Zephaniah 2:9 meaning and explanation
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
Zephaniah 2:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD speaks through Zephaniah to Judah, answering the taunts of Moab and Ammon, neighboring peoples who mocked God's people and threatened their borders (verse 8). Their judgment is framed by the oath "as surely as I live," which pledges God's own existence as guarantee.
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