Zephaniah 2:6

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Zephaniah 2:6

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.

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KJV

King James Version

And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

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WEB

World English Bible

The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Zephaniah 2

⁴ For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

⁵ Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”

⁶ So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.

⁷ The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.

⁸ “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.

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