The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Zephaniah 1:18 (NIV)

Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.’

In the fire of his jealousy
the whole earth will be consumed,
for he will make a sudden end
of all who live on the earth.
 
Zephaniah 2:2 (NLT)

2 Gather before judgment begins,
before your time to repent is blown away like chaff.
Act now, before the fierce fury of the Lord falls
and the terrible day of the Lord’s anger begins.
 
Zephaniah 2:3 (NLT)

3 Seek the Lord, all who are humble,
and follow his commands.
Seek to do what is right
and to live humbly.
Perhaps even yet the Lord will protect you—
protect you from his anger on that day of destruction.
 
Zephaniah 2:5 (NLT)

5 And what sorrow awaits you Philistines
who live along the coast and in the land of Canaan,
for this judgment is against you, too!
The Lord will destroy you
until not one of you is left.
 
Zephaniah 2:6 (NLT)

6 The Philistine coast will become a wilderness pasture,
a place of shepherd camps
and enclosures for sheep and goats.
 
Zephaniah 2:7 (NLT)

7 The remnant of the tribe of Judah will pasture there.
They will rest at night in the abandoned houses in Ashkelon.
For the Lord their God will visit his people in kindness
and restore their prosperity again.
 
Zephaniah 2:8 (NLT)

8 “I have heard the taunts of the Moabites
and the insults of the Ammonites,
mocking my people
and invading their borders.
 
Zephaniah 2:9 (NLT)

9 Now, as surely as I live,”
says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,
“Moab and Ammon will be destroyed—
destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.
Their land will become a place of stinging nettles,
salt pits, and eternal desolation.
The remnant of my people will plunder them
and take their land.”
 
Zephaniah 2:10 (NLT)

10 They will receive the wages of their pride,
for they have scoffed at the people of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
 
Zephaniah 2:11 (NLT)

11 The Lord will terrify them
as he destroys all the gods in the land.
Then nations around the world will worship the Lord,
each in their own land.
 
Zephaniah 2:13 (NLT)

13 And the Lord will strike the lands of the north with his fist,
destroying the land of Assyria.
He will make its great capital, Nineveh, a desolate wasteland,
parched like a desert.
 
Zephaniah 2:14 (NLT)

14 The proud city will become a pasture for flocks and herds,
and all sorts of wild animals will settle there.
The desert owl and screech owl will roost on its ruined columns,
their calls echoing through the gaping windows.
Rubble will block all the doorways,
and the cedar paneling will be exposed to the weather.
 
Zephaniah 2:15 (NLT)

15 This is the boisterous city,
once so secure.
“I am the greatest!” it boasted.
“No other city can compare with me!”
But now, look how it has become an utter ruin,
a haven for wild animals.
Everyone passing by will laugh in derision
and shake a defiant fist.
 
Zephaniah 3:2 (NLT)

2 No one can tell it anything;
it refuses all correction.
It does not trust in the Lord
or draw near to its God
 
Zephaniah 3:3 (NLT)

3 Its leaders are like roaring lions
hunting for their victims.
Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time,
who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.
 
Zephaniah 3:4 (NLT)

4 Its prophets are arrogant liars seeking their own gain.
Its priests defile the Temple by disobeying God’s instructions.
 
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