Zephaniah 2:8–11

“I have heard the taunts of Moab

and the revilings of the Ammonites,

how they have taunted my people

and made boasts against their territory.

Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,

the God of Israel,

“Moab shall become like Sodom,

and the Ammonites like Gomorrah,

a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,

and a waste forever.

The remnant of my people shall plunder them,

and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”

This shall be their lot in return for their pride,

because they taunted and boasted

against the people of the Lord of hosts.

The Lord will be awesome against them;

for he will famish all the gods of the earth,

and to him shall bow down,

each in its place,

all the lands of the nations.

“I have heard the insults of Moab

and the taunts of the Ammonites,

who insulted my people

and made threats against their land.

Therefore, as surely as I live,”

declares the Lord Almighty,

the God of Israel,

“surely Moab will become like Sodom,

the Ammonites like Gomorrah—

a place of weeds and salt pits,

a wasteland forever.

The remnant of my people will plunder them;

the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.”

This is what they will get in return for their pride,

for insulting and mocking

the people of the Lord Almighty.

The Lord will be awesome to them

when he destroys all the gods of the earth.

Distant nations will bow down to him,

all of them in their own lands.

I have heard the taunting of Moab

and the insults of the Ammonites,

who have taunted my people

and threatened their territory.

Therefore, as I live—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies,

the God of Israel—

Moab will be like Sodom

and the Ammonites like Gomorrah:

a place overgrown with weeds,

a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland.

The remnant of my people will plunder them;

the remainder of my nation will dispossess them.

This is what they get for their pride,

because they have taunted and acted arrogantly

against the people of the Lord of Armies.

The Lord will be terrifying to them

when he starves all the gods of the earth.

Then all the distant coasts and islands of the nations

will bow in worship to him,

each in its own place.

“I have heard the taunts of the Moabites

and the insults of the Ammonites,

mocking my people

and invading their borders.

Now, as surely as I live,”

says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,

“Moab and Ammon will be destroyed—

destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.

Their land will become a place of stinging nettles,

salt pits, and eternal desolation.

The remnant of my people will plunder them

and take their land.”

They will receive the wages of their pride,

for they have scoffed at the people of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

The Lord will terrify them

as he destroys all the gods in the land.

Then nations around the world will worship the Lord,

each in their own land.

I have heard the reproaches of Moab

and the scorning of the Ammonites,

with which they have taunted my nation

and made boasts against their territory.

“Therefore, as I live”—a declaration of Yahweh of hosts,

the God of Israel—

“Moab shall be as Sodom,

and the Ammonites like Gomorrah,

a place of weeds and salt pits

and a desolation forever.

The remnant of my people shall plunder them,

and the remainder of my nation shall possess them.”

This shall be for them in place of their pride

because they mocked and boasted

against the people of Yahweh of hosts.

Yahweh will be awesome against them,

for he will destroy all the gods of the earth

and all the lands of the nations;

each in its place will bow down to him.

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.

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.

This shall they have for their pride,

Because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.

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.