The Word Is Against You - Zephaniah 2:4-7

Zephaniah 2:4-7 NASB

For Gaza will be abandoned

And Ashkelon a desolation;

 Ashdod will be driven out at noon

And Ekron will be uprooted.

 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,

The nation of the Cherethites!

The word of the Lord is against you,

O Canaan, land of the Philistines;

And I will destroy you

So that there will be no inhabitant.

 So the seacoast will be pastures,

With caves for shepherds and folds for flocks.

 And the coast will be

For the remnant of the house of Judah,

They will pasture on it.

In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;

For the Lord their God will care for them

And restore their fortune.

Israel will find peace at last. This will not come from any effort or plan of man, but will be possible at the hand of God. He will subdue the nations that seek the destruction of Israel as it is written.