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  2:1 ¶
Be ye gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation; |
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2:1 ¶
Gather yourselves together,°°
yea, gather together,°°
O nation°
not°
desired;°° |
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2:2
before ye become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you. |
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2:2
Before°
the decree°
bring forth,°°
[before] the day°
pass°°
as the chaff,°
before°°
the fierce°
anger°
of Yahweh°
come°°
upon°
you, before°
the day°
of Yahweh's°
anger°
come°°
upon°
you. |
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2:3
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth; do judgment, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that ye may be hid in the day of the wrath of the Lord. |
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2:3
Seek°°
ye°
Yahweh,°
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 Yahweh's°
anger.° |
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2:4 ¶
For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Askelon{gr.Ascalon} shall be destroyed; and Ashdod{gr.Azotus} shall be cast forth at noon-day, and Ekron{gr.Accaron} shall be rooted up. |
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2:4 ¶
For°
Gaza°
shall be°
forsaken,°°
and Ashkelon°
a desolation:°
they shall drive out°°
Ashdod°
at the noon day,°
and Ekron°
shall be rooted up.°° |
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2:5
Woe to them that dwell on the border of the sea, neighbours of the Cretans! the word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan{gr.Chanaan}, land of the Philistines, and I will destroy you out of [your] dwelling-place. |
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2:5
Woe°
unto the inhabitants°°
of the sea°
coast,°
the nation°
of the Cherethites!°
the word°
of Yahweh°
[is] against°
you; O Canaan,°
the land°
of the Philistines,°
I will even destroy°°
thee, that there shall be no°°
inhabitant.°° |
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2:6
And Crete shall be a pasture of flocks, and a fold of sheep. |
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2:6
And the sea°
coast°
shall be°
dwellings°
[and] cottages°
for shepherds,°°
and folds°
for flocks.° |
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2:7
And the sea cost shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah{gr.Juda}; they shall pasture upon them in the houses of Askelon{gr.Ascalon}; they shall rest in the evening because of the children of Judah{gr.Juda}; for the Lord their God has visited them, and he will turn away their captivity. |
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2:7
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°
Yahweh°
their Elohim°
shall visit°°
them, and turn away°°
their captivity.°° |
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2:8 ¶
I have heard the revilings of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reviled my people, and magnified themselves against my coasts. |
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2:8 ¶
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.° |
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2:9
Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodoma, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah{gr.Gomorrha}; and Damascus [shall be] left as a heap of the threshing-floor, and desolate for ever: and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nations shall inherit them. |
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2:9
Therefore°
[as] I°
live,°
saith°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth,°
the Elohim°
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. |
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2:10
This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty. |
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2:10
This°
shall they have for°
their pride,°
because°
they have reproached°°
and magnified°°
[themselves] against°
the people°
of Yahweh°
Sabaoth.° |
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2:11
The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, [even] all the islands of the nations. |
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2:11
Yahweh°
[will be] terrible°°
unto°
them: for°
he will famish°°°
all°
the elohim°
of the earth;°
and [men] shall worship°°
him, every one°
from his place,°°
[even] all°
the isles°
of the heathen.° |
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2:12 ¶
Ye Ethiopians also are the slain of my sword. |
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2:12 ¶
Ye°
Ethiopians°
also,°
ye°
[shall be] slain°
by my sword.° |
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2:13
And he shall stretch forth his hand against the north and destroy the Assyrian, and make Nineveh{gr.Nineve} a dry wilderness, [even] as a desert. |
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2:13
And he will stretch out°°
his hand°
against°
the north,°
and destroy°°°
Assyria;°
and will make°°°
Nineveh°
a desolation,°
[and] dry°
like a wilderness.° |
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2:14
And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was [as] as cedar. |
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2:14
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.° |
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2:15
This is the scornful city that dwells securely, that says in her heart, I am, and there is no longer any [to be] after me: how is she become desolate, a habitation of wild beasts! every one that passes through her shall hiss, and shake his hands. |
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2:15
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.° |
