2:1 Gather
together,
yes,
gather,
O
shameless
nation,
2:2 before
the
decree
takes
effect--before
the
day
passes
away
like
chaff--
before
there
comes
upon
you
the
burning
anger
of
the
LORD,
before
there
comes
upon
you
the
day
of
the
anger
of
the
LORD.
2:3 Seek
the
LORD,
all
you
humble
of
the
land,
who
do
his
just
commands;
seek
righteousness;
seek
humility;
perhaps
you
may
be
hidden
on
the
day
of
the
anger
of
the
LORD.
2:4 For
Gaza
shall
be
deserted,
and
Ashkelon
shall
become
a
desolation;
Ashdod's
people
shall
be
driven
out
at
noon,
and
Ekron
shall
be
uprooted.
2:5 Woe
to
you
inhabitants
of
the
seacoast,
you
nation
of
the
Cherethites!
The
word
of
the
LORD
is
against
you,
O
Canaan,
land
of
the
Philistines;
and
I
will
destroy
you
until
no
inhabitant
is
left.
2:6 And
you,
O
seacoast,
shall
be
pastures,
with
meadows
for
shepherds
and
folds
for
flocks.
2:7 The
seacoast
shall
become
the
possession
of
the
remnant
of
the
house
of
Judah,
on
which
they
shall
graze,
and
in
the
houses
of
Ashkelon
they
shall
lie
down
at
evening.
For
the
LORD
their
God
will
be
mindful
of
them
and
restore
their
fortunes.
2:8 "I
have
heard
the
taunts
of
Moab
and
the
revilings
of
the
Ammonites,
how
they
have
taunted
my
people
and
made
boasts
against
their
territory.
2:9 Therefore,
as
I
live,"
declares
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel,
"Moab
shall
become
like
Sodom,
and
the
Ammonites
like
Gomorrah,
a
land
possessed
by
nettles
and
salt
pits,
and
a
waste
forever.
The
remnant
of
my
people
shall
plunder
them,
and
the
survivors
of
my
nation
shall
possess
them."
2:10 This
shall
be
their
lot
in
return
for
their
pride,
because
they
taunted
and
boasted
against
the
people
of
the
LORD
of
hosts.
2:11 The
LORD
will
be
awesome
against
them;
for
he
will
famish
all
the
gods
of
the
earth,
and
to
him
shall
bow
down,
each
in
its
place,
all
the
lands
of
the
nations.
2:12 You
also,
O
Cushites,
shall
be
slain
by
my
sword.
2:13 And
he
will
stretch
out
his
hand
against
the
north
and
destroy
Assyria,
and
he
will
make
Nineveh
a
desolation,
a
dry
waste
like
the
desert.
2:14 Herds
shall
lie
down
in
her
midst,
all
kinds
of
beasts;
even
the
owl
and
the
hedgehog
shall
lodge
in
her
capitals;
a
voice
shall
hoot
in
the
window;
devastation
will
be
on
the
threshold;
for
her
cedar
work
will
be
laid
bare.
2:15 This
is
the
exultant
city
that
lived
securely,
that
said
in
her
heart,
"I
am,
and
there
is
no
one
else."
What
a
desolation
she
has
become,
a
lair
for
wild
beasts!
Everyone
who
passes
by
her
hisses
and
shakes
his
fist.