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Sefanía 2
Icelandic Bible
Sefanía 2
Icelandic Bible
2 Beyg þig og læg þig, þú þjóð, sem eigi blygðast þín,
2 áður en þér verðið eins og fjúkandi sáðir, áður en hin brennandi reiði Drottins kemur yfir yður, áður en reiðidagur Drottins kemur yfir yður.
3 Leitið Drottins, allir þér hinir auðmjúku í landinu, þér sem breytið eftir hans boðorðum. Ástundið réttlæti, ástundið auðmýkt, vera má að þér verðið faldir á reiðidegi Drottins.
4 Gasa mun verða yfirgefin og Askalon verða að auðn. Asdódbúar munu burt reknir verða um hábjartan dag og Ekron í eyði lögð.
5 Vei yður, þér sem búið meðfram sjávarsíðunni, þú Kreta þjóð! Orð Drottins beinist gegn yður, Kanaan, land Filista! Já, ég mun eyða þig, svo að þar skal enginn búa.
6 Og sjávarsíðan skal verða að beitilandi fyrir hjarðmenn og að fjárbyrgjum fyrir sauðfé.
7 Þá mun sjávarsíðan falla til þeirra, sem eftir verða af Júda húsi. Þar skulu þeir vera á beit, í húsum Askalon skulu þeir leggjast fyrir að kveldi. Því að Drottinn, Guð þeirra, mun vitja þeirra og snúa við högum þeirra.
8 Ég hefi heyrt svívirðingar Móabs og smánaryrði Ammóníta, er þeir svívirtu með þjóð mína og höfðu hroka í frammi við land þeirra.
9 Fyrir því skal, svo sannarlega sem ég lifi _ segir Drottinn allsherjar, Guð Ísraels _ fara fyrir Móab eins og fyrir Sódómu, og fyrir Ammónítum eins og fyrir Gómorru. Þeir skulu verða að gróðrarreit fyrir netlur, að saltgröf og að óbyggðri auðn til eilífrar tíðar. Leifar lýðs míns skulu ræna þá og eftirleifar þjóðar minnar erfa þá.
10 Þetta skal þá henda fyrir drambsemi þeirra, að þeir hafa svívirt þjóð Drottins allsherjar og haft hroka í frammi við hana.
11 Ógurlegur mun Drottinn verða þeim, því að hann lætur alla guði jarðarinnar dragast upp, svo að öll eylönd heiðingjanna dýrki hann, hver maður á sínum stað.
12 Einnig þér, Blálendingar, munuð falla fyrir sverði mínu.
13 Og hann mun rétta út hönd sína gegn norðri og afmá Assýríu. Og hann mun leggja Níníve í eyði, gjöra hana þurra sem eyðimörk.
14 Mitt í henni skulu hjarðir liggja, alls konar dýr hópum saman. Pelíkanar og stjörnuhegrar munu eiga náttból á súlnahöfðum hennar. Heyr kliðinn í gluggatóttunum! Rofhrúgur á þröskuldunum, því að sedrusviðarþilin hafa verið rifin burt!
15 Er þetta glaummikla borgin, er sat andvaralaus og sagði í hjarta sínu: "Ég og engin önnur"? Hversu er hún orðin að auðn, að bæli fyrir villidýr! Hver sá er þar fer um, blístrar og hristir hönd sína hæðnislega.
Zephaniah 2
New International Version
Zephaniah 2
New International Version
Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the Nations
Judah Summoned to Repent
2 Gather together,(A) gather yourselves together,
you shameful(B) nation,
2 before the decree takes effect
and that day passes like windblown chaff,(C)
before the Lord’s fierce anger(D)
comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord’s wrath(E)
comes upon you.
3 Seek(F) the Lord, all you humble of the land,
you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness,(G) seek humility;(H)
perhaps you will be sheltered(I)
on the day of the Lord’s anger.
Philistia
4 Gaza(J) will be abandoned
and Ashkelon(K) left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
and Ekron uprooted.
5 Woe to you who live by the sea,
you Kerethite(L) people;
the word of the Lord is against you,(M)
Canaan, land of the Philistines.
He says, “I will destroy you,
and none will be left.”(N)
6 The land by the sea will become pastures
having wells for shepherds
and pens for flocks.(O)
7 That land will belong
to the remnant(P) 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](Q)
Moab and Ammon
8 “I have heard the insults(R) of Moab(S)
and the taunts of the Ammonites,(T)
who insulted(U) my people
and made threats against their land.(V)
9 Therefore, as surely as I live,”
declares the Lord Almighty,
the God of Israel,
“surely Moab(W) will become like Sodom,(X)
the Ammonites(Y) like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder(Z) them;
the survivors(AA) of my nation will inherit their land.(AB)”
10 This is what they will get in return for their pride,(AC)
for insulting(AD) and mocking
the people of the Lord Almighty.(AE)
11 The Lord will be awesome(AF) to them
when he destroys all the gods(AG) of the earth.(AH)
Distant nations will bow down to him,(AI)
all of them in their own lands.
Cush
Assyria
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,(AL)
leaving Nineveh(AM) utterly desolate
and dry as the desert.(AN)
14 Flocks and herds(AO) will lie down there,
creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(AP) and the screech owl(AQ)
will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
rubble will fill the doorways,
the beams of cedar will be exposed.
15 This is the city of revelry(AR)
that lived in safety.(AS)
She said to herself,
“I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(AT)
What a ruin she has become,
a lair for wild beasts!(AU)
All who pass by her scoff(AV)
and shake their fists.(AW)
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:7 Or will bring back their captives
- Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region
Zephaniah 2
King James Version
Zephaniah 2
King James Version
2 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you.
3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
9 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.
15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
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