Dual Panel1Gather yourselves together <07197> (8703)_, yea, gather together <07197> (8798)_, O nation <01471> not desired <03700> (8737)_; {not...: or, not desirous}
2Before the decree <02706> bring forth <03205> (8800)_, [before] the day <03117> pass <05674> (8804) as the chaff <04671>_, before <03808> the fierce <02740> anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> come <0935> (8799) upon you, before the day <03117> of the LORD'S <03068> anger <0639> come <0935> (8799) upon you.
3Seek <01245> (8761) ye the LORD <03068>_, all ye meek <06035> of the earth <0776>_, which have wrought <06466> (8804) his judgment <04941>_; seek <01245> (8761) righteousness <06664>_, seek <01245> (8761) meekness <06038>_: it may be <0194> ye shall be hid <05641> (8735) in the day <03117> of the LORD'S <03068> anger <0639>_.
4For Gaza <05804> shall be forsaken <05800> (8803)_, and Ashkelon <0831> a desolation <08077>_: they shall drive out <01644> (8762) Ashdod <0795> at the noon day <06672>_, and Ekron <06138> shall be rooted up <06131> (8735)_.
5Woe <01945> unto the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the sea <03220> coast <02256>_, the nation <01471> of the Cherethites <03774>_! the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> [is] against you; O Canaan <03667>_, the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>_, I will even destroy <06> (8689) thee, that there shall be no inhabitant <03427> (8802)_.
6And the sea <03220> coast <02256> shall be dwellings <05116> [and] cottages <03741> for shepherds <07462> (8802)_, and folds <01448> for flocks <06629>_.
7And the coast <02256> shall be for the remnant <07611> of the house <01004> of Judah <03063>_; they shall feed <07462> (8799) thereupon: in the houses <01004> of Ashkelon <0831> shall they lie down <07257> (8799) in the evening <06153>_: for the LORD <03068> their God <0430> shall visit <06485> (8799) them, and turn away <07725> (8804) their captivity <07622> (8675) <07622>_. {for the LORD: or, when, etc}
8I have heard <08085> (8804) the reproach <02781> of Moab <04124>_, and the revilings <01421> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>_, whereby they have reproached <02778> (8765) my people <05971>_, and magnified <01431> (8686) [themselves] against their border <01366>_.
9Therefore [as] I live <02416>_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, Surely Moab <04124> shall be as Sodom <05467>_, and the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> as Gomorrah <06017>_, [even] the breeding <04476> of nettles <02738>_, and saltpits <04379> <04417>_, and a perpetual <05704> <05769> desolation <08077>_: the residue <07611> of my people <05971> shall spoil <0962> (8799) them, and the remnant <03499> of my people <01471> shall possess <05157> (8799) them.
10This shall they have for their pride <01347>_, because they have reproached <02778> (8765) and magnified <01431> (8686) [themselves] against the people <05971> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_.
11The LORD <03068> [will be] terrible <03372> (8737) unto them: for he will famish <07329> (8804) all the gods <0430> of the earth <0776>_; and [men] shall worship <07812> (8691) him, every one <0376> from his place <04725>_, [even] all the isles <0339> of the heathen <01471>_. {famish: Heb. make lean}
12Ye Ethiopians <03569> also, ye <01992> [shall be] slain <02491> by my sword <02719>_.
13And he will stretch out <05186> (8799) his hand <03027> against the north <06828>_, and destroy <06> (8762) Assyria <0804>_; and will make <07760> (8799) Nineveh <05210> a desolation <08077>_, [and] dry <06723> like a wilderness <04057>_.
14And flocks <05739> shall lie down <07257> (8804) in the midst <08432> of her, all the beasts <02416> of the nations <01471>_: both the cormorant <06893> and the bittern <07090> shall lodge <03885> (8799) in the upper lintels <03730> of it; [their] voice <06963> shall sing <07891> (8787) in the windows <02474>_; desolation <02721> [shall be] in the thresholds <05592>_: for he shall uncover <06168> (8765) the cedar work <0731>_. {cormorant: or, pelican} {upper...: or, knops, or, chapiters} {for...: or, when he hath uncovered}
15This [is] the rejoicing <05947> city <05892> that dwelt <03427> (8802) carelessly <0983>_, that said <0559> (8802) in her heart <03824>_, I [am], and [there is] none beside <0657> me: how is she become a desolation <08047>_, a place for beasts <02416> to lie down in <04769>_! every one that passeth by <05674> (8802) her shall hiss <08319> (8799)_, [and] wag <05128> (8686) his hand <03027>_.