Zephaniah 2:6 KJV — MannaFest

Zephaniah 2:6

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

KJV

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ASV

And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

WEB

So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.

YLT

And the sea-coast hath been habitations, Cottages for shepherds, and folds for a flock.

DBT

and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

About this book

Old Testament

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Zephaniah — A great-great-grandson of Hezekiah prophesying in Josiah's day. Judgment on Judah, judgment on the nations, and a closing song of the LORD singing over his people.

Author: Zephaniah, son of Cushi, four generations from Hizkiah (Hezekiah) — 1:1
Date: During Josiah's reign, c. 640–609 BC

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Isaiah 5:17
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Jeremiah 33:12
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
Ezekiel 25:5
And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Zephaniah 2:14–15
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

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), and then perhaps put to better use than when it was possessed by the lords of the Philistines. It is here foretold that the house of Judah, the rightful owners, shall recover the possession of it,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Instead of a thick population and tillage, the region shall become a pasturage for nomad shepherds' flocks. The Hebrew for "dug cisterns," Ceroth, seems a play on sounds, alluding to their name Cherethites (Zep 2:5): Their land shall become what their national name implies, a land of cisterns. MAURER translates, "Feasts for shepherds' (flocks)," that is, one wide pasturage.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ZEP 2:6EZE 25:5 ISA 17:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ZEP 2:6ISA 17:2 EZE 25:5
ZEP 2:6EZE 25:5 EZE 21:20
ZEP 2:6ISA 17:2 DEU 2:36
ZEP 2:6ISA 17:2 JER 7:33
ZEP 2:6ISA 5:17 ZEP 2:14
ZEP 2:6EZE 25:5 2SA 12:26
ZEP 2:6ISA 17:2 NUM 32:34

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