| 1 הִתְקֹושְׁשׁוּ וָקֹושּׁוּ הַגֹּוי לֹא נִכְסָף | 1 Come together and hold assembly, O shameless nation, |
| 2 בְּטֶרֶם לֶדֶת חֹק כְּמֹץ עָבַר יֹום בְּטֶרֶם ׀ לֹא־יָבֹוא עֲלֵיכֶם חֲרֹון אַף־יְהוָה בְּטֶרֶם לֹא־יָבֹוא עֲלֵיכֶם יֹום אַף־יְהוָה | 2 before you are driven away like the drifting chaff, before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the LORD, before there comes upon you the day of the wrath of the LORD. |
| 3 בַּקְּשׁוּ אֶת־יְהוָה כָּל־עַנְוֵי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר מִשְׁפָּטֹו פָּעָלוּ בַּקְּשׁוּ־צֶדֶק בַּקְּשׁוּ עֲנָוָה אוּלַי תִּסָּתְרוּ בְּיֹום אַף־יְהוָה | 3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his commands; seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the wrath of the LORD. |
| 4 כִּי עַזָּה עֲזוּבָה תִהְיֶה וְאַשְׁקְלֹון לִשְׁמָמָה אַשְׁדֹּוד בַּצָּהֳרַיִם יְגָרְשׁוּהָ וְעֶקְרֹון תֵּעָקֵר׃ ס | 4 For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted. |
| 5 הֹוי יֹשְׁבֵי חֶבֶל הַיָּם גֹּוי כְּרֵתִים דְּבַר־יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם כְּנַעַן אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְהַאֲבַדְתִּיךְ מֵאֵין יֹושֵׁב | 5 Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you till no inhabitant is left. |
| 6 וְהָיְתָה חֶבֶל הַיָּם נְוֹת כְּרֹת רֹעִים וְגִדְרֹות צֹאן | 6 And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks. |
| 7 וְהָיָה חֶבֶל לִשְׁאֵרִית בֵּית יְהוּדָה עֲלֵיהֶם יִרְעוּן בְּבָתֵּי אַשְׁקְלֹון בָּעֶרֶב יִרְבָּצוּן כִּי יִפְקְדֵם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וְשָׁב [שְׁבוּתָם כ] (שְׁבִיתָם׃ ק) | 7 The seacoast shall become the possession of the remnant of the house of Judah, on which they shall pasture, and in the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the LORD their God will be mindful of them and restore their fortunes. |
| 8 שָׁמַעְתִּי חֶרְפַּת מֹואָב וְגִדּוּפֵי בְּנֵי עַמֹּון אֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּ אֶת־עַמִּי וַיַּגְדִּילוּ עַל־גְּבוּלָם | 8 "I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory. |
| 9 לָכֵן חַי־אָנִי נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי־מֹואָב כִּסְדֹם תִּהְיֶה וּבְנֵי עַמֹּון כַּעֲמֹרָה מִמְשַׁק חָרוּל וּמִכְרֵה־מֶלַח וּשְׁמָמָה עַד־עֹולָם שְׁאֵרִית עַמִּי יְבָזּוּם וְיֶתֶר [גֹּוי כ] (גֹּויִי ק) יִנְחָלוּם | 9 Therefore, as I live," says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste for ever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them." |
| 10 זֹאת לָהֶם תַּחַת גְּאֹונָם כִּי חֵרְפוּ וַיַּגְדִּלוּ עַל־עַם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות | 10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they scoffed and boasted against the people of the LORD of hosts. |
| 11 נֹורָא יְהוָה עֲלֵיהֶם כִּי רָזָה אֵת כָּל־אֱלֹהֵי הָאָרֶץ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ־לֹו אִישׁ מִמְּקֹומֹו כֹּל אִיֵּי הַגֹּויִם | 11 The LORD will be terrible against them; yea, he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations. |
| 12 גַּם־אַתֶּם כּוּשִׁים חַלְלֵי חַרְבִּי הֵמָּה | 12 You also, O Ethiopians, shall be slain by my sword. |
| 13 וְיֵט יָדֹו עַל־צָפֹון וִיאַבֵּד אֶת־אַשּׁוּר וְיָשֵׂם אֶת־נִינְוֵה לִשְׁמָמָה צִיָּה כַּמִּדְבָּר | 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert. |
| 14 וְרָבְצוּ בְתֹוכָהּ עֲדָרִים כָּל־חַיְתֹו־גֹוי גַּם־קָאַת גַּם־קִפֹּד בְּכַפְתֹּרֶיהָ יָלִינוּ קֹול יְשֹׁורֵר בַּחַלֹּון חֹרֶב בַּסַּף כִּי אַרְזָה עֵרָה | 14 Herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the field; the vulture and the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; the owl shall hoot in the window, the raven croak on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare. |
| 15 זֹאת הָעִיר הָעַלִּיזָה הַיֹּושֶׁבֶת לָבֶטַח הָאֹמְרָה בִּלְבָבָהּ אֲנִי וְאַפְסִי עֹוד אֵיךְ ׀ הָיְתָה לְשַׁמָּה מַרְבֵּץ לַחַיָּה כֹּל עֹובֵר עָלֶיהָ יִשְׁרֹק יָנִיעַ יָדֹו׃ ס | 15 This is the exultant city that dwelt secure, that said to herself, "I am and there is none else." What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Every one who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist. |
