2Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) come upon you, before the day of the LORD-Yehovah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anger come upon you.

3Seek you^2f the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), all you^2f meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you^2f shall be hid in the day of the LORD-Yehovah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anger.

4For ‘Azah [The Strong] shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon [The Fire of Infamy: I shall be Weighed] a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod [powerful] at the noon day, and ‘Ekron [Torn Up by the Roots] shall be rooted up.

5Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the K’reti [executioners]! the word of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [is] against you; O Kena’an [Merchant], the land of the P’lishtim [Immigrants], I will even destroy youⁱ, 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 Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon [The Fire of Infamy: I shall be Weighed] shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) their God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

8I have heard the reproach (disgrace; shame) of Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and the revilings of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified [themselves] against their border.

9Therefore [as] I live, says the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], the God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], Surely Mo’av [Seed of my Father] shall be as S’dom [Burning], and the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] as ‘Amora [Submersion], [even] the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue (part that remains, the rest) of my people shall spoil (plunder; prey; booty) them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified [themselves] against the people of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]. 11The LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [will be] terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and [men] shall worship him, everyone from his place, [even] all the isles of the heathen.

12You^2f Cushi [Ethiopians] also, you^2f [shall be] slain by my sword.

13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))); and will make Nineveh [abode of Ninus, or Offspring’s Habitation] a desolation, [and] dry like a wilderness.

14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the hedgehogs 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.

15This [is] the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I [am], and [there is] none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! everyone that passes by her shall hiss, [and] wag his hand.