1Gather yourselves together , yea, gather together , O nation that hath no shame ; 2before the decree bring forth , before the day pass as the chaff , before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you , before the day of Jehovah ’s anger come upon you . 3Seek ye Jehovah , all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances ; seek righteousness , seek meekness : it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah ’s anger.
Judgment on Surrounding Nations
4For Gaza shall be forsaken , and Ashkelon a desolation ; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday , and Ekron shall be rooted up . 5Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites ! The word of Jehovah is against you , O Canaan , the land of the Philistines ; I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant . 6And the sea-coast shall be pastures , with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks . 7And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah ; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening ; for Jehovah their God will visit them , and bring back their captivity .
The Day of the Lord
8I have heard the reproach of Moab , and the revilings of the children of Ammon , wherewith they have reproached my people , and magnified themselves against their border . 9Therefore as I live , saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel , Surely Moab shall be as Sodom , and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah , a possession of nettles , and saltpits , and a perpetual desolation : the residue of my people shall make a prey of them , and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them . 10This shall they have for their pride , because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts . 11Jehovah will be terrible unto them ; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him , every one from his place , even all the isles of the nations .
Restoration of the Remnant
12Ye Ethiopians also , ye shall be slain by my sword . 13And he will stretch out his hand against the north , and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation , and dry like the wilderness . 14And herds shall lie down in the midst of her , all the beasts of the nations : both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof ; their voice shall sing in the windows ; desolation shall be in the thresholds : for he hath laid bare the cedar-work. 15This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart , I am , and there is none besides me : how is she become a desolation , a place for beasts to lie down in ! every one that passeth by her shall hiss , and wag his hand .