Thematic Bible
Zephaniah 2:1 (show verse)
Come together, make everyone come together, O nation without shame;
Zephaniah 2:2 (show verse)
Before the Lord sends you violently away in flight like the waste from the grain; before the burning wrath of the Lord comes on you, before the day of the Lord's wrath comes on you.
Zephaniah 2:3 (show verse)
Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.
Zephaniah 2:4 (show verse)
For Gaza will be given up and Ashkelon will become waste: they will send Ashdod out in the middle of the day, and Ekron will be uprooted.
Zephaniah 2:5 (show verse)
Sorrow to the people living by the sea, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will send destruction on you till there is no one living in you.
Cherethites » A philistine tribe, which adhered to david, and with the pelethites formed his bodyguard
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Philistines » Prophecies against
Philistines » David » Had a guard composed of
Philistines » Prophecies respecting » Utter destruction by pharaoh king of egypt
Philistines » Called cherethites
Philistines » Called » The cherethites
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Philistines » Prophecies against
Philistines » David » Had a guard composed of
Philistines » Prophecies respecting » Utter destruction by pharaoh king of egypt
Philistines » Called cherethites
Philistines » Called » The cherethites
Zephaniah 2:6 (show verse)
And the land by the sea will be grass-land, with houses for keepers of sheep and walled places for flocks.
Zephaniah 2:7 (show verse)
The land by the sea will be for the rest of the children of Judah; by the sea they will give their flocks food: in the houses of Ashkelon they will take their rest in the evening; for the Lord their God will take them in hand and their fate will be changed.
Zephaniah 2:8 (show verse)
My ears have been open to the bitter words of Moab and the words of shame of the children of Ammon, which they have said against my people, lifting themselves up against the limit of their land.
Ammonites » Prophecies concerning
the Ammonites » Predictions respecting » Destructions for hatred to israel
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Reviling and reproaching » The wicked utter, against » Saints
Reviling and reproaching » Punishment for
Reviling and reproaching » Exemplified » Moabites and ammonites
the Ammonites » Predictions respecting » Destructions for hatred to israel
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Reviling and reproaching » The wicked utter, against » Saints
Reviling and reproaching » Punishment for
Reviling and reproaching » Exemplified » Moabites and ammonites
Zephaniah 2:9 (show verse)
For this cause, by my life, says the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, truly Moab will become like Sodom and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, given up to waste plants and salt pools and unpeopled for ever: the rest of my people will take their property, the overflow of my nation will take their heritage.
Ammonites » Prophecies concerning
the Ammonites » Predictions respecting » Destructions for hatred to israel
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Gomorrah » Destroyed
Nettles » Figurative
Pride/arrogance » The reward for pride
Reviling and reproaching » Punishment for
Salt » Often found » In pits
Salt » Illustrative » (pits of,) of desolation
Salt » Salt pits
Sodom » Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
the Ammonites » Predictions respecting » Destructions for hatred to israel
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Gomorrah » Destroyed
Nettles » Figurative
Pride/arrogance » The reward for pride
Reviling and reproaching » Punishment for
Salt » Often found » In pits
Salt » Illustrative » (pits of,) of desolation
Salt » Salt pits
Sodom » Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
Zephaniah 2:10 (show verse)
This will be their fate because of their pride, because they have said evil, lifting themselves up against the people of the Lord of armies.
Zephaniah 2:11 (show verse)
The Lord will let himself be seen by them: for he will make all the gods of the earth feeble; and men will go down before him in worship, everyone from his place, even all the sea-lands of the nations.
Zephaniah 2:12 (show verse)
And you Ethiopians will be put to death by my sword.
Zephaniah 2:13 (show verse)
And his hand will be stretched out against the north, for the destruction of Assyria; and he will make Nineveh unpeopled and dry like the waste land.
Zephaniah 2:14 (show verse)
And herds will take their rest in the middle of her, all the beasts of the valley: the pelican and the porcupine will make their living-places on the tops of its pillars; the owl will be crying in the window; the raven will be seen on the doorstep.
Zephaniah 2:15 (show verse)
This is the town which was full of joy, living without fear of danger, saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: how has she been made waste, a place for beasts to take their rest in! everyone who goes by her will make hisses, waving his hand.
Abasement » Examples of » Nineveh
Assyria » Prophecies concerning
false Confidence » Self-confidence, an element of insecurity » Miscellaneous references to
Desolation » Why desolation comes
hands » Stretched out in derision
Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Degradation and contempt put on
Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Complete desolation
Nineveh » Described as » Full of joy and carelessness
Nineveh » Zephaniah » Foretells » Desolation
Assyria » Prophecies concerning
false Confidence » Self-confidence, an element of insecurity » Miscellaneous references to
Desolation » Why desolation comes
hands » Stretched out in derision
Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Degradation and contempt put on
Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Complete desolation
Nineveh » Described as » Full of joy and carelessness
Nineveh » Zephaniah » Foretells » Desolation