Zephaniah 2:10

Pride

⁸ “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.

⁹ Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.

¹¹ The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

¹² “You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”

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: This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
KJV: This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
WEB: This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of Armies.
ASV: This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
DARBY: This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
BLB: This [is] unto them in exchange for their pride, because they have scorned and magnified [themselves] against the people of YHWH of Hosts.

ÅB: Slik skal det gå dem for deres overmots skyld, fordi de hånte og bar seg overmodig at mot Herrens, hærskarenes Guds folk.
OTB: Dette skal de få i gjengjeld for sin arroganse,
Fordi de har hånet og skrytt
Mot hærskarenes Herres folk.
B1930: Således skal det gå dem for deres overmots skyld, fordi de hånte og bar sig overmodig at mot Herrens, hærskarenes Guds folk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 16:6
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
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Jeremiah 48:29
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
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Zephaniah 2:8
“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
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Exodus 9:17
Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
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Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
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Exodus 10:3
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
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1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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Isaiah 37:22–29
this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
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