<vn='1'>Gather yourselves <sn="7197">together</s>, yea, gather <sn="7197">together</s>, O <sn="1471">nation</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3700">desired</s>; </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2962">Before</s> the <sn="2706">decree</s> bring <sn="3205">forth</s>, before the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="5674">pass</s> as the <sn="4671">chaff</s>, <sn="2962">before</s> the <sn="2740">fierce</s><sn="639">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> you, <sn="2962">before</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="639">anger</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> you. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1245">Seek</s> ye <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> ye <sn="6035">meek</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, <sn="834">which</s> have <sn="6466">wrought</s> his <sn="4941">judgment</s>; <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="6664">righteousness</s>, <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="6038">meekness</s>: it may <sn="194">be</s> ye shall be <sn="5641">hid</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="639">anger</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="5804">Gaza</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5800">forsaken</s>, and <sn="831">Ashkelon</s> a <sn="8077">desolation</s>: they shall drive <sn="1644">out</s><sn="795">Ashdod</s> at the noon <sn="6672">day</s>, and <sn="6138">Ekron</s> shall be rooted <sn="6131">up</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1945">Woe</s> unto the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s><sn="2256">coast</s>, the <sn="1471">nation</s> of the <sn="3774">Cherethites</s>! the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="5921">against</s> you; O <sn="3667">Canaan</s>, the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, I will even <sn="6">destroy</s> thee, that there shall be <sn="4480 369">no</s><sn="3427">inhabitant</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="3220">sea</s><sn="2256">coast</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5116">dwellings</s> and <sn="3741">cottages</s> for <sn="7462">shepherds</s>, and <sn="1448">folds</s> for <sn="6629">flocks</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="2256">coast</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> for the <sn="7611">remnant</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>; they shall <sn="7462">feed</s><sn="5921">thereupon</s>: in the <sn="1004">houses</s> of <sn="831">Ashkelon</s> shall they lie <sn="7257">down</s> in the <sn="6153">evening</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s> shall <sn="6485">visit</s> them, and turn <sn="7725">away</s> their <sn="7622">captivity</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>I have <sn="8085">heard</s> the <sn="2781">reproach</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, and the <sn="1421">revilings</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, <sn="834">whereby</s> they have <sn="2778">reproached</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="1431">magnified</s> themselves <sn="5921">against</s> their <sn="1366">border</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> as <sn="589">I</s><sn="2416">live</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3588">Surely</s><sn="4124">Moab</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="5467">Sodom</s>, and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> as <sn="6017">Gomorrah</s>, even the <sn="4476">breeding</s> of <sn="2738">nettles</s>, and <sn="4417 4379">saltpits</s>, and a <sn="5704 5769">perpetual</s><sn="8077">desolation</s>: the <sn="7611">residue</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s> shall <sn="962">spoil</s> them, and the <sn="3499">remnant</s> of my <sn="1471">people</s> shall <sn="5157">possess</s> them. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2063">This</s> shall they have <sn="8478">for</s> their <sn="1347">pride</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they have <sn="2778">reproached</s> and <sn="1431">magnified</s> themselves <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> will be <sn="3372">terrible</s><sn="5921">unto</s> them: <sn="3588">for</s> he will <sn="7329">famish</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>; and men shall <sn="7812">worship</s> him, every <sn="376">one</s> from his <sn="4480 4725">place</s>, even <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="339">isles</s> of the <sn="1471">heathen</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="859">Ye</s><sn="3569">Ethiopians</s><sn="1571">also</s>, <sn="1992">ye</s> shall be <sn="2491">slain</s> by my <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And he will stretch <sn="5186">out</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="6828">north</s>, and <sn="6">destroy</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="804">Assyria</s>; and will <sn="7760">make</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5210">Nineveh</s> a <sn="8077">desolation</s>, and <sn="6723">dry</s> like a <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="5739">flocks</s> shall lie <sn="7257">down</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of her, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2416">beasts</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s>: <sn="1571">both</s> the <sn="6893">cormorant</s><sn="1571">and</s> the <sn="7090">bittern</s> shall <sn="3885">lodge</s> in the upper <sn="3730">lintels</s> of it; their <sn="6963">voice</s> shall <sn="7891">sing</s> in the <sn="2474">windows</s>; <sn="2721">desolation</s> shall be in the <sn="5592">thresholds</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he shall <sn="6168">uncover</s> the cedar <sn="731">work</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2063">This</s> is the <sn="5947">rejoicing</s><sn="5892">city</s> that <sn="3427">dwelt</s><sn="983">carelessly</s>, that <sn="559">said</s> in her <sn="3824">heart</s>, <sn="589">I</s> am, and there is <sn="657">none</s><sn="5750">beside</s> me: <sn="349">how</s> is she <sn="1961">become</s> a <sn="8047">desolation</s>, a place for <sn="2416">beasts</s> to lie <sn="4769">down</s> in! every <sn="3605">one</s> that <sn="5674">passeth</s><sn="5921">by</s> her shall <sn="8319">hiss</s>, and <sn="5128">wag</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>