Zephaniah 3 (NET)

Zephaniah 3:1¹Beware to the filthy, stained city; the city filled with oppressors!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 6:6Isa 30:12Isa 59:13Ezek 22:7Mal 3:5Zech 7:10Isa 5:7Jer 22:17Lev 1:16Mic 2:2

Zephaniah 3:2²She is disobedient; she has refused correction. She does not trust the Lord; she has not sought the advice of her God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 22:21Jer 5:3Jer 7:23-28Ps 73:28Ps 78:22Deut 28:15-68Isa 29:13Isa 43:22Jer 2:30Jer 32:33

Zephaniah 3:3³Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 1:8Ezek 22:25-27Jer 5:6Ezek 22:6Isa 1:23Jer 22:17Job 4:8-11Mic 3:1-4Mic 3:9-11Prov 28:15

Zephaniah 3:4⁴Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests have defiled what is holy; they have broken God’s laws.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 22:26Hos 9:7Lam 2:14Mal 2:8Isa 56:10-12Isa 9:15Jer 23:25-27Jer 5:31Mic 3:5-61 John 4:1

Zephaniah 3:5⁵The just Lord resides within her; he commits no unjust acts. Every morning he reveals his justice. At dawn he appears without fail. Yet the unjust know no shame.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:4Lam 3:23Ps 145:17Zeph 3:15Deut 23:14Isa 12:6Isa 28:19Zeph 3:171 Pet 1:17Ps 99:3-4

Zephaniah 3:6⁶“I destroyed nations; their walled cities are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; no one lives there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:6Zeph 2:51 Cor 10:11Isa 37:24-26Jer 25:9-11Isa 10:1-34Isa 15:1-9Isa 19:1-25Isa 37:11-13Isa 37:36

Zephaniah 3:7⁷I thought, ‘Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 9:9Jer 36:3Jer 25:5Jer 7:7Mic 2:1-2Zeph 3:22 Chr 28:6-82 Chr 32:1-22 Chr 33:112 Chr 36:3-10

Zephaniah 3:8⁸Therefore you must wait patiently for me,” says the Lord, “for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them— all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Joel 3:2Zeph 1:18Mic 7:7Ps 27:142 Pet 3:10Hab 2:3Hos 12:6Joel 3:9-16Lam 3:25-26Matt 25:32

Zephaniah 3:9⁹Know for sure that I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. All of them will invoke the Lord ’s name when they pray, and will worship him in unison.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 11:1Isa 19:18Ps 22:27Ps 86:9-10Zech 2:11Acts 2:4-13Hab 2:14Zech 8:20-23Eph 4:29Matt 12:35

Zephaniah 3:10¹⁰From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, those who pray to me, my dispersed people, will bring me tribute.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 11:11Ps 68:31Isa 18:11 Pet 1:1Rom 15:16Acts 24:17Acts 8:27Isa 18:7Isa 27:12-13Isa 49:20-23

Zephaniah 3:11¹¹In that day you will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast, and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 54:4Isa 11:9Joel 2:26-27Isa 61:71 Pet 2:6Dan 9:16Isa 45:17Jer 7:4Matt 3:9Rom 9:33

Zephaniah 3:12¹²I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the Lord ’s presence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 14:32Nah 1:7Isa 61:1-3Zech 13:8-9Isa 50:10Matt 5:3Jas 2:51 Cor 1:27-28Eph 1:12-13Matt 11:5

Zephaniah 3:13¹³The Israelites who remain will not act deceitfully. They will not lie, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouths. Indeed, they will graze peacefully like sheep and lie down; no one will terrify them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 14:5Isa 60:21Mic 4:7Zeph 2:7Ezek 34:13-15Mic 4:4Isa 17:2John 1:47Ezek 34:23-28Ezek 36:25-27

Zephaniah 3:14¹⁴Shout for joy, Daughter Zion! Shout out, Israel! Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 12:6Mic 4:8Zech 2:10-11Isa 65:18-19Ps 95:1-2Zech 9:9-10Isa 24:14-16Isa 35:2Isa 40:9Isa 42:10-12

Zephaniah 3:15¹⁵The Lord has removed the judgment against you; he has turned back your enemy. Israel’s king, the Lord, is in your midst! You no longer need to fear disaster.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 51:22Isa 60:18Zeph 3:5Amos 9:15Ezek 39:29Gen 30:23Isa 40:1-2Ezek 37:24-28Isa 25:8Isa 33:22

Zephaniah 3:16¹⁶On that day they will say to Jerusalem, “Don’t be afraid, Zion! Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:12Isa 35:3-4Eph 3:13Isa 41:10Gal 6:92 Cor 4:1Isa 44:2Rev 2:3Heb 12:3-5Isa 40:9

Zephaniah 3:17¹⁷The Lord your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 149:4Ps 147:11Heb 7:25Isa 62:4-5Jer 32:41Isa 12:2Zeph 3:15Deut 30:9Isa 65:19John 15:11

Zephaniah 3:18¹⁸“As for those who grieve because they cannot attend the festivals— I took them away from you; they became tribute and were a source of shame to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 42:2-4Ezek 36:24Jer 23:3Jer 31:8-9Lam 1:4Lam 2:6-7Zeph 3:20Ezek 34:13Hos 1:11Hos 9:5

Zephaniah 3:19¹⁹Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you. I will rescue the lame sheep and gather together the scattered sheep. I will take away their humiliation and make the whole earth admire and respect them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 49:25-26Isa 60:14Jer 30:16Zeph 3:15Mic 7:10Ezek 34:16Isa 61:7Jer 33:9Mic 4:6-7Zech 2:8-9

Zephaniah 3:20²⁰At that time I will lead you— at the time I gather you together. Be sure of this! I will make all the nations of the earth respect and admire you when you see me restore you,” says the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 29:14Mal 3:12Isa 56:5Isa 60:15Amos 9:14Joel 3:1Ezek 34:16Zeph 2:7Zeph 3:19Ezek 28:25