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Zephaniah 2:3

Seek ye Hashem, all ye anvei ha'aretz (humble of the land), 1 which have wrought His mishpat; 1 seek tzedek, seek anavah (meekness, humility); 1 it may be ye shall be hid in the Yom Af Hashem. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Seek 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.

In Context

2Before the decree brings forth, 1 before the day passes like the chaff, 1 before the charon af Hashem comes upon you, 1 before the Yom Af Hashem (Day of Hashem ʼs Anger) comes upon you; 1

4For Azah (Gaza) shall be abandoned, 1 and Ashkelon a desolation; 1 they shall drive out Ashdod in broad day, 1 and Ekron shall be uprooted. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 7:15And they went in unto Noach into the tevah (ark), shnayim shnayim of kol habasar, wherein is the ruach chayyim.

2 Samuel 12:22And he said, While the yeled was yet chai, I underwent a tzom and wept; for I said, Who can tell whether Hashem will be gracious to me, that the yeled may live?

Psalms 22:26My tehillah shall be from Thee in the Kahal Rav; 1 I will fulfill my nedar before them that fear Him. 1

Psalms 31:20Oh how great is Thy goodness, 1 which Thou hast stored up for them that fear Thee; 1 which Thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in Thee 1 before the Bnei Adam! 1

Psalms 57:1(For the one directing. Set to Do Not Destroy. Mikhtam of Dovid, when he had fled from Sha'ul into the me'arah [cave]) 1

Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the seter Elyon (covering, hiding place of the Most High) 1 shall abide under the tzel Shaddai (shadow of the Almighty). 1

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:2-4

The People Exhorted to Repent. ( b. c. 612.) 1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; 2 Before 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. 3 Seek 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. Here we see what the prophet meant in that terrible… Read the whole commentary →

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