Zephaniah 1:2
1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:
“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
3 “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
4 “I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- WEB
- I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
- ASV
- I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
- DARBY
- I will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah:
- BLB
- “Removing I will bring to an end everything from the face of the earth,” a declaration of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Bort, bort vil jeg ta alt av jorden, sier Herren.
- OTB
- "Jeg skal fullstendig feie bort alt
fra jordens overflate," sier Herren. - B1930
- Bort, bort vil jeg ta alt av jorden, sier Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 7:13
Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.
Read in context2 Kings 22:16–17
that 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,
Read in contextJeremiah 36:29
You 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 and deprive it of man and beast?’
Read in contextEzekiel 33:27–29
Tell 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 will die by plague.
Read in contextJeremiah 24:8–10
But 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 Egypt.
Read in contextGenesis 6:7
So 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.”
Read in contextJeremiah 6:8–9
Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:21
So 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.
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