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Zephaniah 2:8

MoabMoab
Judgment

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

7 The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.

“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.

9 Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

10 This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.

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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
“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
KJV
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.
WEB
I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their border.
ASV
I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
DARBY
I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
BLB
“I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the sons of Ammon, with which they have scorned My people, and magnified [themselves] against their border.
ÅB
Jeg har hørt Moabs spott og Ammons barns hånsord, da de spottet mitt folk og bar seg overmodig at mot dets land.
OTB
“Jeg har hørt Moabs hån
Og ammonittenes hånende ord,
Med hvilke de har hånet Mitt folk
Og skrytt mot deres område.
B1930
Jeg har hørt Moabs spott og Ammons barns hånsord, da de spottet mitt folk og bar sig overmodig at mot dets land.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 83:4–7

    saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

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  • Ezekiel 25:3–11

    Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,

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  • Amos 1:13

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.

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  • Jeremiah 48:27–29

    Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.

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  • Jeremiah 49:1

    Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?

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  • Ezekiel 36:2

    This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’

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