Zephaniah 2:4

For 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

In Context

3Seek 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

5Hoy (Woe) unto the inhabitants of the seacoast, 1 the nation of the Keretim (Cretans)! 1 The Devar Hashem is against you, 1 O Kena'an, eretz of the Pelishtim (Philistines). 1 I will even destroy thee, 1 that there no inhabitant remains. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 91:6Nor for the dever (plague) that walketh in darkness; 1 nor for the ketev (pestilence, destruction) that destroyeth at tzohorayim (noon). 1

Jeremiah 15:8Their almanot (widows) are increased before Me above the chol (sand) of the seas; 1 I have brought upon them, against the em bochur (mother of youth), 1 a shoded (plunderer) at noonday; 1 I let fall upon her suddenly, yissurim and terrors. 1

Jeremiah 47:1The Devar Hashem that came to Yirmeyah HaNavi against the Pelishtim (Philistines), before Pharaoh smote Azah (Gaza). 1

Amos 1:6Thus saith Hashem: 1 For shloshah peysha'im of Azah (Gaza), 1 even for arba'ah, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 1 because they carried away captive the golus shleimah (entire exiled population), 1 to deliver them up to Edom; 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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