Holy Scripture
Zephaniah 2:1
A church father on this verse
“Struggle, my beloved, for the time is near and the days have been shortened. There is no father who instructs his children, there is no child who obeys his father; good virgins are no longer; the holy fathers have died on all sides; the mothers and the widows are no longer, and we have become like orphans; the humble…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1Be ye gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation;
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In context
— Zephaniah 2:1 —
2before ye become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.
3Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth; do judgment, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that ye may be hidden in the day of the wrath of the Lord.