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title: "Commentary on Habakkuk, Zephaniah and Haggai"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John Owen"
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section: 56 of 59
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. John Owen, Commentary on Habakkuk, Zephaniah and Haggai, section 56. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-habakkuk-zephaniah-and-haggai/56/"
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# Commentary on Habakkuk, Zephaniah and Haggai

*John Calvin, tr. John Owen*

Calvin on Habakkuk, Zephaniah and Haggai.

## 56. Chapter 2

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[¶0] 1 Gather yourselves, gather, Ye nation, not worthy of being loved;

[¶1] 2 Before the decree brings forth,—(As chaff shall they pass away in a day) Before it comes upon you, The fury of Jehovah’s anger,—Before it comes upon you, The day of the anger of Jehovah. (232)

[¶2] 3 Seek Jehovah all ye meek of the land, who his judgment have sought; Seek righteousness, seek humility, It may be that ye shall be concealed In the day of Jehovah’s anger.

[¶3] 4 For Gaza, it shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon shall be a waste; Ashod shall they at mid-day drive out, And Ekron shall be rooted up.

[¶4] 5 Ho! the inhabitants of the line of the sea, The nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you; Cannaan! the land of the Philistines! I will also exterminate thee, That there may be no inhabitant:

[¶5] 6 And the coast of the sea shall be a habitation For sheepcots of shepherds and folds for sheep; (242)

[¶6] 7 And that coast shall be for the residence of the house of Judah; Among them shall they feed; In the houses of Ashkelon shall they in the evening lie down; For visit them shall Jehovah their God, and he will restore their captivity.

[¶7] 8 Heard have I the reproach of Moab, And the revilings of the children of Ammon; By which they have upbraided my people; And they have extended themselves over their border: (247)

[¶8] 9 Therefore as I live, Saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel,—Surely Moab like Sodom shall be, And the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, A soil for the nettle and a mine for salt, And a waste for ever; The residue of my people shall plunder them, And the remnant of my nation shall possess them.

[¶9] 10 This shall be to them for their pride; Because they have reproached, And exulted over the people of Jehovah of hosts.

[¶10] 11 Terrible will Jehovah be to them; For he will consume all the gods of the earth, And worship him shall each from his place, All the islands of the nations.—

[¶11] 12 Ye also Ethiopians!—Slain by my sword shall they be.

[¶12] 13 And extend will he his hand to the north, And he will destroy Assyria, And set Nineveh a waste, A desolation like the desert:

[¶13] 14 And lie down within it shall flocks, All the beasts of the nations; Even the bittern and the owl Shall on its pillars pass the night; A voice shall sing in the window, In the door-way there shall be desolation, For he will make bare the cedar.

[¶14] 15 This is the exulting city! Which sat in confidence, Which said in her heart,—“I am, and there is besides me no other.” How is she become a waste, A resting-place for beasts! Every one who shall pass by will hiss at her, he will shake his hand.