Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the Nations
Judah Summoned to Repent
1Gather together, gather yourselves together,
you shameful nation,
2before the decree takes effect
and that day passes like windblown chaff,
before the Lord’s fierce anger
comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord’s wrath
comes upon you.
3Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be sheltered
on the day of the Lord’s anger.
Philistia
4Gaza will be abandoned
and Ashkelon left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
and Ekron uprooted.
5Woe to you who live by the sea,
you Kerethite people;
the word of the Lord is against you,
Canaan, land of the Philistines.
He says, “I will destroy you,
and none will be left.”
6The land by the sea will become pastures
having wells for shepherds
and pens for flocks.
7That land will belong
to the remnant of the people of Judah;
there they will find pasture.
In the evening they will lie down
in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will care for them;
he will restore their fortunes.2:7 Or will bring back their captives
Moab and Ammon
8“I have heard the insults of Moab
and the taunts of the Ammonites,
who insulted my people
and made threats against their land.
9Therefore, as surely as I live,”
declares the Lord Almighty,
the God of Israel,
“surely Moab will become like Sodom,
the Ammonites like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder them;
the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.”
10This is what they will get in return for their pride,
for insulting and mocking
the people of the Lord Almighty.
11The Lord will be awesome to them
when he destroys all the gods of the earth.
Distant nations will bow down to him,
all of them in their own lands.
Cush
12“You Cushites,2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region too,
will be slain by my sword.”
Assyria
13He will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,
leaving Nineveh utterly desolate
and dry as the desert.
14Flocks and herds will lie down there,
creatures of every kind.
The desert owl and the screech owl
will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
rubble will fill the doorways,
the beams of cedar will be exposed.
15This is the city of revelry
that lived in safety.
She said to herself,
“I am the one! And there is none besides me.”
What a ruin she has become,
a lair for wild beasts!
All who pass by her scoff
and shake their fists.
12:1 2Nya 20:4; Yoe 1:14; 2:16; Yer 3:3; 6:15Kusanyikeni pamoja, kusanyikeni pamoja,
enyi taifa lisilo na aibu,
22:2 Isa 17:13; Hos 13:3; 2Fal 23:26; Yer 4:4; 10:25; Eze 7:19; Mao 4:11kabla ya wakati ulioamriwa haujafika
na siku ile inayopeperusha kama makapi,
kabla hasira kali ya Bwana haijaja juu yenu,
kabla siku ya ghadhabu ya Bwana
haijaja juu yenu.
32:3 Amo 5:6; Yoe 2:4; Isa 1:17; Za 45:4; 57:1; 76:9Mtafuteni Bwana, enyi nyote wanyenyekevu wa nchi,
ninyi ambao hufanya lile analoamuru.
Tafuteni haki, tafuteni unyenyekevu;
labda mtahifadhiwa
siku ya hasira ya Bwana.
Dhidi Ya Ufilisti
42:4 Mwa 10:19; Amo 1:6-8; Zek 9:5-7; Yer 6:4; 47:5Gaza utaachwa
na Ashkeloni utaachwa magofu.
Wakati wa adhuhuri Ashdodi utaachwa mtupu
na Ekroni utangʼolewa.
52:5 1Sam 30:14; Law 26:31; Eze 25:16; Yos 13:3; Isa 14:30Ole wenu ninyi ambao mnaishi kando ya bahari,
enyi Wakerethi;
neno la Bwana liko dhidi yenu,
ee Kanaani, nchi ya Wafilisti.
“Mimi nitawaangamiza,
na hakuna atakayebaki.”
62:6 Isa 5:17; 17:2Nchi kando ya bahari, mahali ambapo wanaishi Wakerethi,
patakuwa mahali pa wachungaji
na mazizi ya kondoo.
72:7 Isa 11:11; Hag 1:12; Mik 5:7; 4:10; Kut 4:31; Lk 1:68; Mwa 45:7; Kum 30:3; Za 126:4; Yer 23:3; 32:44; Hos 6:11; Eze 39:25; Yoe 3:1; Amo 1:6-8Itakuwa mali ya mabaki ya nyumba ya Yuda,
hapo watapata malisho.
Wakati wa jioni watajilaza chini
katika nyumba za Ashkeloni.
Bwana Mungu wao atawatunza,
naye atawarudishia wafungwa wao.
Dhidi Ya Moabu Na Amoni
82:8 Mwa 19:37; Yer 48:27; 49:1; Eze 25:3, 8; 21:28; Mao 3:61; Isa 16:6“Nimeyasikia matukano ya Moabu
nazo dhihaka za Waamoni,
ambao waliwatukana watu wangu
na kutoa vitisho dhidi ya nchi yao.
92:9 Kum 23:6; 29:23; Isa 11:14; Yer 48:1-47; 49:1-6; Eze 25:1-11; 2Fal 19:31; Amo 1:13; 2:1-3Hakika, kama niishivyo,”
asema Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote,
Mungu wa Israeli,
“hakika Moabu itakuwa kama Sodoma,
Waamoni kama Gomora:
mahali pa magugu na mashimo ya chumvi,
nchi ya ukiwa milele.
Mabaki ya watu wangu watawateka nyara;
mabaki ya taifa langu watarithi nchi yao.”
102:10 Ay 40:12; Isa 16:6; Yer 48:27; Za 9:6Hiki ndicho watarudishiwa kwa ajili ya kiburi chao,
kwa kutukana na kudhihaki
watu wa Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.
112:11 Mwa 49:10; 10:5; Za 2:8; 22:27; Isa 2:2, 3; Mal 1:11; Yn 4:21; 1Tim 2:8; Yoe 2:11; 1Nya 19:1; Eze 25:6-7; Isa 12:4; Za 86:9; Sef 3:9Bwana atakuwa wa kuhofisha kwao
atakapoangamiza miungu yote ya nchi.
Mataifa katika kila pwani yatamwabudu,
kila moja katika nchi yake.
Dhidi Ya Kushi
122:12 Mwa 10:6; Isa 18:1; 20:4; Yer 46:10“Ninyi pia, ee Wakushi,
mtauawa kwa upanga wangu.”
Dhidi Ya Ashuru
132:13 Mwa 10:5-11; Zek 10:11; Mik 5:6Mungu atanyoosha mkono wake dhidi ya kaskazini
na kuangamiza Waashuru,
akiiacha Ninawi ukiwa
na pakame kama jangwa.
142:14 Isa 5:17; 13:21; 14:23; Ufu 18:2; Za 102:6Makundi ya kondoo na ngʼombe yatajilaza pale,
viumbe vya kila aina.
Bundi wa jangwani na bundi waliao kwa sauti nyembamba
wataishi juu ya nguzo zake.
Mwangwi wa kuita kwao utapita madirishani,
kifusi kitakuwa milangoni,
boriti za mierezi zitaachwa wazi.
152:15 Isa 32:9; 47:8; Eze 27:36; 28:2; Ufu 18:7; Yer 49:33; Nah 3:19Huu ndio mji uliotukuka na kuishi kwa furaha
wakijisikia salama.
Ulisema moyoni mwako,
“Mimi ndimi, na wala hapana mwingine ila mimi.”
Jinsi gani umekuwa gofu,
mahali pa kulala wanyama pori!
Wote wanaopita kando yake wanauzomea
na kutikisa mkono kwa dharau.
