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Zephaniah Prophesies Judgment on Judah

Zephaniah 1:2

In 11 translations

BSB
“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
KJV
I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.I will…: Heb. By taking away I will make an endthe land: Heb. the face of the land
WEB
I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
ASV
I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
LSV
“I utterly consume all from off the face of the ground,” || A declaration of YHWH.
YLT
I utterly consume all from off the face of the ground, An affirmation of Jehovah.
DBY
I will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah:
DRC
Gathering, I will gather together all things from off the face of the land, saith the Lord:
GNV
I will surely destroy all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
JPS
I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the earth, saith the LORD.
LXXE
Let there be an utter cutting off from the face of the land, saith the Lord.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אָסֹ֨ף אָסֵ֜ף כֹּ֗ל מֵעַ֛ל פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ἐκλείψει ἐκλιπέτω ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς, λέγει Κύριος.

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Micah 7:13Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.
  • 2 Kings 22:16–17that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read, because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to…
  • Ezekiel 33:27–29Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves…
  • Jeremiah 36:29You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land…
  • Jeremiah 34:22Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without…
  • Isaiah 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
  • 2 Chronicles 36:21So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
  • Genesis 6:7So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
  • Jeremiah 6:8–9Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.” This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your…
  • Jeremiah 24:8–10But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of…

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