• Zephaniah 2:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    •  9 Therefore as surely as I am alive,” declares Jehovah of armies, the God of Israel,

      “Moʹab will become just like Sodʹom,+

      And the Amʹmon·ites like Go·morʹrah,+

      A place of nettles, a salt pit, and a permanent wasteland.+

      The remaining ones of my people will plunder them,

      And the remnant of my nation will dispossess them.

  • Zephaniah 2:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

    • 9 Therefore, as I am alive,”+ is the utterance of Jehovah of armies, the God of Israel, “Moʹab herself will become just like Sodʹom,+ and the sons of Amʹmon+ like Go·morʹrah, a place possessed by nettles, and a salt pit, and a desolate waste, even to time indefinite.+ The remaining ones of my people will plunder them, and the remnant of my own nation will take possession of them.+

  • Zephaniah 2:9
    The Bible in Living English

    • 9* So by my life, quoth Israel’s God Jehovah of Armies, Moab shall become like Sodom and the Bene-ʽAmmon like Ghomorrah, a place for brakes of weeds and for digging salt and a desolation forever; the remnant of my people shall plunder them, what is left of my nation shall fall heir to them;

  • Zephaniah 2:9
    American Standard Version

    • 9 Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

  • Zephaniah 2:9
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 9 Wherefore as I live Declareth Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Surely Moab like Sodom shall become And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, A possession for the thorn And a pit of salt, Yea a desolation unto times age-abiding: The remnant of my people shall make of them a prey, And the residue of my nation shall inherit them.