Old Testament

Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. < Zephaniah 1:12 | > Zephaniah 1:14 Reflection Zephaniah 1:13 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to […]

The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. < Zephaniah 1:13 | > Zephaniah 1:15 Reflection Zephaniah 1:14 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day […]

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, < Zephaniah 1:14 | > Zephaniah 1:16 Reflection Zephaniah 1:15 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to […]

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. < Zephaniah 1:15 | > Zephaniah 1:17 Reflection Zephaniah 1:16 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, judgment, and joy. This verse may be brief, but its […]

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. < Zephaniah 1:16 | > Zephaniah 1:18 Reflection Zephaniah 1:17 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture […]

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD‘S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. < Zephaniah 1:17 | > Zephaniah 2:1 […]

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. < Zephaniah 1:1 | > Zephaniah 1:3 Reflection Zephaniah 1:2 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, judgment, and joy. This verse may be brief, but its words are not […]

I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. < Zephaniah 1:2 | > Zephaniah 1:4 Reflection Zephaniah 1:3 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and […]

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; < Zephaniah 1:3 | > Zephaniah 1:5 Reflection Zephaniah 1:4 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where […]

And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; < Zephaniah 1:4 | > Zephaniah 1:6 Reflection Zephaniah 1:5 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, […]

And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him. < Zephaniah 1:5 | > Zephaniah 1:7 Reflection Zephaniah 1:6 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, judgment, and joy. This verse […]

Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. < Zephaniah 1:6 | > Zephaniah 1:8 Reflection Zephaniah 1:7 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the […]

And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD‘S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. < Zephaniah 1:7 | > Zephaniah 1:9 Reflection Zephaniah 1:8 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to […]

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit. < Zephaniah 1:8 | > Zephaniah 1:10 Reflection Zephaniah 1:9 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, judgment, and […]

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; < Zephaniah 1:18 | > Zephaniah 2:2 Reflection Zephaniah 2:1 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, judgment, and joy. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing […]

This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. < Zephaniah 2:9 | > Zephaniah 2:11 Reflection Zephaniah 2:10 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, judgment, and joy. This […]

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. < Zephaniah 2:10 | > Zephaniah 2:12 Reflection Zephaniah 2:11 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws […]

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. < Zephaniah 2:11 | > Zephaniah 2:13 Reflection Zephaniah 2:12 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, judgment, and joy. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing […]

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. < Zephaniah 2:12 | > Zephaniah 2:14 Reflection Zephaniah 2:13 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, judgment, and […]

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. < Zephaniah 2:13 | > […]

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. < Zephaniah 2:14 | > Zephaniah 3:1 Reflection […]

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. < Zephaniah 2:1 | > Zephaniah 2:3 Reflection Zephaniah 2:2 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to […]

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. < Zephaniah 2:2 | > Zephaniah 2:4 Reflection Zephaniah 2:3 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention […]

For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. < Zephaniah 2:3 | > Zephaniah 2:5 Reflection Zephaniah 2:4 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, judgment, and […]

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. < Zephaniah 2:4 | > Zephaniah 2:6 Reflection Zephaniah 2:5 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and […]

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. < Zephaniah 2:5 | > Zephaniah 2:7 Reflection Zephaniah 2:6 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, judgment, and joy. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

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. < Zephaniah 2:6 | > Zephaniah 2:8 Reflection Zephaniah 2:7 sits within Zephaniah, […]

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. < Zephaniah 2:7 | > Zephaniah 2:9 Reflection Zephaniah 2:8 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, […]

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. < […]

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! < Zephaniah 2:15 | > Zephaniah 3:2 Reflection Zephaniah 3:1 sits within Zephaniah, prophetic warning and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to the day of the LORD, humility, judgment, and joy. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]