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# Chapter 2
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1 Gather together, yes, gather,
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O shameless nation,
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2 before the decree takes effect
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—before the day passes away like chaff—
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before there comes upon you
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the burning anger of the Lord,
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before there comes upon you
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the day of the anger of the Lord.
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3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
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who do his just commands;
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seek righteousness; seek humility;
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perhaps you may be hidden
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on the day of the anger of the Lord.
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4 For Gaza shall be deserted,
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and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
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Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon,
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and Ekron shall be uprooted.
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5 Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast,
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you nation of the Cherethites!
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The word of the Lord is against you,
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O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
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and I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left.
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6 And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures,
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with meadows for shepherds
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and folds for flocks.
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7 The seacoast shall become the possession
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of the remnant of the house of Judah,
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on which they shall graze,
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and in the houses of Ashkelon
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they shall lie down at evening.
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For the Lord their God will be mindful of them
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and restore their fortunes.
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8 “I have heard the taunts of Moab
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and the revilings of the Ammonites,
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how they have taunted my people
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and made boasts against their territory.
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9 Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
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the God of Israel,
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“Moab shall become like Sodom,
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and the Ammonites like Gomorrah,
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a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
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and a waste forever.
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The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
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and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
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10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride,
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because they taunted and boasted
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against the people of the Lord of hosts.
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11 The Lord will be awesome against them;
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for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
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and to him shall bow down,
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each in its place,
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all the lands of the nations.
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12 You also, O Cushites,
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shall be slain by my sword.
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13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
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and destroy Assyria,
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and he will make Nineveh a desolation,
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a dry waste like the desert.
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14 Herds shall lie down in her midst,
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all kinds of beasts;
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even the owl and the hedgehog
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shall lodge in her capitals;
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a voice shall hoot in the window;
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devastation will be on the threshold;
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for her cedar work will be laid bare.
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15 This is the exultant city
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that lived securely,
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that said in her heart,
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“I am, and there is no one else.”
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What a desolation she has become,
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a lair for wild beasts!
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Everyone who passes by her
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hisses and shakes his fist. |