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Zephaniah 2

King James Version · 15 verses · 474 cross-references linking it to 243 other chapters

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  1. 1Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;23 cross-references: Joel 1:14, 2 Chronicles 20:4, Nehemiah 8:1, Esther 4:16, Nehemiah 9:1
  2. 2Before 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.33 cross-references: Hosea 13:3, Nahum 1:6, Psalms 1:4, Isaiah 17:13, Lamentations 4:11
  3. 3Seek 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.64 cross-references: Amos 5:14–15, Isaiah 26:20–21, Psalms 76:9, Jeremiah 29:12–13, Psalms 22:26
  4. 4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.26 cross-references: Zechariah 9:5–7, Jeremiah 47:1–7, Amos 1:6–8, Jeremiah 25:20, Jeremiah 15:8
  5. 5Woe 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.20 cross-references: Ezekiel 25:16, Jeremiah 47:7, Joshua 13:3, Amos 3:1, Isaiah 14:30
  6. 6And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.11 cross-references: Isaiah 17:2, Ezekiel 25:5, Zephaniah 2:14–15, Isaiah 5:17
  7. 7And 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.41 cross-references: Ezekiel 39:25, Exodus 4:31, Zephaniah 3:20, Micah 5:3–8, Amos 9:14–15
  8. 8I 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.32 cross-references: Amos 1:13, Psalms 83:4–7, Ezekiel 25:3–11, Jeremiah 49:1, Jeremiah 48:27–29
  9. 9Therefore 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.53 cross-references: Isaiah 15:1–9, Isaiah 11:14, Deuteronomy 29:23, Isaiah 25:10, Jeremiah 50:40
  10. 10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.18 cross-references: Isaiah 16:6, Jeremiah 48:29, Zephaniah 2:8, Daniel 5:20–23, Ezekiel 38:14–18
  11. 11The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.64 cross-references: Zechariah 13:2, Zechariah 2:11, Genesis 10:5, Psalms 138:4, Zechariah 14:9–21
  12. 12Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.18 cross-references: Ezekiel 30:4–9, Isaiah 18:1–7, Isaiah 20:4–5, Jeremiah 46:9–10, Psalms 17:13
  13. 13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.28 cross-references: Nahum 3:7, Nahum 1:1, Isaiah 10:16, Nahum 3:18–19, Isaiah 10:12
  14. 14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.16 cross-references: Isaiah 13:19–22, Amos 9:1, Isaiah 34:11–17, Jeremiah 22:14, Revelation 18:2
  15. 15This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.39 cross-references: Ezekiel 28:2, Isaiah 47:7–8, Isaiah 22:2, Nahum 3:19, Lamentations 1:1

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People in Zephaniah 2

God, Moab, Canaan

Places in Zephaniah 2

Ashkelon, Moab, Gaza, Ekron, Ashdod, Canaan, Sodom, Gomorrah, Assyria, Nineveh

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