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Zephaniah 2:4

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The Doom of the Nations Round Israel

4*No one will be left in the city of Gaza. Ashkelon will be deserted. The people of Ashdod will be driven out in half a day,d and the people of Ekron will be driven from their city.

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Footnotes

  1. din half a day; or by a surprise attack at noon.

Cross references

  1. *2.4–7: Ez 25:15–17; Jl 3:4–8; Am 1:6–8; Zec 9:5–7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For Gaza shall be deserted,

and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;

Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon,

and Ekron shall be uprooted.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Gaza will be abandoned

and Ashkelon left in ruins.

At midday Ashdod will be emptied

and Ekron uprooted.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For Gaza will be abandoned,

and Ashkelon will become a ruin.

Ashdod will be driven out at noon,

and Ekron will be uprooted.

NLTNew Living Translation

Gaza and Ashkelon will be abandoned,

Ashdod and Ekron torn down.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For Gaza will be abandoned,

and Ashkelon as a desolation.

As for Ashdod, at noon they will drive her away,

and Ekron shall be uprooted.

KJV 1900King James Version

For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation:

They shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.