Judgment on Judah’s Enemies
1 Gather together, yes, gather,
O Jer. 6:15shameless nation,
2 [ch. 3:8] before the decree takes effect2:2 Hebrew gives birth
—before the day passes away Ps. 1:4like chaff—
[2 Kgs. 23:26]before there comes upon you
the burning anger of the Lord,
before there comes upon you
the day of the anger of the Lord.
3 See Amos 5:6Seek the Lord, Ps. 76:9;Isa. 11:4all you humble of the land,
who do his just commands;2:3 Or who carry out his judgment
[Amos 5:14,15] seek righteousness; seek humility;
[Amos 5:14,15] perhaps [Isa. 2:10;26:20,21]you may be hidden
on the day of the anger of the Lord.
4 Zech. 9:5,6;[Jer. 47:5]; See Amos 1:6-8For Gaza shall be deserted,
and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to Jer. 47:7;Ezek. 25:16you inhabitants of the seacoast,
you nation of See 1 Sam. 30:14the Cherethites!
[Nah. 2:13] The word of the Lord is against you,
[Josh. 13:3] O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
and I will destroy you ch. 3:6until no inhabitant is left.
6 ver. 7And you, O seacoast, Isa. 65:10shall be pastures,
with meadows2:6 Or caves for shepherds
and folds for flocks.
7 [Josh. 19:29] The seacoast shall become the possession
of [ch. 3:13;Obad. 19] the remnant of the house of Judah,
[See ver. 6above] on which they shall graze,
and in the houses of Ashkelon
they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God Zech. 10:3;Luke 1:68will be mindful of them
and ch. 3:20restore their fortunes.
8 "I have heard [Jer. 48:27] the taunts of Moab
and Ezek. 25:3,6the revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
and made boasts [Jer. 49:1]against their territory.
9 Therefore, Isa. 49:18;See Ezek. 16:48as I live," declares the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel,
"Moab shall become Deut. 29:23;See Isa. 13:19like Sodom,
and the Ammonites Deut. 29:23;See Isa. 13:19like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
and the survivors of my nation shall possess them."
10 This shall be their lot in return Isa. 16:6for their pride,
because they taunted and boasted
against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome against them;
[Isa. 17:4] for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and Ps. 22:27to him shall bow down,
each in its place,
all See Gen. 10:5the lands of the nations.
12 [ch. 3:10]You also, O Cushites,
shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
[Isa. 10:12] and destroy Assyria,
and he Nah. 3:7will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.
14 Isa. 13:21,22;34:14Herds shall lie down in her midst,
all kinds of beasts;2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation
Isa. 34:11even the owl and the hedgehog2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain
shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
devastation will be on the threshold;
for [Jer. 22:14,15]her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the exultant city
Isa. 47:8that lived securely,
that said in her heart,
"I am, and there is no one else."
What a desolation she has become,
[Ezek. 25:5] a lair for wild beasts!
Jer. 19:8Everyone who passes by her
hisses and [Nah. 3:19]shakes his fist.