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Zephaniah Chapter 2

Noyes
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ZEPHANIAH

Zephaniah 2

1Search yourselves; yea, search, O nation without shame!
Joel 1:14, Joel 1:14, 2 Chronicles 20:4, 2 Chronicles 20:4, Nehemiah 8:1
2Before the decree bring forth, Before the day come upon you like chaff; Before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, Before the day of the anger of Jehovah come upon you.
Hosea 13:3, Nahum 1:6, Psalms 1:4, Isaiah 17:13, Lamentations 4:11
3Seek ye Jehovah, all ye lowly of the land, Ye, who obey his commands! Seek righteousness; seek lowliness; It may be that ye shall be hid in the day of the anger of Jehovah.
Amos 5:14, Amos 5:15, Amos 5:14, Amos 5:15, Isaiah 26:20
4For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Askelon a desolation; Ashdod shall be driven out at noonday, And Ekron shall be rooted up.
Zechariah 9:5, Zechariah 9:7, Zechariah 9:5, Zechariah 9:7, Jeremiah 47:1
5Woe to the inhabitants of the sea-coasts, the nation of the Cherethites! This is the word of Jehovah against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: "I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant."
Ezekiel 25:16, Ezekiel 25:16, Jeremiah 47:7, Jeremiah 47:7, Joshua 13:3
6And the sea-coast shall be pastures full of habitations for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Isaiah 17:2, Ezekiel 25:5, Zephaniah 2:14, Zephaniah 2:15, Isaiah 5:17
7The coast shall be for the residue of the house of Judah; Thereon shall they feed; In the houses of Askelon shall they lie down in the evening; For Jehovah their God will look upon them, and bring back their captives.
Ezekiel 39:25, Exodus 4:31, Zephaniah 3:20, Micah 5:3, Micah 5:8
8I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, With which they have reproached my people, And exalted themselves against their borders.
Amos 1:13, Amos 1:13, Psalms 83:4, Psalms 83:7, Ezekiel 25:3
9Therefore, as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, A possession for thorns, and a pit for salt, and a perpetual desolation. The residue of my people shall spoil them, And the remainder of my nation shall possess them.
Isaiah 15:1, Isaiah 15:9, Isaiah 15:1, Isaiah 15:9, Isaiah 11:14
10This shall come upon them for their pride, Because they have uttered reproaches, and exalted themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
Isaiah 16:6, Isaiah 16:6, Jeremiah 48:29, Jeremiah 48:29, Zephaniah 2:8
11Jehovah will be terrible against them; For he will destroy all the gods of the earth; And before him shall worship, every one from his place, All the islands of the nations.
Zechariah 13:2, Zechariah 13:2, Zechariah 2:11, Genesis 10:5, Psalms 138:4
12Ye, also, O Ethiopians! Ye shall be slain by my sword!
Ezekiel 30:4, Ezekiel 30:9, Ezekiel 30:4, Ezekiel 30:9, Isaiah 18:1
13He will also stretch out his hand against the North, And destroy Assyria, And make Nineveh a desolation, Even dry like a desert.
Nahum 3:7, Nahum 3:7, Nahum 1:1, Isaiah 10:16, Nahum 3:18
14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, Yea, all the tribes of wild beasts; The pelican and the hedgehog shall lodge in the capitals of her pillars; A cry shall resound in the window; Desolation shall be upon the threshold; For her cedar-work shall be laid bare.
Isaiah 13:19, Isaiah 13:22, Amos 9:1, Isaiah 34:11, Isaiah 34:17
15This is the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, That said in her heart, "I, and none besides me!" Now is she become a desolation, a resting-place for wild beasts! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
Ezekiel 28:2, Ezekiel 28:2, Isaiah 47:7, Isaiah 47:8, Isaiah 22:2

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