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Gather yourselves together[H7197], yea, gather together[H7197], O nation[H1471] not desired[H3700];
2Before[H3808] the decree[H2706] bring forth[H3205], before[H3808] the day[H3117]pass[H5674] as the chaff[H4671], before[H3808] the fierce[H2740]anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068]come[H935] upon you, before[H3808] the day[H3117] of the LORD[H3068]'S anger[H639]come[H935] upon you.
3Seek[H1245] ye the LORD[H3068], all ye meek[H6035] of the earth[H776], which have wrought[H6466] his judgment[H4941]; seek[H1245]righteousness[H6664], seek[H1245]meekness[H6038]: it may be[H194] ye shall be[H194]hid[H5641] in the day[H3117] of the LORD[H3068]'S anger[H639].
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For Gaza[H5804] shall be 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].
5Woe[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 you; O Canaan[H3667], the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430], I will even destroy[H6] thee, that there shall be no inhabitant[H3427].
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And the sea[H3220]coast[H2256] shall be dwellings[H5116] and cottages[H3741] for shepherds[H7462], and folds[H1448] for flocks[H6629].
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And the coast[H2256] shall be for the remnant[H7611] of the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063]; they shall feed[H7462] thereupon: in the houses[H1004] of Ashkelon[H831] shall they lie down[H7257] in the evening[H6153]: for the LORD[H3068] their God[H430] shall visit[H6485] them, and turn away[H7725] their captivity[H7622].
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I have heard[H8085] the reproach[H2781] of Moab[H4124], and the revilings[H1421] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], whereby they have reproached[H2778] my people[H5971], and magnified[H1431] themselves against their border[H1366].
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Therefore as I live[H2416], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Surely Moab[H4124] shall be as Sodom[H5467], and the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] as Gomorrah[H6017], even the breeding[H4476] of nettles[H2738], and saltpits[H4379], and a perpetual[H5704]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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This shall they have for their pride[H1347], because they have reproached[H2778] and magnified[H1431] themselves against the people[H5971] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
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The LORD[H3068] will be terrible[H3372] unto them: for he will famish[H7329] all the gods[H430] of the earth[H776]; and men shall worship[H7812] him, every one[H376] from his place[H4725], even all the isles[H339] of the heathen[H1471].
12Ye[H1992]Ethiopians[H3569] also, ye[H1992] shall be slain[H2491] by my sword[H2719].
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And he will stretch out[H5186] his hand[H3027] against the north[H6828], and destroy[H6]Assyria[H804]; and will make[H7760]Nineveh[H5210] a desolation[H8077], and dry[H6723] like a wilderness[H4057].
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And flocks[H5739] shall lie down[H7257] in the midst[H8432] of her, all the beasts[H2416] of the nations[H1471]: both the cormorant[H6893] and 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 he shall uncover[H6168] the cedar work[H731].
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This is the rejoicing[H5947]city[H5892] that dwelt[H3427]carelessly[H983], that said[H559]in[H4769] her heart[H3824], I am, and there is none beside[H657] me: how is she become a desolation[H8047], a place for beasts[H2416] to lie down in[H4769]! every one that passeth by[H5674] her shall hiss[H8319], and wag[H5128] his hand[H3027].