KJV King James Version
And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
And the sea-coast hath been habitations, Cottages for shepherds, and folds for a flock.
3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD [is] against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
8 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.
9 Therefore [as] I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, [even] the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
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