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Zephaniah 2:4 KJV
Zephaniah · chapter 2 · verse 4
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.Zephaniah 2:4 · King James Version
Zephaniah 2:4 in context
2Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’s anger come upon you.
3Seek 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’s anger.
4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
6And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
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Key words (Strong's)
- desolationshᵉmâmâhdevastationH8077 →
- forsakenʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- AshkelonʼAshqᵉlôwnAshkelon, a place in PalestineH831 →
- AshdodʼAshdôwdAshdod, a place in PalestineH795 →
- EkronʻEqrôwnEkron, a place in PalestineH6138 →
- GazaʻAzzâhAzzah, a place in PalestineH5804 →
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The prophet here comes to foretel what share the neighbouring nations should have in the destruction made upon those parts of the world by Nebuchadnezzar and his victorious Chaldees, as others of the prophets did at that time, which is designed, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-7