Zephaniah 2:7 (GNV)

Passage

And that coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Iudah, to feede thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lodge toward night: for the Lord their God shall visite them, and turne away their captiuitie.

Nearby Context

Zephaniah 2:5 Wo vnto the inhabitants of the sea coast. the nation of the Cherethims, the worde of the Lord is against you: O Canaan, the lande of the Philistims, I will euen destroye thee without an inhabitant.

Zephaniah 2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cotages for shepheardes and sheepefoldes.

Zephaniah 2:7 And that coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Iudah, to feede thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lodge toward night: for the Lord their God shall visite them, and turne away their captiuitie.

Zephaniah 2:8 I haue heard the reproch of Moab, and the rebukes of the children of Ammon, whereby they vpbraided my people, and magnified themselues against their borders.

Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore, as I liue, saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall bee as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorah, euen the breeding of nettels and salt pittes, and a perpetuall desolation: the residue of my folke shall spoyle them, and the remnant of my people shall possesse them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "coast", "shall", "remnant", "house", "iudah", "feede", "thereupon", and "houses". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "coast" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And the sea coast shall be dwellings..." into verse 8's "I haue heard the reproch of Moab...", so "coast" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Zephaniah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "coast" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.