Zephaniah 2:7
The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the Lord their God will attend to them and restore their captives.
Note Or their fortunes
And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
Note for the LORD: or, when, etc
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.
Note The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the coast
- Isaiah 14:29–32; Obadiah 1:19; Zechariah 9:6, 7; Acts 8:26, 40
- the remnant
- Zephaniah 2:9; Isaiah 11:11; Jeremiah 31:7; Micah 2:12; Micah 4:7; Micah 5:3–8; Haggai 1:12; Haggai 2:2; Romans 11:5
- for
- or, when, etc. shall visit.
- Genesis 50:24; Exodus 4:31; Luke 1:68; Luke 7:16
- turn
- Zephaniah 3:20; Psalm 85:1; Psalm 126:1–4; Isaiah 14:1; Jeremiah 3:18; Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 29:14; Jeremiah 30:3, 18, 19; Jeremiah 33:7; Ezekiel 39:25; Amos 9:14, 15; Micah 4:10