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1. Be ye gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation;
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1. Gather yourselves together H7197 , yea , gather together H7197 , O nation H1471 not H3808 desired H3700 ;
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2. before ye become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.
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2. Before H2962 the decree H2706 bring forth H3205 , before the day H3117 pass H5674 as the chaff H4671 , before H2962 the fierce H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068 come H935 upon H5921 you, before H2962 the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 's anger H639 come H935 upon H5921 you.
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3. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth; do judgement, and seek justice, and answer Gr. them accordingly; that ye may be hid in the day of the wrath of the Lord.
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3. Seek H1245 ye H853 the LORD H3068 , all H3605 ye meek H6035 of the earth H776 , which H834 have wrought H6466 his judgment H4941 ; seek H1245 righteousness H6664 , seek H1245 meekness H6038 : it may be H194 ye shall be hid H5641 in the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 's anger H639 .
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4. For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ascalon shall be destroyed; and Azotus shall be cast forth at noon-day, and Accaron shall be rooted up.
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4. For H3588 Gaza H5804 shall be H1961 forsaken H5800 , and Ashkelon H831 a desolation H8077 : they shall drive out H1644 Ashdod H795 at the noon day H6672 , and Ekron H6138 shall be rooted up H6131 .
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5. Woe to them that dwell on the border of the sea, neighbours of the Cretans! the word of the Lord is against you, O Chanaan, land of the Philistines, and I will destroy you out of your dwelling-place.
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5. Woe H1945 unto the inhabitants H3427 of the sea H3220 coast H2256 , the nation H1471 of the Cherethites H3774 ! the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 is against H5921 you ; O Canaan H3667 , the land H776 of the Philistines H6430 , I will even destroy H6 thee , that there shall be no H4480 H369 inhabitant H3427 .
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6. And Crete shall be a pasture of flocks, and a fold of sheep.
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6. And the sea H3220 coast H2256 shall be H1961 dwellings H5116 and cottages H3741 for shepherds H7462 , and folds H1448 for flocks H6629 .
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7. And the sea coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Juda; they shall pasture upon them in the houses of Ascalon; they shall rest in the evening because of the children of Juda; for the Lord their God has visited them, and he will turn away their captivity.
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7. And the coast H2256 shall be H1961 for the remnant H7611 of the house H1004 of Judah H3063 ; they shall feed H7462 thereupon H5921 : in the houses H1004 of Ashkelon H831 shall they lie down H7257 in the evening H6153 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 their God H430 shall visit H6485 them , and turn away H7725 their captivity H7622 .
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8. I have heard the revilings of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reviled my people, and magnified themselves against my coasts.
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8. I have heard H8085 the reproach H2781 of Moab H4124 , and the revilings H1421 of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , whereby H834 they have reproached H2778 H853 my people H5971 , and magnified H1431 themselves against H5921 their border H1366 .
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9. Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodoma, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha; and Damascus shall be left as a heap of the threshing-floor, and desolate for ever: and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nations shall inherit them.
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9. Therefore H3651 as I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 , Surely H3588 Moab H4124 shall be H1961 as Sodom H5467 , and the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 as Gomorrah H6017 , even the breeding H4476 of nettles H2738 , and saltpits H4417 H4379 , and a perpetual H5704 H5769 desolation H8077 : the residue H7611 of my people H5971 shall spoil H962 them , and the remnant H3499 of my people H1471 shall possess H5157 them.
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10. Gr. this to them This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.
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10. This H2063 shall they have for H8478 their pride H1347 , because H3588 they have reproached H2778 and magnified H1431 themselves against H5921 the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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11. The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, even all the islands of the nations.
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11. The LORD H3068 will be terrible H3372 unto H5921 them: for H3588 he will famish H7329 H853 all H3605 the gods H430 of the earth H776 ; and men shall worship H7812 him , every one H376 from his place H4480 H4725 , even all H3605 the isles H339 of the heathen H1471 .
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12. Ye Ethiopians also are the slain of my sword.
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12. Ye H859 Ethiopians H3569 also H1571 , ye H1992 shall be slain H2491 by my sword H2719 .
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13. And he shall stretch forth his hand against the north and destroy the Assyrian, and make Nineve a dry wilderness, even as a desert.
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13. And he will stretch out H5186 his hand H3027 against H5921 the north H6828 , and destroy H6 H853 Assyria H804 ; and will make H7760 H853 Nineveh H5210 a desolation H8077 , and dry H6723 like a wilderness H4057 .
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14. And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was as as cedar.
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14. And flocks H5739 shall lie down H7257 in the midst H8432 of her, all H3605 the beasts H2416 of the nations H1471 : both H1571 the cormorant H6893 and H1571 the bittern H7090 shall lodge H3885 in the upper lintels H3730 of it; their voice H6963 shall sing H7891 in the windows H2474 ; desolation H2721 shall be in the thresholds H5592 : for H3588 he shall uncover H6168 the cedar work H731 .
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