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Zephaniah Chapter 3

Zephaniah
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Zephaniah

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Zephaniah 3 describes the people of Judah and Jerusalem fearing the coming judgment and seeking God's protection. The chapter emphasizes that God will deliver them if they remain faithful and avoid idolatry. It also warns that the nations will be punished for their sins.

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(1) Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
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Leviticus 1:16Isaiah 5:7Isaiah 30:12Isaiah 59:13Jeremiah 6:6Jeremiah 22:17Ezekiel 22:7Ezekiel 22:29Amos 3:9Amos 4:1Micah 2:2Zechariah 7:10

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Revelation 8:13

(2) She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
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Deuteronomy 28:15Deuteronomy 28:16Deuteronomy 28:17Deuteronomy 28:18Deuteronomy 28:19Deuteronomy 28:20Deuteronomy 28:21Deuteronomy 28:22Deuteronomy 28:23Deuteronomy 28:24Deuteronomy 28:25Deuteronomy 28:26

(3) Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
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Job 4:8Job 4:9Job 4:10Job 4:11Psalms 10:8Psalms 10:9Psalms 10:10Proverbs 28:15Isaiah 1:23Jeremiah 22:17Ezekiel 22:6Ezekiel 22:25

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Jeremiah 8:1II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18Daniel 6:24Psalms 68:27

(4) Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
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Isaiah 9:15Isaiah 56:10Isaiah 56:11Isaiah 56:12Jeremiah 5:31Jeremiah 6:13Jeremiah 6:14Jeremiah 8:10Jeremiah 14:13Jeremiah 14:14Jeremiah 14:15Jeremiah 23:9

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36

(5) The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
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Deuteronomy 32:4Psalms 99:3Psalms 99:4Psalms 145:17Ecclesiastes 3:16Ecclesiastes 3:17Isaiah 45:21Habakkuk 1:3Zechariah 9:9Romans 3:26I Peter 1:17Zephaniah 3:15

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Isaiah 30:26Luke 11:36Habakkuk 1:4Leviticus 19:36I Samuel 29:10II Samuel 23:4

(6) I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
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Isaiah 10:1Isaiah 10:2Isaiah 10:3Isaiah 10:4Isaiah 10:5Isaiah 10:6Isaiah 10:7Isaiah 10:8Isaiah 10:9Isaiah 10:10Isaiah 10:11Isaiah 10:12

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Jeremiah 33:10Ezekiel 6:6Ezekiel 29:12Jeremiah 4:7Jeremiah 12:11Jeremiah 46:19

(7) I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
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Zephaniah 3:2Isaiah 5:4Isaiah 63:8Jeremiah 8:6Jeremiah 36:3Luke 19:42Luke 19:43Luke 19:44II Peter 3:9Jeremiah 7:7Jeremiah 17:25Jeremiah 17:26

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II Kings 8:12Exodus 15:26Jeremiah 38:15Judges 4:8Ruth 4:4I Samuel 1:11

(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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Psalms 27:14Psalms 37:7Psalms 37:34Psalms 62:1Psalms 62:5Psalms 123:2Psalms 130:5Psalms 130:6Proverbs 20:22Isaiah 30:18Lamentations 3:25Lamentations 3:26

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Deuteronomy 32:21Jeremiah 7:18Ezekiel 22:20Joel 2:16Psalms 69:24Lamentations 4:11

(9) For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
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Isaiah 19:18Matthew 12:35Ephesians 4:29Genesis 11:1I Kings 8:41I Kings 8:42I Kings 8:43Psalms 22:27Psalms 86:9Psalms 86:10Psalms 113:3Jeremiah 16:19

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Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28Ezekiel 33:11Titus 1:15

(10) From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
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Psalms 68:31Psalms 72:8Psalms 72:9Psalms 72:10Psalms 72:11Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 18:1Isaiah 18:7Isaiah 27:12Isaiah 27:13Isaiah 49:20Isaiah 49:21

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Luke 12:53Isaiah 18:1Genesis 36:2Leviticus 18:17Ezekiel 29:4

(11) In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
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Zephaniah 3:19Zephaniah 3:20Psalms 49:5Isaiah 45:17Isaiah 54:4Isaiah 61:7Isaiah 65:13Isaiah 65:14Joel 2:26Joel 2:27Romans 9:33I Peter 2:6

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Leviticus 18:3

(12) I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
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Isaiah 14:32Isaiah 61:1Isaiah 61:2Isaiah 61:3Zechariah 11:11Zechariah 13:8Zechariah 13:9Matthew 5:3Matthew 11:5I Corinthians 1:27I Corinthians 1:28James 2:5

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Proverbs 22:22

(13) The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
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Zephaniah 2:7Isaiah 6:13Isaiah 10:20Isaiah 10:21Isaiah 10:22Micah 4:7Romans 11:4Romans 11:5Romans 11:6Romans 11:7Isaiah 11:6Isaiah 11:7

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Ezekiel 4:4Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6Isaiah 59:3Jeremiah 9:5Micah 6:12

(14) Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
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Ezra 3:11Ezra 3:12Ezra 3:13Nehemiah 12:43Psalms 14:7Psalms 47:5Psalms 47:6Psalms 47:7Psalms 81:1Psalms 81:2Psalms 81:3Psalms 95:1

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Luke 12:53Zechariah 9:9Genesis 36:2Leviticus 18:17II Kings 19:21Isaiah 37:22

(15) The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
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Genesis 30:23Psalms 85:3Isaiah 25:8Isaiah 40:1Isaiah 40:2Isaiah 51:22Micah 7:18Micah 7:19Micah 7:20Zechariah 1:14Zechariah 1:15Zechariah 1:16

(16) In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
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Isaiah 35:3Isaiah 35:4Isaiah 40:9Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 41:13Isaiah 41:14Isaiah 43:1Isaiah 43:2Isaiah 44:2Isaiah 54:4Jeremiah 46:27Jeremiah 46:28

(17) The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
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Zephaniah 3:5Zephaniah 3:15Genesis 17:1Genesis 18:14Psalms 24:8Psalms 24:9Psalms 24:10Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 12:2Isaiah 12:6Isaiah 63:12Hebrews 7:25

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Isaiah 9:3Isaiah 66:10Nehemiah 12:43II Corinthians 2:3Isaiah 51:11Psalms 5:11

(18) I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
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Zephaniah 3:20Jeremiah 23:3Jeremiah 31:8Jeremiah 31:9Ezekiel 34:13Ezekiel 36:24Hosea 1:11Romans 11:25Romans 11:26Psalms 42:2Psalms 42:3Psalms 42:4

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Joel 1:14Jeremiah 23:38

(19) Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
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Zephaniah 3:15Isaiah 25:9Isaiah 25:10Isaiah 25:11Isaiah 25:12Isaiah 26:11Isaiah 41:11Isaiah 41:12Isaiah 41:13Isaiah 41:14Isaiah 41:15Isaiah 41:16

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Micah 4:6I Chronicles 16:35Psalms 106:47Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1

(20) At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
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Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 11:12Isaiah 27:12Isaiah 27:13Isaiah 56:8Ezekiel 28:25Ezekiel 34:16Ezekiel 37:21Ezekiel 39:28Amos 9:14Zephaniah 3:19Isaiah 60:15

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Ezekiel 16:53Deuteronomy 30:3Jeremiah 29:14Ezekiel 33:11Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1

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