Zephaniah 2:6-15

Zephaniah 2:6-15

[6] And the sea  coast  shall be dwellings  and cottages  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 Ashkelon  shall they lie down  in the evening:  for the LORD  their God  shall visit  them, and turn away  their captivity.  [8] I have heard  the reproach  of Moab,  and the revilings  of the children  of Ammon,  whereby they have reproached  my people,  and magnified  themselves against their border.  [9] Therefore as I live,  saith  the LORD  of hosts,  the God  of Israel,  Surely Moab  shall be as Sodom,  and the children  of Ammon  as Gomorrah,  even the breeding  of nettles,  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  themselves against the people  of hosts.  [11] The LORD  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 heathen.  [12] Ye Ethiopians  also, ye  shall be slain  by my sword.  [13] And he will stretch out  his hand  against the north,  and destroy  Assyria;  and will make  Nineveh  a desolation,  and dry  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; their voice  shall sing  in the windows;  desolation  shall be in the thresholds:  for he shall uncover  the cedar work.  [15] This is the rejoicing  city  that dwelt  carelessly,  that said  in her heart,  I am, and there is none beside  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.