1	Gather yourselves together# , yea, gather together# , O nation not desired# ; [not...: or, not desirous]
			2	Before the decree bring forth# , before the day pass# as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come# upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come# upon you.
			3	Seek# ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought# his judgment; seek# righteousness, seek# meekness: it may be ye shall be hid# in the day of the LORD'S anger.
			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# .
			5	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 will even destroy# thee, that there shall be no inhabitant# .
			6	And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds# , and folds for flocks.
			7	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# # . [for the LORD: or, when, etc]
			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.
			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 saltpits# , and a perpetual# desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil# them, and the remnant of my people shall possess# them.
			10	This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached# and magnified# themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
			11	The LORD will be terrible# unto 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. [famish: Heb. make lean]
			12	Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
			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.
			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 thresholds: for he shall uncover# the cedar work. [cormorant: or, pelican] [upper...: or, knops, or, chapiters] [for...: or, when he hath uncovered]
			15	This is the rejoicing city that dwelt# carelessly, that said# in her heart, I am , and there is none beside 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.