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Zephaniah 2:4

AshdodAshkelonEkronGaza
Judgment

2 before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.

3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

5 Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”

6 So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
KJV
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
WEB
For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.
ASV
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
DARBY
For Gazah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon shall be a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
BLB
For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon as a desolation; they will drive out Ashdod at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
ÅB
For Gasa skal bli forlatt, og Askalon en ørken; Asdods folk skal jages ut midt på dagen, og Ekron skal rykkes opp med rot.
OTB
For Gaza skal bli forlatt,
Og Askalon skal bli en ødemark;
Asdod skal bli drevet ut ved middagstid,
Og Ekron skal bli rykket opp med roten.
B1930
For Gasa skal bli forlatt, og Askalon en ørken; Asdods folk skal jages ut midt på dagen, og Ekron skal rykkes op med rot.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 9:5–7

    Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.

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  • Amos 1:6–8

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.

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  • Jeremiah 47:1–7

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.

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  • Jeremiah 25:20

    all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

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  • Jeremiah 6:4

    ‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.

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  • Jeremiah 15:8

    I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

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  • Ezekiel 25:15–17

    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,

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  • Psalms 91:6

    nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.

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