2:1 Assemble yourselves, yes, assemble, O nation not desired; 
2:1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; 

2:2 Before the decree bringeth forth, {before} the day passeth as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD cometh upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger cometh upon you. 
2:2 Before the decree bringeth forth, {before} the day passeth as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD cometh upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger cometh upon you. 

2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, who have performed his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger. 
2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, who have performed his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger. 

2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. 
2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted out. 

2:5 Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coasts, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD {is} against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. 
2:5 Woe to 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 will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. 

2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings {and} cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 
2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings {and} cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 

2:7 And the coasts shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed upon them: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God will visit them, and turn away their captivity. 
2:7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed there: 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. 

2:8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, by which they have reproached my people, and magnified {themselves} against their border. 
2:8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, by which they have reproached my people, and magnified {themselves} against their border. 

2:9 Therefore {as} I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, {even} the breeding of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall lay them waste, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. 
2:9 Therefore {as} I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, {even} the place possessed of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the remainder of my people shall lay them waste, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. 

2:10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified {themselves} against the people of the LORD of hosts. 
2:10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified {themselves} against the people of the LORD of hosts. 

2:11 The LORD {will be} terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and {men} shall worship him, every one from his place, {even} all the isles of the heathen. 
2:11 The LORD {will be} terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and {men} shall worship him, every one from his place, {even} all the isles of the heathen. 

2:12 Ye Cushites also, ye {shall be} slain by my sword. 
2:12 Ye Cushites also, ye {shall be} slain by my sword. 

2:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, {and} dry like a wilderness. 
2:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, {and} dry like a wilderness. 

2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; {their} voice shall sing in the windows; desolation {shall be} in the threshholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. 
2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in her upper lintels; {their} voice shall sing in the windows; desolation {shall be} in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. 

2:15 This {is} the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I {am}, and {there is} none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, {and} wag his hand. 
2:15 This {is} the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I {am}, and {there is} none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, {and} shake his hand.