Zephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be 1 for the she'erit Bais Yehudah; 1 they shall feed thereupon; 1 in the batim (houses) of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the erev; 1 for Hashem Eloheichem shall visit them, 1 and restore their fortunes. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

In Context

6And the seacoast shall be dwellings 1 and meadows for ro'im (shepherds), and pens for tzon. 1

8I have heard the reproach of Moav, 1 and the revilings of the Bnei Ammon, 1 whereby they have reproached My nation, 1 and magnified themselves against their territory. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 50:24And Yosef said unto his achim, I die; and Elohim will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto HaAretz which He promised by oath to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov.

Psalms 85:1(For the one directing. Of the Bnei Korach. Mizmor) 1

Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in Yom HaHu, that Adonoi shall set His yad again the second time to recover the She'ar (Remnant) of His people, which shall be left, + 11:11 as survivors from Assyria, and from Mitzrayim, and from Patros, and from Kush, and from Eilam, and from Shinar, and from Chamat, and from the islands of the sea. 1

Isaiah 14:1For Hashem will have compassion on Ya'akov, and will yet choose Yisroel, and set them in their own adamah (land); and the ger (alien) shall be joined with them, and they shall unite themselves to the Bais Ya'akov.

Jeremiah 3:18In those days Bais Yehudah shall walk with Bais Yisroel, and they shall come together out of the eretz tzafon to HaAretz that I have given for a nachalah unto Avoteichem. 1

Jeremiah 29:14And I will be found by you, saith Hashem; and I will bring you back from captivity, and I will gather you from all the Goyim, and from all the mekomot (places) where I have driven you, saith Hashem; and I will bring you back into the makom (place) from which I caused you to be carried away into the Golus.

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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