Zephaniah 2:7
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.
Context
This verse from Zephaniah Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. A call to seek the Lord before judgment falls: seek righteousness, seek humility and perhaps you will be hidden on the day of the Lord's anger. Oracles against Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Ethiopia, and Assyria whose capital Nineveh will become a …
Other Translations
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.
And the coast hath been for the remnant of the house of Judah, By them they have pleasure, In houses of Ashkelon at even they lie down, For inspect them doth Jehovah their God, And He hath turned back <FI>to<Fi> their captivity.
The land by the sea will be for the rest of the children of Judah; by the sea they will give their flocks food: in the houses of Ashkelon they will take their rest in the evening; for the Lord their God will take them in hand and their fate will be changed.
Cross References
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this …
And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he …
Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time …
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: …
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s …
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of …
In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out …