1The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Chusi, the son of Godolias, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezechias, in the days of Josias, the son of Amon king of Juda.

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Jeremiah 1:2, Jeremiah 1:2, 2 Chronicles 34:1, 2 Chronicles 34:33, 2 Chronicles 34:1

2Gathering, I will gather together all things from off the face of the land, saith the Lord:

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2 Kings 22:16, 2 Kings 22:17, 2 Kings 22:16, 2 Kings 22:17, Micah 7:13

3I will gather man, and beast, I will gather the birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea: and the ungodly shall meet with ruin: and I will destroy men from off the face of the land, saith the Lord.

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Hosea 4:3, Hosea 4:3, Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 7:19, Jeremiah 12:4

4And I will stretch out my hand upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and I will destroy out of this place the remnant of Baal, and the names of the wardens of the temples with the priests:

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Hosea 10:5, Hosea 10:5, 2 Kings 23:4, 2 Kings 23:5, Micah 5:13

5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the tops of houses, and them that adore, and swear by the Lord, and swear by Melchom.

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Jeremiah 19:13, 2 Kings 17:33, 1 Kings 11:33, Jeremiah 19:13, 2 Kings 17:33

6And them that turn away from following after the Lord, and that have not sought the Lord, nor searched after him.

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Jeremiah 2:13, Isaiah 1:4, Jeremiah 2:13, Isaiah 1:4, Jeremiah 15:6

7Be silent before the face of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is near, for the Lord hath prepared a victim, he hath sanctified his guests.

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Habakkuk 2:20, Habakkuk 2:20, Zechariah 2:13, Zechariah 2:13, Zephaniah 1:14

8And it shall come to pass in the day of the victim of the Lord, that I will visit upon the princes, and upon the king's sons, and upon all such as are clothed with strange apparel:

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Isaiah 24:21, Isaiah 24:21, Isaiah 3:18, Isaiah 3:24, Jeremiah 22:11

9And I will visit in that day upon every one that entereth arrogantly over the threshold: them that fill the house of the Lord their God with iniquity and deceit.

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1 Samuel 5:5, 1 Samuel 5:5, Amos 3:10, Amos 3:10, Nehemiah 5:15

10And there shall be in that day, saith the Lord, the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a howling from the Second, and a great destruction from the hills.

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2 Chronicles 33:14, 2 Chronicles 33:14, Amos 8:3, 2 Kings 22:14, Amos 8:3

11Howl, ye inhabitants of the Morter. All the people of Chanaan is hush, all are cut off that were wrapped up in silver.

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James 5:1, James 5:1, Ezekiel 21:12, Jeremiah 25:34, Hosea 12:7

12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and will visit upon the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their hearts: The Lord will not do good, nor will he do evil.

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Amos 6:1, Amos 6:1, Jeremiah 48:11, Jeremiah 48:11, Ezekiel 8:12

13And their strength shall become a booty, and their houses as a desert: and they shall build houses, and shall not dwell in them: and they shall plant vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them.

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Amos 5:11, Amos 5:11, Micah 6:15, Micah 6:15, Deuteronomy 28:30

14The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and exceeding swift: the voice of the day of the Lord is bitter, the mighty man shall there meet with tribulation.

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Malachi 4:5, Ezekiel 30:3, Malachi 4:5, Ezekiel 30:3, Zephaniah 1:7

15That day is a day of wrath, a day of tribulation and distress, a day of calamity and misery, a day of darkness and obscurity, a day of clouds and whirlwinds,

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Joel 2:2, Joel 2:2, Isaiah 22:5, Isaiah 22:5, Revelation 6:17

16A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high bulwarks.

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Isaiah 2:12, Isaiah 2:15, Isaiah 2:12, Isaiah 2:15, Jeremiah 4:19

17And I will distress men, and they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as earth, and their bodies as dung.

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Micah 7:13, Micah 7:13, Psalms 83:10, Revelation 3:17, Psalms 83:10

18Neither shall their silver and their gold be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: all the land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy destruction of all them that dwell in the land.

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Zephaniah 3:8, Zephaniah 3:8, Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 7:19, Zephaniah 1:2