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Zephaniah Chapter 2

Zephaniah
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Zephaniah

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In this chapter the prophet Zephaniah warns that the people of Judah will face severe judgment, with many being killed and their leaders being overthrown. He says that the nation's sins have brought this disaster and that God will punish them for their disobedience.

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(1) Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
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II Chronicles 20:4Nehemiah 8:1Nehemiah 9:1Esther 4:16Joel 1:14Joel 2:12Joel 2:13Joel 2:14Joel 2:15Joel 2:16Joel 2:17Joel 2:18

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Isaiah 54:15Ezekiel 16:37Ezekiel 22:20Ezekiel 39:17Joel 2:16Joel 3:11

(2) Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
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Zephaniah 3:8II Kings 22:16II Kings 22:17II Kings 23:26II Kings 23:27Ezekiel 12:25Matthew 24:35II Peter 3:4II Peter 3:5II Peter 3:6II Peter 3:7II Peter 3:8

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Deuteronomy 32:21II Chronicles 25:10Isaiah 5:25Jeremiah 3:12Lamentations 2:1Genesis 44:18

(3) Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
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Psalms 105:4Isaiah 55:6Isaiah 55:7Jeremiah 3:13Jeremiah 3:14Jeremiah 4:1Jeremiah 4:2Jeremiah 29:12Jeremiah 29:13Hosea 7:10Hosea 10:12Amos 5:4

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Deuteronomy 4:29I Chronicles 16:11Psalms 24:6Psalms 27:8Psalms 38:12Psalms 105:4

(4) For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
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Jeremiah 25:20Jeremiah 47:1Jeremiah 47:2Jeremiah 47:3Jeremiah 47:4Jeremiah 47:5Jeremiah 47:6Jeremiah 47:7Ezekiel 25:15Ezekiel 25:16Ezekiel 25:17Amos 1:6

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Zechariah 9:5I Samuel 6:17Jeremiah 25:20Amos 1:8

(5) Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
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Jeremiah 47:7Ezekiel 25:16Amos 3:1Amos 5:1Zechariah 1:6Mark 12:12Joshua 13:3Judges 3:3

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II Chronicles 20:23Jeremiah 5:15Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Numbers 33:52

(6) And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
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Zephaniah 2:14Zephaniah 2:15Isaiah 17:2Ezekiel 25:5

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Ezekiel 34:2Joshua 19:29Judges 1:18

(7) And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
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Isaiah 14:29Isaiah 14:30Isaiah 14:31Isaiah 14:32Obadiah 1:19Zechariah 9:6Zechariah 9:7Acts 8:26Acts 8:40Zephaniah 2:9Isaiah 11:11Jeremiah 31:7

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Ezekiel 16:53Ezekiel 33:11Amos 1:8Isaiah 14:30Ezekiel 34:14Zephaniah 3:13

(8) I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
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Jeremiah 48:27Jeremiah 48:28Jeremiah 48:29Ezekiel 25:8Ezekiel 25:9Ezekiel 25:10Ezekiel 25:11Psalms 83:4Psalms 83:5Psalms 83:6Psalms 83:7Jeremiah 49:1

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Judges 11:18Numbers 21:13Numbers 21:24Numbers 34:6Deuteronomy 3:16Joshua 15:11

(9) Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
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Numbers 14:21Isaiah 49:18Jeremiah 46:18Romans 14:11Isaiah 11:14Isaiah 15:1Isaiah 15:2Isaiah 15:3Isaiah 15:4Isaiah 15:5Isaiah 15:6Isaiah 15:7

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Jeremiah 44:25Isaiah 1:9Judges 11:18II Kings 3:23Isaiah 16:7Isaiah 22:14

(10) This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
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Zephaniah 2:8Isaiah 16:6Jeremiah 48:29Daniel 4:37Daniel 5:20Daniel 5:21Daniel 5:22Daniel 5:23Obadiah 1:3I Peter 5:5Exodus 9:17Exodus 10:3

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Zechariah 1:3

(11) The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
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Deuteronomy 32:38Hosea 2:17Zechariah 13:2Psalms 2:8Psalms 2:9Psalms 2:10Psalms 2:11Psalms 2:12Psalms 22:27Psalms 22:28Psalms 22:29Psalms 22:30

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Judges 10:6

(12) Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
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Isaiah 18:1Isaiah 18:2Isaiah 18:3Isaiah 18:4Isaiah 18:5Isaiah 18:6Isaiah 18:7Isaiah 20:4Isaiah 20:5Isaiah 43:3Jeremiah 46:9Jeremiah 46:10

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Ezekiel 32:25

(13) And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
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Psalms 83:8Psalms 83:9Isaiah 10:12Isaiah 10:16Isaiah 11:11Ezekiel 31:3Ezekiel 31:4Ezekiel 31:5Ezekiel 31:6Ezekiel 31:7Ezekiel 31:8Ezekiel 31:9

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Jeremiah 51:43II Kings 17:4Joshua 18:12Isaiah 64:10

(14) And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
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Zephaniah 2:6Isaiah 13:19Isaiah 13:20Isaiah 13:21Isaiah 13:22Isaiah 34:11Isaiah 34:12Isaiah 34:13Isaiah 34:14Isaiah 34:15Isaiah 34:16Isaiah 34:17

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Psalms 47:6Zephaniah 2:15Ezekiel 41:16

(15) This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
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Isaiah 10:12Isaiah 10:13Isaiah 10:14Isaiah 22:2Isaiah 47:7Revelation 18:7Revelation 18:8Revelation 18:9Revelation 18:10Isaiah 47:8Ezekiel 28:2Ezekiel 28:9

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Leviticus 23:38Jeremiah 50:39Ezekiel 32:13Zephaniah 2:14

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