21 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather , O nation without shame , 2 Before the decree takes effect - The day passes like the chaff - Before e the burning anger of the Lord comes upon you, Before e the day of the Lord'S anger comes upon you. 3 Seek the Lord , All you humble of the earth Who have carried out His ordinances ; Seek righteousness , seek humility . Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of the Lord'S anger .
4 For Gaza will be abandoned And Ashkelon a desolation ; Ashdod will be driven out at noon And Ekron will be uprooted . 5 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast , The nation of the Cherethites ! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan , land of the Philistines ; And I will destroy you So that there will be no inhabitant . 6 So the seacoast will be pastures , With caves for shepherds and folds for flocks . 7 And the coast will be For the remnant of the house of Judah , They will pasture on it. In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening ; For the Lord their God will care for them And restore their fortune .
8 "I have heard the taunting of Moab And the revilings of the sons of Ammon , With which they have taunted My people And become arrogant against their territory . 9 "Therefore , as I live ," declares the Lord of hosts , The God of Israel , "Surely Moab will be like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah - A place possessed by nettles and salt pits , And a perpetual desolation . The remnant of My people will plunder them And the remainder of My nation will inherit them." 10 This they will have in return for their pride , because they have taunted and become arrogant against the people of the Lord of hosts . 11 The Lord will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth ; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place .
12 "You also , O Ethiopians , will be slain by My sword ." 13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north And destroy Assyria , And He will make Nineveh a desolation , Parched like the wilderness . 14 Flocks will lie down in her midst , All beasts which range in herds ; Both the pelican and the hedgehog Will lodge in the tops of her pillars ; Birds will sing in the window , Desolation will be on the threshold ; For He has laid bare the cedar work . 15 This is the exultant city Which dwells securely , Who says in her heart , " I am, and there is no one besides me." How she has become a desolation , A resting place for beasts ! Everyone who passes by her will hiss And wave his hand in contempt.
