Zephaniah 2:6
Zephaniah chapter 2 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
Context
v.5Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
v.6This passage
v.7And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 5:17
Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers 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.
- Ezekiel 25:5
And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of Ammon a couching-place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
- Zephaniah 2:14
And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work.