Before the decreebringforth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierceanger of the LORDcomeupon you, before the day of the LORD’Sangercomeupon you.
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, whichhavewrought his judgment; seekrighteousness, seekmeekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’Sanger.
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I willevendestroythee, thatthereshall be no inhabitant.
And the coastshall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; theyshallfeedthereupon: in the houses of Ashkelonshallthey lie down in the evening: for the LORDtheir God shallvisitthem, and turnawaytheircaptivity.
I haveheard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherebytheyhavereproached my people, and magnifiedthemselvesagainsttheirborder.
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, SurelyMoabshall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetualdesolation: the residue of my peopleshallspoilthem, and the remnant of my peopleshallpossessthem.
The LORDwill be terribleuntothem: for he willfamish all the gods of the earth; and men shallworship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
And flocksshall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bitternshalllodge in the upperlintels of it; theirvoiceshallsing in the windows; desolationshall be in the thresholds: for he shalluncover the cedarwork.
This is the rejoicingcitythatdweltcarelessly, thatsaid in her heart, I am, and there is nonebeside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one thatpasseth by her shallhiss, and wag his hand.