Zephaniah 3:1-11

Woe to Jerusalem and the Nations

1 Woe to her who is 1rebellious and 2defiled, The 3tyrannical city!
2 She 4heeded no voice, She 5accepted no instruction. She did not 6trust in the LORD, She did not 7draw near to her God.
3 Her 8princes within her are roaring lions, Her judges are 9wolves at evening; They leave nothing for the morning.
4 Her prophets are 10reckless, treacherous men; Her 11priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.
5 The LORD is 12righteous 13within her; He will 14do no injustice. 15Every morning He brings His justice to light; He does not fail. But the unjust 16knows no shame.
6 "I have cut off nations; Their corner towers are in ruins. I have made their streets 17desolate, With no one passing by; Their 18cities are laid waste, Without * a man, 19without * an inhabitant.
7 "I said, 'Surely you will revere Me, 20Accept instruction.' So her dwelling will 21not be cut off According to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they were eager to 22corrupt all their deeds.
8 "Therefore 23wait for Me," declares the LORD, "For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to 24gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For 25all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.
9 "For then I will give to the peoples 26purified lips, That all of them may 27call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
10 "From beyond the rivers of 28Ethiopia My worshipers, My dispersed ones, Will 29bring My offerings.
11 "In that day you will 30feel no shame Because of all your deeds By which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst Your 31proud, exulting ones, And you will never * again be haughty On My 32holy mountain.

Cross References 32

  • 1. Jeremiah 5:23
  • 2. Ezekiel 23:30
  • 3. Jeremiah 6:6
  • 4. Jeremiah 7:23-28
  • 5. Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 5:3; 2 Timothy 3:16
  • 6. Psalms 78:22; Jeremiah 13:25
  • 7. Psalms 73:28
  • 8. Ezekiel 22:27
  • 9. Jeremiah 5:6; Habakkuk 1:8
  • 10. Judges 9:4
  • 11. Ezekiel 22:26; Malachi 2:7, 8
  • 12. Deuteronomy 32:4
  • 13. Zephaniah 3:15, 17
  • 14. Psalms 92:15
  • 15. Job 7:18
  • 16. Zephaniah 2:1
  • 17. Jeremiah 9:12; Zechariah 7:14; Matthew 23:38
  • 18. Leviticus 26:31; Isaiah 6:11
  • 19. Zephaniah 2:5
  • 20. Job 36:10; Psalms 32:8; 1 Timothy 1:5
  • 21. Jeremiah 7:7
  • 22. Hosea 9:9
  • 23. Psalms 27:14; Isaiah 30:18; Habakkuk 2:3
  • 24. Ezekiel 38:14-23; Joel 3:2
  • 25. Zephaniah 1:18
  • 26. Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 57:19
  • 27. Psalms 22:27; Psalms 86:9; Habakkuk 2:14; Zephaniah 2:11
  • 28. Psalms 68:31; Isaiah 18:1
  • 29. Isaiah 60:6, 7
  • 30. Isaiah 45:17; Isaiah 54:4; Joel 2:26, 27
  • 31. Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 5:15
  • 32. Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 56:7; Ezekiel 20:40

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