Original 1611 King James Bible (KJV)

1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 The judgment of the Philistines, 8 of Moab and Ammon, 12 of Ethiopia and Assyria.

2:1 ¶ Gather your selues together, 7197 z8703 yea gather together, 7197 z8798 O nation 1471 not x3808 desired. 3700 z8737

2:2 Before x2962 the decree 2706 bring foorth, 3205 z8800 [before] the day 3117 passe 5674 z8804 as the chaffe, 4671 before y3808 x2962 the fierce 2740 anger 639 of the LORD 3068 come 935 z8799 vpon x5921 you, before x2962 the day 3117 of the LORDS 3068 anger 639 come 935 z8799 vpon x5921 you.

2:3 Seeke 1245 z8761 ye x853 the LORD 3068 all x3605 ye meeke 6035 of the earth, 776 which x834 haue wrought 6466 z8804 his iudgement, 4941 seeke 1245 z8761 righteousnesse, 6664 seeke 1245 z8761 meeknesse: 6038 it may be, 194 ye shall be hid 5641 z8735 in the day 3117 of the LORDS 3068 anger. 639

2:4 ¶ For x3588 Gaza 5804 shall bee x1961 forsaken, 5800 z8803 and Ashkelon 831 a desolation: 8077 they shall driue out 1644 z8762 Ashdod 795 at the noone day, 6672 and Ekron 6138 shall be rooted vp. 6131 z8735

2:5 Woe 1945 vnto the inhabitants 3427 z8802 of the sea 3220 coast: 2256 the nation 1471 of the Cherethites, 3774 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 [is] against x5921 you: O Canaan, 3667 the land 776 of the Philistines, 6430 I will euen destroy 6 z8689 thee, that there shal be no x4480 x369 inhabitant. 3427 z8802

2:6 And the sea 3220 coast 2256 shall bee x1961 dwellings 5116 [and] cottages 3741 for shepheards, 7462 z8802 and foldes 1448 for flockes. 6629

2:7 And the coast 2256 shall bee x1961 for the remnant 7611 of the house 1004 of Iudah, 3063 they shall feede 7462 z8799 thereupon, x5921 in the houses 1004 of Ashkelon 831 shall they lie downe 7257 z8799 in the euening: 6153 for x3588 the LORD 3068 their God 430 shall visite 6485 z8799 them, and turne away 7725 z8804 their captiuitie. 7622 z8675

2:8 ¶ I haue heard 8085 z8804 the reproach 2781 of Moab, 4124 and the reuilings 1421 of the children 1121 of Ammon, 5983 whereby x834 they haue reproched 2778 z8765 x853 my people, 5971 and magnified 1431 z8686 [themselues] against x5921 their border. 1366

2:9 Therefore, x3651 as I x589 liue, 2416 saith 5002 z8803 the LORD 3068 of hostes 6635 the God 430 of Israel, 3478 surely x3588 Moab 4124 shalbe x1961 as Sodom, 5467 and the children 1121 of Ammon 5983 as Gomorrah, 6017 [euen] the breeding 4476 of netles, 2738 and salt pits, 4379 4417 and a perpetuall 5704 5769 desolation, 8077 the residue 7611 of my people 5971 shall spoile 962 z8799 them, and the remnant 3499 of my people 1471 shall possesse 5157 z8799 them.

2:10 This x2063 shall they haue for x8478 their pride, 1347 because x3588 they [haue] reproched 2778 z8765 and magnified 1431 z8686 [themselues] against x5921 the people 5971 of the LORD 3068 of hostes. 6635

2:11 The LORD 3068 [will be] terrible 3372 z8737 vnto x5921 them: for x3588 he will famish 7329 z8804 x853 all x3605 the gods 430 of the earth, 776 and men shall worship 7812 z8691 him, euery one 376 from his place, 4725 x4480 [euen] all x3605 the Iles 339 of the heathen. 1471

2:12 ¶ Ye x859 Ethiopians 3569 also, x1571 ye 1992 shalbe slaine 2491 by my sword. 2719

2:13 And he wil stretch out 5186 z8799 his hand 3027 against x5921 the North, 6828 and destroy 6 z8762 x853 Assyria, 804 and wil make 7760 z8799 x853 Nineueh 5210 a desolation, 8077 [and] dry 6723 like a wildernes. 4057

2:14 And flocks 5739 shall lie downe 7257 z8804 in the midst 8432 of her, all x3605 the beasts 2416 of the nations: 1471 both x1571 the Cormorant, 6893 and x1571 the Bitterne, 7090 shall lodge 3885 z8799 in the vpper lintels 3730 of it: [their] voice 6963 shal sing 7891 z8787 in the windowes, 2474 desolation 2721 [shall be] in the thresholds: 5592 for x3588 he shall vncouer 6168 z8765 the Cedar worke. 731

2:15 This x2063 is the reioycing 5947 citie 5892 that dwelt 3427 z8802 carelessely, 983 that said 559 z8802 in her heart, 3824 I x589 [am], and there is none x657 beside y657 x5750 me: how x349 is shee become x1961 a desolation, 8047 a place for beasts 2416 to lie downe x4769 in! y4769 euery one x3605 that passeth x5674 by y5674 z8802 x5921 her, shall hisse 8319 z8799 [and] wagge 5128 z8686 his hand. 3027