Zephaniah 2:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will become a ruin. At noon Ashdod will be driven out, and Ekron will be uprooted.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be uprooted.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For Gaza{H5804} shall be forsaken{H5800}{(H8803)}, and Ashkelon{H831} a desolation{H8077}: they shall drive out{H1644}{(H8762)} Ashdod{H795} at the noon day{H6672}, and Ekron{H6138} shall be rooted up{H6131}{(H8735)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For Gaza shal be destroyed, & Ascalon shall be layed waist: They shal cast out A?dod at the noone daye, and Accaron shalbe pluckte vp by the rotes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For Azzah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon desolate: they shall driue out Ashdod at the noone day, and Ekron shalbe rooted vp.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For Gaza shalbe destroyed, and Ascalon shalbe layde waste, they shall cast out Asdod at the noone day, and Accaron shalbe rooted vp.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For Gaza is forsaken, And Ashkelon `is' for a desolation, Ashdod! at noon they do cast her forth, And Ekron is rooted up.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For Gaza will be given up and Ashkelon will become waste: they will send Ashdod out in the middle of the day, and Ekron will be uprooted.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Judgment on Surrounding Nations Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown.

Referenced Verses

  • Zech 9:5-7 : 5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and will writhe in great anguish, and Ekron, because its hope will be disappointed. The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited. 6 A foreigner will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7 I will remove the blood from their mouths and their detestable things from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God; they will become like a clan leader in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
  • Amos 1:6-8 : 6 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they deported an entire population to deliver them over to Edom.' 7 So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will consume her palaces. 8 'I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,' says the Lord GOD.
  • Jer 6:4 : 4 Prepare for war against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day is waning and the shadows of evening are lengthening.
  • Jer 15:8 : 8 Their widows have increased to Me more than the sand of the seas. I have brought against them a destroyer at noon, and I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon the city suddenly.
  • Jer 25:20 : 20 All the mixed peoples and all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistine cities: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod.
  • Jer 47:1-7 : 1 This is the message of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet regarding the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza. 2 This is what the LORD says: 'Look, waters are rising from the north and will become an overflowing torrent. They will flood the land and everything in it, including the towns and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and everyone living in the land will wail.' 3 At the sound of galloping hooves of mighty horses, at the rumbling of their chariots and the roar of their wheels, fathers will not turn to help their children, for their hands will be exhausted. 4 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off every survivor who could help Tyre and Sidon. Indeed, the LORD is destroying the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor. 5 Gaza is shaven bare; Ashkelon is silenced. You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourselves in mourning? 6 'Ah, sword of the LORD!' How long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still! 7 But how can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the coast of the sea.
  • Ezek 25:15-17 : 15 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, seeking to destroy Judah with perpetual hostility, 16 therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant living on the coast. 17 I will carry out great acts of vengeance on them and punish them with furious rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I take vengeance on them.
  • Ps 91:6 : 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the destruction that strikes at noonday.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Zech 9:4-7
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    84%

    4 But the Lord will dispossess her and strike her power in the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

    5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and will writhe in great anguish, and Ekron, because its hope will be disappointed. The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited.

    6 A foreigner will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

    7 I will remove the blood from their mouths and their detestable things from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God; they will become like a clan leader in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

  • Amos 1:6-8
    3 verses
    83%

    6 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they deported an entire population to deliver them over to Edom.'

    7 So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will consume her palaces.

    8 'I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,' says the Lord GOD.

  • Zeph 2:5-7
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    78%

    5 Woe to you who live by the sea, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, and there will be no inhabitants left.

    6 The seacoast will become pasturelands, with meadows for shepherds and sheepfolds.

    7 The land along the coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will graze. In the evening, they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The Lord their God will care for them and restore their fortunes.

  • Jer 47:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off every survivor who could help Tyre and Sidon. Indeed, the LORD is destroying the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

    5 Gaza is shaven bare; Ashkelon is silenced. You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourselves in mourning?

  • Josh 15:46-47
    2 verses
    75%

    46 From Ekron to the sea, all that lay near Ashdod with their villages.

    47 Ashdod with its towns and villages, Gaza with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea and its boundaries.

  • Jer 25:20
    75%

    20 All the mixed peoples and all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistine cities: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod.

  • Josh 13:3
    75%

    3 From the Shihor River (which is near Egypt) to the northern boundary of Ekron, which is counted as part of the Canaanite land; the five rulers of the Philistines—Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—and the Avvites.

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    75%

    18 Then Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, along with their surrounding territories.

  • Isa 17:9
    73%

    9 In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places of the wooded heights and hilltops that were abandoned because of the Israelites, and there will be desolation.

  • Isa 14:31
    72%

    31 Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia is dissolved. For smoke comes from the north, and there is no straggler in its ranks.

  • Ezek 25:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, seeking to destroy Judah with perpetual hostility,

    16 therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant living on the coast.

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    71%

    7 They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie in ruins among ruined cities.

  • 2 Chr 28:18
    71%

    18 The Philistines also raided towns in the foothills and the Negev of Judah. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its villages, Timnah and its villages, and Gimzo and its villages.

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    71%

    13 The land will become desolate because of its inhabitants, due to the fruit of their deeds.

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    4 They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys.

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    10 The fortified city is desolate, a desert place, abandoned and forsaken like the wilderness. There, calves will graze, lie down, and strip its branches bare.

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    2 The scatterer has come against your face. Guard the fortress, watch the road, strengthen your loins, muster all your strength!

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    70%

    12 Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple will become a high place overgrown with thickets.

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    70%

    32 I will bring the land to desolation so that even your enemies who live there will be appalled by it.

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    70%

    1 This is the message of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet regarding the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

  • Jer 47:7
    70%

    7 But how can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the coast of the sea.

  • Isa 6:12
    70%

    12 The LORD will drive the people far away, and the abandonment in the land will be great.

  • Deut 2:23
    70%

    23 And as for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their place.

  • Amos 6:2
    70%

    2 Go to Calneh and look, then go from there to great Hamath, and go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their territory greater than yours?

  • Mic 2:4
    70%

    4 On that day, they will take up a taunt against you and wail with bitter lament, saying: 'We are utterly ruined; my people's inheritance is divided. How it has been taken away from me! He removes our fields and gives them to traitors.'

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    70%

    29 At the sound of the horsemen and archers, every city flees. They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks. The cities are abandoned, and no one lives in them.

  • Lam 2:7
    69%

    7 The Lord has rejected his altar and disowned his sanctuary. He has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces. They raised their voices in the house of the LORD as on a day of appointed festival.

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    69%

    6 I have cut off nations; their corner towers are in ruins. I have laid waste their streets, so that no one passes through. Their cities are destroyed; there is no one left—no inhabitant.

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    6 For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of influences from the east, practice divination like the Philistines, and join hands with foreigners.

  • Hos 9:6
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    6 Even if they escape destruction, Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them. Weeds will inherit their treasures of silver, and thorns will overrun their tents.

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    13 Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses a desolation. They will build houses but not live in them, and they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine.

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    12 Only desolation is left in the city; the gate is battered into ruins.

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    14 The peoples have heard; they tremble; anguish has seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

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    8 He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

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    28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and its proud strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, with no one passing through.

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    26 I looked, and behold, the fertile land was a wilderness, and all its cities were torn down before the LORD, in the heat of His fierce anger.