Zephaniah 2:8

Moab and Ammon

8 “I have heard the insults of Moab and the taunts of the Ammonites, who insulted my people and made threats against their land.

Zephaniah 2:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
ESV
8 "I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
NLT
8 “I have heard the taunts of the Moabites and the insults of the Ammonites, mocking my people and invading their borders.
MSG
8 "I've heard the crude taunts of Moab, the mockeries flung by Ammon, The cruel talk they've used to put down my people, their self-important strutting along Israel's borders.
CSB
8 I have heard the taunting of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their territory.

Zephaniah 2:8 In-Context

6 The land by the sea will become pastures having wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.
7 That land will belong to the remnant of the people of Judah; there they will find pasture. In the evening they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The LORD their God will care for them; he will restore their fortunes.
8 “I have heard the insults of Moab and the taunts of the Ammonites, who insulted my people and made threats against their land.
9 Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will become like Sodom, the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a wasteland forever. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.”
10 This is what they will get in return for their pride, for insulting and mocking the people of the LORD Almighty.

Cross References 5

  • 1. S Jeremiah 48:27
  • 2. S Genesis 19:37; S Isaiah 16:6
  • 3. S Ezekiel 21:28
  • 4. Ezekiel 25:3
  • 5. S Lamentations 3:61
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