Zephaniah 1:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

Thy

For the day

For the lord

He hath

Proverbs 9:1

Matthew 22:4

Luke 14:16

Bid

1 Samuel 16:5

1 Samuel 20:26

Colossians 1:12

Bible References

Thy

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.

Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.

Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.

From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,

Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.

And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Keep quiet, for the name of the Lord may not be named.

But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth be quiet before him.

Let all flesh be quiet and make no sound before the Lord: for he is awake and has come from his holy resting-place.

Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:

But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?

For the day

The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.

For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

The crowning time has come on you, O people of the land: the time has come, the day is near; the day will not be slow in coming, it will not keep back.

Let the horn be sounded in Zion, and a war-cry in my holy mountain; let all the people of the land be troubled: for the day of the Lord is coming;

Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.

For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.

Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.

For the lord

The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is fat with the best of the meat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the best parts of the sheep: for the Lord has a feast in Bozrah, and much cattle will be put to death in the land of Edom.

But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the north country by the river Euphrates.

And you, son of man, this is what the Lord has said: Say to the birds of every sort and to all the beasts of the field, Get together and come; come together on every side to the offering which I am putting to death for you, a great offering on the mountains of Israel, so that you may have flesh for your food and blood for your drink.

And I saw an angel taking his place in the sun; and he was crying with a loud voice, saying to all the birds in flight in the heavens, Come together to the great feast of God;

He hath

Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.

Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

Bid

And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.

But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.

Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;