NET Bible
"The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks."
— Zephaniah 2:6, NET Bible
“And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.”
“And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks. ”
“The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.”
“And the sea coast shall be the resting place of shepherds, and folds for cattle:”
“And the land by the sea will be grass-land, with houses for keepers of sheep and walled places for flocks.”
“And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.”
Seek the LORD’s favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the LORD’s angry judgment.
Judgment on Surrounding Nations Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown.
Beware, you who live by the sea, the people who came from Crete. The LORD’s message is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines:“I will destroy everyone who lives there!”
The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks.
Those who are left from the kingdom of Judah will take possession of it. By the sea they will graze, in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening, for the LORD their God will intervene for them and restore their prosperity.
“I have heard Moab’s taunts and the Ammonites’ insults. They taunted my people and verbally harassed those living in Judah.
Therefore, as surely as I live,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,“be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land.”