Gather yourselves together, &c. Assemble yourselves to make a public humiliation: see Joel 2:16. O nation not desired Or coveted, as the word נכס Šproperly signifies. The Vulgate renders it, non amabilis, not lovely; and the Greek, το απαιδευτον, uninstructed, or, that will not receive instruction; that is, not to be amended but by the discipline of God's judgments. Before the decree bring forth, before the day, &c. Before the decree of God shall bring forth the day that shall be like the passing of chaff; that is, wherein the wicked shall be dispersed, as the chaff is by the wind. God's consuming the wicked is often compared in Scripture to the dispersing of chaff.
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Zephaniah 2:1-2
1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.