Zephaniah · צְפַנְיָה

Zephaniah 2:9

לָכֵ֣ן חַי־אָ֡נִי נְאֻם֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כִּֽי־מוֹאָ֞ב כִּסְדֹ֤ם תִּֽהְיֶה֙ וּבְנֵ֤י עַמּוֹן֙ כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔ה מִמְשַׁ֥ק חָר֛וּל וּמִכְרֵה־מֶ֥לַח וּשְׁמָמָ֖ה עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם שְׁאֵרִ֤ית עַמִּי֙ יְבָזּ֔וּם וְיֶ֥תֶר גוי גּוֹיִ֖י יִנְחָלֽוּם׃
laken ḥay-ʾaniy nʾum yhvah ṣbaʾvot ʾelohey yishraʾel kiy-mvoʾab kisdom tihyeh vbney ʿamvon kaʿamorah mimshaq ḥarvl vmikreh-melaḥ vshmamah ʿad-ʿvolam shʾeriyt ʿamiy ybazvm vyeter gvy gvoyiy yinḥalvm
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.

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