The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening, for the LORD, their God,† will visit them and restore them.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Zephaniah 2:7 in context
Zephaniah 2:4–10
4
For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.
5
Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The LORD’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you until there is no inhabitant.
6
The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7
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The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening, for the LORD, their God,† will visit them and restore them.
8
I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their border.
9
Therefore, as I live, says the LORD 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.
10
This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of Armies.
Source notes
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- The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
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