Zephaniah 2:4 
Context| NET © | Indeed, 1 Gaza will be deserted 2 and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. 3 Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, 4 and Ekron will be overthrown. 5 |
| NIV © | Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon left in ruins. At midday Ashdod will be emptied and Ekron uprooted. |
| NASB © | For Gaza will be abandoned And Ashkelon a desolation; Ashdod will be driven out at noon And Ekron will be uprooted. |
| NLT © | Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron––these Philistine cities, too, will be rooted out and left in desolation. |
| MSG © | Gaza is scheduled for demolition, Ashdod will be cleaned out by high noon, Ekron pulled out by the roots. |
| BBE © | For Gaza will be given up and Ashkelon will become waste: they will send Ashdod out in the middle of the day, and Ekron will be uprooted. |
| NRSV © | For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted. |
| NKJV © | For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, And Ekron shall be uprooted. |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | |
| NET © | Indeed, 1 Gaza will be deserted 2 and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. 3 Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, 4 and Ekron will be overthrown. 5 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “for” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV). 2 tn There is a sound play here in the Hebrew text: the name Gaza (עַזָּה, ’azzah) sounds like the word translated “deserted” (עֲזוּבָה, ’azuvah). 3 tn Or “a desolate place.” 4 tn Heb “[As for] Ashdod, at noon they will drive her away.” sn The reference to noon may suggest a sudden, quick defeat (see Jer 6:4; 15:8). 5 tn Heb “uprooted.” There is a sound play here in the Hebrew text: the name “Ekron” (עֶקְרוֹן, ’eqron) sounds like the word translated “uprooted” (תֵּעָקֵר, te’aqer). |
