1 convenite congregamini gens non amabilis
2 priusquam pariat iussio quasi pulverem transeuntem diem
antequam veniat super vos ira furoris Domini
antequam veniat super vos dies furoris Domini
3 quaerite Dominum omnes mansueti terrae
qui iudicium eius estis operati
quaerite iustum quaerite mansuetum
si quo modo abscondamini in die furoris Domini
4 quia Gaza destructa erit et Ascalon in desertum
Azotum in meridie eicient et Accaron eradicabitur
5 vae qui habitatis funiculum maris gens perditorum
verbum Domini super vos Chanaan terra Philisthinorum
et disperdam te ita ut non sit inhabitator
6 et erit funiculus maris requies pastorum et caulae pecorum
7 et erit funiculus eius qui remanserit de domo
Iuda
ibi pascentur in domibus Ascalonis ad vesperam requiescent
quia visitabit eos Dominus Deus eorum
et avertet captivitatem eorum
8 audivi obprobrium Moab et blasphemias filiorum Ammon
quae exprobraverunt populo meo
et magnificati sunt super terminos eorum
9 propterea vivo ego dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
quia Moab ut Sodoma erit et filii Ammon quasi Gomorra
siccitas spinarum et acervi salis et desertum usque in aeternum
reliquiae populi mei diripient illos
residui gentis meae possidebunt eos
10 hoc eis eveniet pro superbia sua
quia blasphemaverunt et magnificati sunt
super populum Domini exercituum
11 horribilis Dominus super eos
et adtenuabit omnes deos terrae
et adorabunt eum vir de loco suo omnes insulae gentium
12 sed et vos Aethiopes interfecti gladio meo eritis
13 et extendet manum suam super aquilonem et perdet Assur
et ponet speciosam in solitudinem
et in invium et quasi desertum
14 et accubabunt in medio eius greges omnes bestiae gentium
et onocrotalus et ericius in liminibus eius morabuntur
vox cantantis in fenestra corvus in superliminari
quoniam adtenuabo robur eius
15 haec est civitas gloriosa habitans in confidentia
quae dicebat in corde suo ego sum et extra me non est alia amplius
quomodo facta est in desertum cubile bestiae
omnis qui transit per eam sibilabit et movebit manum suam
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 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 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.