Zephaniah 1:2-3
New International Version
Judgment on the Whole Earth in the Day of the Lord
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
Zephaniah 1:2-3
King James Version
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.
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Zephaniah 1:2-3
English Standard Version
The Coming Judgment on Judah
2 (A)“I will utterly sweep away everything
from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
3 “I will sweep away (B)man and beast;
I will sweep away the birds of the heavens
and (C)the fish of the sea,
and (D)the rubble[a] with the wicked.
I will (E)cut off mankind
from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks (that is, idols)
Zephaniah 3:8
New International Version
Zephaniah 3:8
King James Version
8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
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Zephaniah 3:8
English Standard Version
8 “Therefore (A)wait for me,” declares the Lord,
“for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.
For my decision is (B)to gather nations,
to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
all my burning anger;
for in the fire of my jealousy
(C)all the earth shall be consumed.
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