Zephaniah 2:8

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

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WEBBE

I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their border.

BSB

“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.

KJV

I 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.

ASV

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

BBE

My ears have been open to the bitter words of Moab and the words of shame of the children of Ammon, which they have said against my people, lifting themselves up against the limit of their land.

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שָׁמַעְתִּי sha·ma'·ti I have heard H8085 חֶרְפַּת cher·pat [the] reproach of H2781 מוֹאָב mo·'av Moab H4124 וְגִדּוּפֵי ve·gi·du·fei and [the] reviling words of H1421 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 עַמּוֹן a·mon Ammon H5983 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher who H834 חֵרְפוּ che·re·fu they have reproached H2778 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עַמִּי 'a·mi people my H5971 וַיַּגְדִּילוּ vai·yag·di·lu and they have magnified themselves H1431 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 גְּבוּלָם ge·vu·lam territory their H1366

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 4–15

Those are really in a woful condition who have the word of the Lord against them, for no word of his shall fall to the ground. God will restore his people to their rights, though long kept from them. It has been the common lot of God's people, in all ages, to be reproached and reviled. God shall be worshipped, not only by all Israel, and the strangers who join them, but by the heathen. Remote nations must be reckoned with for the wrongs done to God's people. The sufferings of the insolent and haughty in prosperity, are unpitied and unlamented. But all the desolations of flourishing nations will make way for the overturning Satan's kingdom. Let us improve our advantages, and expect the performance of every promise, praying that our Father's name may be hallowed every where, over all the earth.

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Cross-references

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People & places

Moab Moab

Topics

Ammonites

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.