Zephaniah 2:6

And the coastline of the sea will be a resting place for shepherds and a fence line for cattle.

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In The King James Version

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

In Context

5Woe to you who inhabit the coast of the sea, you people of perdition. The word of the Lord is over you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will disperse you, so that not one inhabitant will be left.

7And it will be the line of him who will remain from the house of Judah. There they will pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will rest towards evening. For the Lord their God will visit them, and he will turn away their captivity.

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:17And the lambs will pasture in proper order, and new arrivals will eat from the deserts turned into fertile lands.

Ezekiel 25:5And I will make Rabbah into the habitation of camels, and the sons of Ammon into the resting place of cattle. And you shall know that I am the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:5-8

The Punishment of the Philistines. ( b. c. 612.) 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. 5 Woe 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. 6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 7 And the coast shall be for the… Read the whole commentary →

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