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.
4
For
Gaza
shall
be
forsaken,
and
Ashkelon
a
desolation:
they
shall
drive
out
Ashdod
at
the
noon
day,
and
Ekron
shall
be
rooted
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
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.
8
I
have
heard
the
reproach
of
Moab,
and
the
revilings
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
whereby
they
have
reproached
my
people,
and
magnified
[themselves]
against
their
border.
9
Therefore
[as]
I
live,
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel,
Surely
Moab
shall
be
as
Sodom,
and
the
children
of
Ammon
as
Gomorrah,
[even]
the
breeding
of
nettles,
and
saltpits,
and
a
perpetual
desolation:
the
residue
of
my
people
shall
spoil
them,
and
the
remnant
of
my
people
shall
possess
them.
10
This
shall
they
have
for
their
pride,
because
they
have
reproached
and
magnified
[themselves]
against
the
people
of
the
LORD
of
hosts.
11
The
LORD
[will
be]
terrible
unto
them:
for
he
will
famish
all
the
gods
of
the
earth;
and
[men]
shall
worship
him,
every
one
from
his
place,
[even]
all
the
isles
of
the
heathen.
12
Ye
Ethiopians
also,
ye
[shall
be]
slain
by
my
sword.
13
And
he
will
stretch
out
his
hand
against
the
north,
and
destroy
Assyria;
and
will
make
Nineveh
a
desolation,
[and]
dry
like
a
wilderness.
14
And
flocks
shall
lie
down
in
the
midst
of
her,
all
the
beasts
of
the
nations:
both
the
cormorant
and
the
bittern
shall
lodge
in
the
upper
lintels
of
it;
[their]
voice
shall
sing
in
the
windows;
desolation
[shall
be]
in
the
thresholds:
for
he
shall
uncover
the
cedar
work.
15
This
[is]
the
rejoicing
city
that
dwelt
carelessly,
that
said
in
her
heart,
I
[am],
and
[there
is]
none
beside
me:
how
is
she
become
a
desolation,
a
place
for
beasts
to
lie
down
in!
every
one
that
passeth
by
her
shall
hiss,
[and]
wag
his
hand.