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Zephaniah 2:6

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Zephaniah 2:6 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • And the land by the sea will be grass-land, with houses for keepers of sheep and walled places for flocks.

    BBE

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

    DBY

  • The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

    WEB

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

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

5Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

6And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

7And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

8I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

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