1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;2.1 not…: or, not desirous2 Before the decree bring forth, beforethe day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORDcome upon you, before the day of the LORD’sanger come upon you. 3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’sanger.
4 For Gazashall be forsaken, and Ashkelona desolation: they shall drive out Ashdodat the noon day, and Ekronshall be rooted up. 5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORDisagainst you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. 6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings andcottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelonshall they lie down in the evening: for the LORDtheir God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.2.7 for the LORD: or, when, etc
8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselvesagainst their border. 9 Therefore asI live, saith the LORDof hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moabshall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammonas Gomorrah, eventhe breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. 10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselvesagainst the people of the LORDof hosts. 11 The LORDwill beterrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and menshall worship him, every one from his place, evenall the isles of the heathen.2.11 famish: Heb. make lean
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall beslain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveha desolation, anddry like a wilderness. 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; theirvoice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall bein the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.2.14 cormorant: or, pelican2.14 upper…: or, knops, or, chapiters2.14 for…: or, when he hath uncovered15 This isthe rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there isnone beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, andwag his hand.
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Gaza
Hoje: Gaza
עַזָּהazzahΓάζαGaza
Gaza was a city of the Philistines, where the people surrounded Samson and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate to kill him at dawn (Judges 16:2).
Ashdod was one of the cities of the five Philistine rulers; there Dagon was found fallen before the ark of the Lord, and the Lord’s hand was heavy on the people, afflicting them with tumors (1 Samuel 5:6).
Ekron was one of the five cities of the Philistine rulers, along with Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, and Gath; its god was Baal-zebub, whom the king of Samaria sent to consult (2 Kings 1:3).
Crete is the island whose coast Paul and those sailing with him moved along with difficulty; Paul said they should not have sailed from Crete, for they would have spared themselves damage and loss (Acts 27:21).
Canaan is the land God promised to give the Israelites as an inheritance. Jacob and his sons lived there, and the Israelites ate manna forty years until they reached the borders of Canaan (Exodus 16:35).
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Gomorrah was a city of the plain that God condemned to destruction along with Sodom, reducing both to ashes; the king of Gomorrah was Birsha (2 Peter 2:6).
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Nineveh is the great city of Assyria where Jonah was sent to preach against the wickedness that had come up before God; there he proclaimed that the city would be overthrown in forty days (Jonah 3:4).