1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together,O undesirable nation,
2 Before the decree is issued,Or the day passes like chaff,Before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you,Before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you!
3 Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth,Who have upheld His justice.Seek righteousness, seek humility.It may be that you will be hiddenIn the day of the Lord’s anger.
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken,And Ashkelon desolate;They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday,And Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,The nation of the Cherethites!The word of the Lord is against you,O Canaan, land of the Philistines:“I will destroy you;So there shall be no inhabitant.”
6 The seacoast shall be pastures,With shelters for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7 The coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah;They shall feed their flocks there;In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening.For the Lord their God will intervene for them,And return their captives.