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Zephaniah 2:9–10

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9Therefore, as surely as I live,”

declares the Lord Almighty,

the God of Israel,

“surely Moabr will become like Sodom,s

the Ammonitest like Gomorrah—

a place of weeds and salt pits,

a wasteland forever.

The remnant of my people will plunderu them;

the survivorsv of my nation will inherit their land.w”

10This is what they will get in return for their pride,x

for insultingy and mocking

the people of the Lord Almighty.z

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Cross references

  1. rSee Dt 23:6; Isa 15:1–16:14; Jer 48:1–47; Eze 25:8–11
  2. sDt 29:23; Isa 13:19; Jer 49:18
  3. tJer 49:1–6; Eze 25:1–7
  4. uSee Isa 11:14
  5. vSee 2 Ki 19:31
  6. wSee Am 2:1–3
  7. xSee Job 40:12; See Isa 16:6
  8. ySee Jer 48:27
  9. zSee Ps 9:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.