Gather yourselves together,{H7197} yea, gather together,{H7197} O nation{H1471} that hath no shame;{H3700}

before the decree{H2706} bring forth,{H3205} [before] the day{H3117} pass{H5674} as the chaff,{H4671} before{H3808} the fierce{H2740} anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} come{H935} upon you, before the day{H3117} of Jehovah's{H3068} anger{H639} come{H935} upon you.

Seek{H1245} ye Jehovah,{H3068} all ye meek{H6035} of the earth,{H776} that have kept{H6466} his ordinances;{H4941} seek{H1245} righteousness,{H6664} seek{H1245} meekness:{H6038} it may be{H194} ye will be hid{H5641} in the day{H3117} of Jehovah's{H3068} anger.{H639}

For Gaza{H5804} shall be forsaken,{H5800} and Ashkelon{H831} a desolation;{H8077} they shall drive out{H1644} Ashdod{H795} at noonday,{H6672} and Ekron{H6138} shall be rooted up.{H6131}

Woe{H1945} unto the inhabitants{H3427} of the sea-coast, the nation{H1471} of the Cherethites!{H3774} The word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} is against you, O Canaan,{H3667} the land{H776} of the Philistines;{H6430} I will destroy{H6} thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.{H3427}

And the sea -{H3220} coast{H2256} shall be pastures,{H5116} with cottages{H3741} for shepherds{H7462} and folds{H1448} for flocks.{H6629}

And the coast{H2256} shall be for the remnant{H7611} of the house{H1004} of Judah;{H3063} they shall feed{H7462} [their flocks] thereupon; in the houses{H1004} of Ashkelon{H831} shall they lie down{H7257} in the evening;{H6153} for Jehovah{H3068} their God{H430} will visit{H6485} them, and bring back{H7725} their captivity.{H7622}

I have heard{H8085} the reproach{H2781} of Moab,{H4124} and the revilings{H1421} of the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} wherewith they have reproached{H2778} my people,{H5971} and magnified{H1431} themselves against their border.{H1366}

Therefore as I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Surely Moab{H4124} shall be as Sodom,{H5467} and the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} as Gomorrah,{H6017} a possession{H4476} of nettles,{H2738} and saltpits,{H4379} and a perpetual{H5704} desolation:{H8077} the residue{H7611} of my people{H5971} shall make a prey{H962} of them, and the remnant{H3499} of my nation{H1471} shall inherit{H5157} them.

This shall they have for their pride,{H1347} because they have reproached{H2778} and magnified{H1431} themselves against the people{H5971} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

Jehovah{H3068} will be terrible{H3372} unto them; for he will famish{H7329} all the gods{H430} of the earth;{H776} and men shall worship{H7812} him, every one{H376} from his place,{H4725} even all the isles{H339} of the nations.{H1471}

Ye Ethiopians{H3569} also, ye{H1992} shall be slain{H2491} by my sword.{H2719}

And he will stretch out{H5186} his hand{H3027} against the north,{H6828} and destroy{H6} Assyria,{H804} and will make{H7760} Nineveh{H5210} a desolation,{H8077} and dry{H6723} like the wilderness.{H4057}

And herds{H5739} shall lie down{H7257} in the midst{H8432} of her, all the beasts{H2416} of the nations:{H1471} both the pelican{H6893} and the porcupine{H7090} shall lodge{H3885} in the capitals{H3730} thereof; [their] voice{H6963} shall sing{H7891} in the windows;{H2474} desolation{H2721} shall be in the thresholds:{H5592} for he hath laid bare{H6168} the cedar-work.{H731}

This is the joyous{H5947} city{H5892} that dwelt{H3427} carelessly,{H983} that said{H559} in her heart,{H3824} I am, and there is none besides{H657} me: how is she become a desolation,{H8047} a place for beasts{H2416} to lie down in!{H4769} every one that passeth by{H5674} her shall hiss,{H8319} and wag{H5128} his hand.{H3027}