resto de la casa de Judá; allí apacentarán: en las casas de Ascalón dormirán á la noche; porque Jehová su Dios los visitará, y tornará sus cautivos.
8 “I have heard the taunts of Moab and the reviling of the people of Ammon when they taunted my people and violated their borders.
8 Yo he oído las afrentas de Moab, y los denuestos de los hijos de Ammón con que deshonraron á mi pueblo, y se engrandecieron sobre su término.
9 Therefore, as I live—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel— Moab will become like Sodom, and the people of Ammon like Gomorrah; a place of nettles and a salt pit, deserted forever. But the remnant of my people will plunder them, and the remainder of my nation will take possession of them.”
9 Por tanto, vivo yo, dice Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, que Moab será como Sodoma, y los hijos de Ammón como Gomorra; campo de ortigas, y mina de sal, y asolamiento perpetuo: el resto de mi pueblo los saqueará, y el resto de mi gente los heredará.
10 This will happen to Moab and Ammon because of their pride, since they taunted and mocked the people of Yahweh of hosts.
10 Esto les vendrá por su soberbia, porque afrentaron, y se engrandecieron contra el pueblo de Jehová de los ejércitos.
11 Then they will fear Yahweh, for he will taunt all the gods of the earth. Everyone will worship him, everyone from his own place, from every seashore.
11 Terrible será Jehová contra ellos, porque enervará á todos los dioses de la tierra; y cada uno desde su lugar se inclinará á él, todas las islas de las gentes.
12 You Cushites also will be pierced by my sword,
12 Vosotros también los de Etiopía seréis muertos con mi espada.
13 and God's hand will attack the north and destroy Assyria, so that Nineveh will become an abandoned devastation, as dry as the desert.
13 Y extenderá su mano sobre el aquilón, y destruirá al Assur, y pondrá á Nínive en asolamiento, y en secadal como un desierto.
14 Then herds will lie down there, every animal of the nations, both the desert owl and the screech owl will rest in the top of her columns. A call will sing out from the windows; rubble will be in the doorways; her carved cedar beams will be exposed.
14 Y rebaños de ganado harán en ella majada, todas las bestias de las gentes; el onocrótalo también y el erizo dormirán en sus umbrales: [su] voz cantará en las ventanas; asolación será en las puertas, porque su [enmaderamiento de] cedro será descubierto.
15 This is the exultant city that lived without fear, that said in her heart, “I am, and nothing is my equal.” How she has become a horror, a place for beasts to lie down in. Everyone that passes by her will hiss and shake his fist at her.
15 Esta es la ciudad alegre que estaba confiada, la que decía en su corazón: Yo, y no más. ¡Cómo fué en asolamiento, en cama de bestias! Cualquiera que pasare junto á ella silbará, meneará su mano.
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joel 1:14; 2 Chronicles 20:4; Nehemiah 9:1; Nehemiah 8:1; Esther 4:16
- 2 Nahum 1:6; Lamentations 4:11; Hosea 13:3; Psalm 1:4; Isaiah 17:13
- 3 Amos 5:14–15; Isaiah 26:20–21; Psalm 76:9; Jeremiah 29:12–13; Psalm 22:26
- 4 Zechariah 9:5–7; Amos 1:6–8; Jeremiah 47:1–7; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 6:4
- 5 Ezekiel 25:16; Jeremiah 47:7; Joshua 13:3; Amos 3:1; Amos 5:1
- 6 Isaiah 5:17; Isaiah 17:2; Zephaniah 2:14–15; Ezekiel 25:5
- 7 Exodus 4:31; Zephaniah 3:20; Micah 5:3–8; Luke 1:68; Ezekiel 39:25
- 8 Psalm 83:4–7; Ezekiel 25:3–11; Amos 1:13; Jeremiah 48:27–29; Jeremiah 49:1
- 9 Isaiah 15:1–9; Isaiah 11:14; Deuteronomy 29:23; Isaiah 25:10; Isaiah 49:18
- 10 Isaiah 16:6; Jeremiah 48:29; Zephaniah 2:8; Exodus 9:17; Daniel 4:37
- 11 Micah 4:1–3; Zechariah 14:9–21; Zechariah 13:2; Zechariah 2:11; Isaiah 2:2–4
- 12 Ezekiel 30:4–9; Isaiah 18:1–7; Jeremiah 51:20–23; Jeremiah 46:9–10; Isaiah 13:5
- 13 Nahum 3:7; Nahum 3:18–19; Nahum 1:1; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 10:16
- 14 Amos 9:1; Isaiah 34:11–17; Jeremiah 22:14; Isaiah 13:19–22; Revelation 18:2
- 15 Ezekiel 28:2; Isaiah 47:7–8; Nahum 3:19; Ezekiel 28:9; Isaiah 22:2
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… assemble the nations, and gather together the kingdoms." And again he says, "The Lord will be terrible upon them, and will exterminate all the gods of the earth; and they shall worship Him every man from his place, even all the isles of the nations." And a little after he says, "Then will I turn to the people a tongue, …
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