Book,Chapter,Verse,Teaching,Keywords Zephaniah,1,1,"The things that Zephaniah spoke came from the Lord; they were not his own words","HIS,LORD,NOT,OWN,SPOKE,THINGS,WORDS,ZEPHANIAH" Zephaniah,1,1,"The word of the Lord came to Zephaniah","LORD,WORD,ZEPHANIAH" Zephaniah,1,1,"This prophecy was given to Zephaniah during the reign of Josiah, king of Judah; (Josiah was actually a righteous king who turned to the Lord with all his heart, and who implemented many reforms; he was the king who destroyed the golden calves of Jeroboam)","ACTUALLY,ALL,CALVES,DESTROYED,DURING,GIVEN,GOLDEN,HE,HEART,HIS,JEROBOAM,JOSIAH,JUDAH,KING,LORD,MANY,PROPHECY,REIGN,RIGHTEOUS,TURNED,WHO,ZEPHANIAH" Zephaniah,1,1,"Zephaniah was a prophet","PROPHET,ZEPHANIAH" Zephaniah,1,1,"Zephaniah was the son of Cushi, who was the son of Gedaliah, who was the son of Amariah, who was the son of Hizkiah; (however, the word 'son' in the Old Testament can also mean 'descendant'; it doesn't always mean direct son)","ALWAYS,AMARIAH,CAN,CUSHI,DESCENDANT,DIRECT,GEDALIAH,HIZKIAH,MEAN,OLD,SON,TESTAMENT,WHO,WORD,ZEPHANIAH" Zephaniah,1,2,"Even though Josiah was a righteous king who served the Lord with all his heart, God sent him a prophecy of total national destruction","ALL,DESTRUCTION,GOD,HEART,HIM,HIS,JOSIAH,KING,LORD,NATIONAL,PROPHECY,RIGHTEOUS,SENT,SERVED,WHO" Zephaniah,1,2,"God was going to destroy the nation of Judah","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,NATION" Zephaniah,1,2,"God was going to utterly destroy everything in the land of Judah","DESTROY,EVERYTHING,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,LAND" Zephaniah,1,2,"The fact that Judah repented during the reign of Josiah was not going to save it from the destruction that was coming; God was still going to destroy Judah","COMING,DESTROY,DESTRUCTION,DURING,FACT,GOD,GOING,JOSIAH,JUDAH,NOT,REIGN,REPENTED,SAVE" Zephaniah,1,2,"The righteousness and reforms of Josiah were not going to save his nation from total destruction; God's wrath was going to come against Judah in spite of his righteousness and in spite of the national reformation that took place during his reign","AGAINST,COME,DESTRUCTION,DURING,GOD,GOING,HIS,JOSIAH,JUDAH,NATION,NATIONAL,NOT,PLACE,REFORMATION,REIGN,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SAVE,SPITE,TOOK,WRATH" Zephaniah,1,2,"There was nothing that Josiah could do to stop the destruction of Judah","DESTRUCTION,DO,JOSIAH,JUDAH,NOTHING,STOP,THERE" Zephaniah,1,3,"Even though Josiah was a righteous king who served the Lord with all his heart, God was still going to depopulate the nation of Judah and empty it of life (both people and animal)","ALL,ANIMAL,EMPTY,GOD,GOING,HEART,HIS,JOSIAH,JUDAH,KING,LIFE,LORD,NATION,PEOPLE,RIGHTEOUS,SERVED,WHO" Zephaniah,1,3,"God was going to depopulate the nation of Judah; He was going to remove both its people and its wildlife","GOD,GOING,HE,JUDAH,NATION,PEOPLE,REMOVE,WILDLIFE" Zephaniah,1,3,"God was going to remove the animals of Judah","ANIMALS,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,REMOVE" Zephaniah,1,3,"God was going to remove the birds of Judah","BIRDS,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,REMOVE" Zephaniah,1,3,"God was going to remove the evildoers from Judah","EVILDOERS,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,REMOVE" Zephaniah,1,3,"God was going to remove the fish of Judah","FISH,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,REMOVE" Zephaniah,1,3,"God was going to remove the people of Judah","GOD,GOING,JUDAH,PEOPLE,REMOVE" Zephaniah,1,3,"God was going to remove the stumblingblocks of the wicked from Judah","GOD,GOING,JUDAH,REMOVE,STUMBLINGBLOCKS,WICKED" Zephaniah,1,3,"One of the judgments that God pours out upon a nation is the destruction and removal of its citizens","CITIZENS,DESTRUCTION,GOD,JUDGMENTS,NATION,ONE,POURS" Zephaniah,1,3,"One of the judgments that God pours out upon a nation is the destruction and removal of its wildlife","DESTRUCTION,GOD,JUDGMENTS,NATION,ONE,POURS,WILDLIFE" Zephaniah,1,3,"The wrath of God was not just poured out upon the inhabitants of Judah; its wildlife was also going to be affected","AFFECTED,GOD,GOING,INHABITANTS,JUDAH,JUST,NOT,POURED,WILDLIFE,WRATH" Zephaniah,1,4,"God hates idolatry; He hates idols and pagan priests","GOD,HATES,HE,IDOLATRY,IDOLS,PAGAN,PRIESTS" Zephaniah,1,4,"God hates the worship of Baal","BAAL,GOD,HATES,WORSHIP" Zephaniah,1,4,"God was going to remove all of the pagan priests (the 'Chemarims') from Judah","ALL,CHEMARIMS,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,PAGAN,PRIESTS,REMOVE" Zephaniah,1,4,"God was going to remove all traces of Baal worship from Judah","ALL,BAAL,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,REMOVE,WORSHIP" Zephaniah,1,4,"God was going to stretch out His hand against both Judah and Jerusalem","AGAINST,GOD,GOING,HAND,HIS,JERUSALEM,JUDAH,STRETCH" Zephaniah,1,4,"When God's judgment fell upon Judah there would be Baal worship and pagan priests; Josiah cleansed the land of both of those things during his reign, so this implied that the judgment would not come during his reign, and after his reign was over the people would revert to paganism","AFTER,BAAL,CLEANSED,COME,DURING,FELL,GOD,HIS,IMPLIED,JOSIAH,JUDAH,JUDGMENT,LAND,NOT,PAGAN,PAGANISM,PEOPLE,PRIESTS,REIGN,THERE,THINGS,WHEN,WORSHIP" Zephaniah,1,5,"God hates the worship of idols","GOD,HATES,IDOLS,WORSHIP" Zephaniah,1,5,"God hates the worship of the stars","GOD,HATES,STARS,WORSHIP" Zephaniah,1,5,"God requires people to worship Him alone; He hates it when people worship idols as well as Him","ALONE,GOD,HATES,HE,HIM,IDOLS,PEOPLE,REQUIRES,WHEN,WORSHIP" Zephaniah,1,5,"God was going to remove all those who worshiped Him along with idols","ALL,GOD,GOING,HIM,IDOLS,REMOVE,WHO,WORSHIPED" Zephaniah,1,5,"God was going to remove all those who worshiped the stars from their housetops","ALL,GOD,GOING,HOUSETOPS,REMOVE,STARS,WHO,WORSHIPED" Zephaniah,1,6,"God commands the people of the nations to seek Him and turn to Him","COMMANDS,GOD,HIM,NATIONS,PEOPLE,SEEK,TURN" Zephaniah,1,6,"God was going to remove all those who have not inquired of Him","ALL,GOD,GOING,HIM,INQUIRED,NOT,REMOVE,WHO" Zephaniah,1,6,"God was going to remove all those who have not sought Him","ALL,GOD,GOING,HIM,NOT,REMOVE,SOUGHT,WHO" Zephaniah,1,6,"God was going to remove all those who turned away from Him","ALL,AWAY,GOD,GOING,HIM,REMOVE,TURNED,WHO" Zephaniah,1,6,"In the list of things that God was going to remove, He did not mention removing any of the righteous, or pouring out His judgment upon His saints","ANY,GOD,GOING,HE,HIS,JUDGMENT,LIST,MENTION,NOT,POURING,REMOVE,REMOVING,RIGHTEOUS,SAINTS,THINGS" Zephaniah,1,6,"It is an evil thing to fail to seek the Lord","EVIL,FAIL,LORD,SEEK,THING" Zephaniah,1,6,"It is an evil thing to turn away from God","AWAY,EVIL,GOD,THING,TURN" Zephaniah,1,7,"God told Zephaniah to be silent because the day of the Lord was at hand","BECAUSE,DAY,GOD,HAND,LORD,SILENT,TOLD,ZEPHANIAH" Zephaniah,1,7,"In the day of the Lord, God has bidden his guests; this may be a reference to the raptured church","BIDDEN,CHURCH,DAY,GOD,GUESTS,HIS,LORD,RAPTURED,REFERENCE" Zephaniah,1,7,"In the day of the Lord, God has prepared a sacrifice; this may be a reference to the Messiah","DAY,GOD,LORD,MESSIAH,PREPARED,REFERENCE,SACRIFICE" Zephaniah,1,7,"The day of the Lord will happen after the Lord's sacrifice and after the Lord has gathered His guests","AFTER,DAY,GATHERED,GUESTS,HAPPEN,HIS,LORD,SACRIFICE" Zephaniah,1,7,"This prophecy has to do with the day of the Lord; this means it is about the seven-year tribulation period, and not about Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of Jerusalem","DAY,DESTRUCTION,DO,JERUSALEM,LORD,MEANS,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,NOT,PROPHECY,SEVEN-YEAR,TRIBULATION" Zephaniah,1,8,"In the day of the Lord, He will punish all those who are clothed in strange apparel","ALL,APPAREL,CLOTHED,DAY,HE,LORD,PUNISH,STRANGE,WHO" Zephaniah,1,8,"In the day of the Lord, He will punishes the princes of Judah","DAY,HE,JUDAH,LORD,PRINCES,PUNISHES" Zephaniah,1,8,"In the time of the tribulation the king of Judah will have children","CHILDREN,JUDAH,KING,TIME,TRIBULATION" Zephaniah,1,8,"In the time of the tribulation the nation of Judah will exist","EXIST,JUDAH,NATION,TIME,TRIBULATION" Zephaniah,1,8,"In the time of the tribulation the nation of Judah will have a king","JUDAH,KING,NATION,TIME,TRIBULATION" Zephaniah,1,8,"In the time of the tribulation the nation of Judah will have princes","JUDAH,NATION,PRINCES,TIME,TRIBULATION" Zephaniah,1,8,"The day of the Lord will be a day of punishment for Judah","DAY,JUDAH,LORD,PUNISHMENT" Zephaniah,1,9,"God hates it when servants are violent against their masters","AGAINST,GOD,HATES,MASTERS,SERVANTS,VIOLENT,WHEN" Zephaniah,1,9,"God hates it when servants lie to their masters","GOD,HATES,LIE,MASTERS,SERVANTS,WHEN" Zephaniah,1,9,"God hates lies","GOD,HATES,LIES" Zephaniah,1,9,"God hates unjust violence","GOD,HATES,UNJUST,VIOLENCE" Zephaniah,1,9,"God will punish those who are violent against the innocent","AGAINST,GOD,INNOCENT,PUNISH,VIOLENT,WHO" Zephaniah,1,9,"God will punish those who lie","GOD,LIE,PUNISH,WHO" Zephaniah,1,9,"In the day of the Lord, He will punish servants who use violence and lies against their masters","AGAINST,DAY,HE,LIES,LORD,MASTERS,PUNISH,SERVANTS,USE,VIOLENCE,WHO" Zephaniah,1,9,"In the day of the Lord, He will punish those who leap on the threshold; (this appears to be a reference to some type of violence)","APPEARS,DAY,HE,LEAP,LORD,PUNISH,REFERENCE,SOME,THRESHOLD,VIOLENCE,WHO" Zephaniah,1,10,"In the day of the Lord, a howling will come from the second gate of Jerusalem","COME,DAY,GATE,HOWLING,JERUSALEM,LORD,SECOND" Zephaniah,1,10,"In the day of the Lord, a noise will come from the fish gate of Jerusalem","COME,DAY,FISH,GATE,JERUSALEM,LORD,NOISE" Zephaniah,1,10,"In the day of the Lord, the fish gate will exist in Jerusalem","DAY,EXIST,FISH,GATE,JERUSALEM,LORD" Zephaniah,1,10,"In the day of the Lord, there will be a sound of great crashing from the hills around Jerusalem","CRASHING,DAY,GREAT,HILLS,JERUSALEM,LORD,SOUND,THERE" Zephaniah,1,10,"The day of the Lord will be accompanied by noise in Jerusalem and the surrounding area","ACCOMPANIED,AREA,DAY,JERUSALEM,LORD,NOISE,SURROUNDING" Zephaniah,1,11,"God tells the inhabitants of Maktesh to howl in the day of the Lord; Maktesh seems to be a place connected to Jerusalem","CONNECTED,DAY,GOD,HOWL,INHABITANTS,JERUSALEM,LORD,MAKTESH,PLACE,SEEMS,TELLS" Zephaniah,1,11,"In the day of the Lord, all the merchants of Maktesh will be slaughtered","ALL,DAY,LORD,MAKTESH,MERCHANTS,SLAUGHTERED" Zephaniah,1,11,"In the day of the Lord, there will be silver merchants in Maktesh","DAY,LORD,MAKTESH,MERCHANTS,SILVER,THERE" Zephaniah,1,11,"One of the punishments that God sends upon nations is the death of their merchants","DEATH,GOD,MERCHANTS,NATIONS,ONE,PUNISHMENTS,SENDS" Zephaniah,1,11,"The merchants of Maktesh were silver merchants","MAKTESH,MERCHANTS,SILVER" Zephaniah,1,12,"God hates it when people make heretical claims about Him","CLAIMS,GOD,HATES,HERETICAL,HIM,MAKE,PEOPLE,WHEN" Zephaniah,1,12,"God hates those who claim that He does not do good or evil","CLAIM,DO,EVIL,GOD,GOOD,HATES,HE,NOT,WHO" Zephaniah,1,12,"God hates those who claim that He does not intervene in history","CLAIM,GOD,HATES,HE,HISTORY,INTERVENE,NOT,WHO" Zephaniah,1,12,"In the day of the Lord, God will search through Jerusalem with candles to look for evildoers so He can punish them","CAN,CANDLES,DAY,EVILDOERS,GOD,HE,JERUSALEM,LOOK,LORD,PUNISH,SEARCH" Zephaniah,1,12,"In the day of the Lord, He will punish all those in Jerusalem who claim that God will not intervene in history to do either good or evil","ALL,CLAIM,DAY,DO,EVIL,GOD,GOOD,HE,HISTORY,INTERVENE,JERUSALEM,LORD,NOT,PUNISH,WHO" Zephaniah,1,12,"It is a wicked thing to claim that God is distant from His creation, and does not do good or evil","CLAIM,CREATION,DISTANT,DO,EVIL,GOD,GOOD,HIS,NOT,THING,WICKED" Zephaniah,1,13,"Because people claimed that God would not intervene in history, God was going to make their houses desolate","BECAUSE,CLAIMED,DESOLATE,GOD,GOING,HISTORY,HOUSES,INTERVENE,MAKE,NOT,PEOPLE" Zephaniah,1,13,"Because people claimed that God would not intervene in history, God would take away the houses that people had built and not allow them to live in them","ALLOW,AWAY,BECAUSE,BUILT,CLAIMED,GOD,HISTORY,HOUSES,INTERVENE,LIVE,NOT,PEOPLE,TAKE" Zephaniah,1,13,"Because people claimed that God would not intervene in history, God would take away the vineyards that people had planted and not allow them to enjoy its fruits","ALLOW,AWAY,BECAUSE,CLAIMED,ENJOY,FRUITS,GOD,HISTORY,INTERVENE,NOT,PEOPLE,PLANTED,TAKE,VINEYARDS" Zephaniah,1,13,"Because people claimed that God would not intervene in history, God would take away their possessions and give them as loot to their enemies","AWAY,BECAUSE,CLAIMED,ENEMIES,GIVE,GOD,HISTORY,INTERVENE,LOOT,NOT,PEOPLE,POSSESSIONS,TAKE" Zephaniah,1,13,"God considers it a curse to take a newly planted vineyard away from someone so that person cannot enjoy its wine; in other words, wine is a blessing and taking it away is a curse","AWAY,BLESSING,CANNOT,CONSIDERS,CURSE,ENJOY,GOD,NEWLY,PERSON,PLANTED,SOMEONE,TAKE,TAKING,VINEYARD,WINE,WORDS" Zephaniah,1,13,"One of the punishments that God sends upon people is taking away the things they have built before they have a chance to enjoy them","AWAY,BEFORE,BUILT,CHANCE,ENJOY,GOD,ONE,PEOPLE,PUNISHMENTS,SENDS,TAKING,THINGS" Zephaniah,1,14,"In the day of the Lord, even the mighty man will cry bitterly","BITTERLY,CRY,DAY,LORD,MAN,MIGHTY" Zephaniah,1,14,"The day of the Lord will be a day of terrible pain and anguish; even the mighty will not be able to endure it","ABLE,ANGUISH,DAY,ENDURE,LORD,MIGHTY,NOT,PAIN,TERRIBLE" Zephaniah,1,14,"The great day of the Lord is near","DAY,GREAT,LORD,NEAR" Zephaniah,1,15,"God does intervene in the events of this world; the day is coming when He will pour out terrible wrath upon the world, and send great distress upon even its mightiest inhabitants","COMING,DAY,DISTRESS,EVENTS,GOD,GREAT,HE,INHABITANTS,INTERVENE,MIGHTIEST,POUR,SEND,TERRIBLE,WHEN,WORLD,WRATH" Zephaniah,1,15,"The day of the Lord is a day of clouds","CLOUDS,DAY,LORD" Zephaniah,1,15,"The day of the Lord is a day of darkness","DARKNESS,DAY,LORD" Zephaniah,1,15,"The day of the Lord is a day of distress","DAY,DISTRESS,LORD" Zephaniah,1,15,"The day of the Lord is a day of gloominess","DAY,GLOOMINESS,LORD" Zephaniah,1,15,"The day of the Lord is a day of making things desolate","DAY,DESOLATE,LORD,MAKING,THINGS" Zephaniah,1,15,"The day of the Lord is a day of making things waste","DAY,LORD,MAKING,THINGS,WASTE" Zephaniah,1,15,"The day of the Lord is a day of thick darkness","DARKNESS,DAY,LORD,THICK" Zephaniah,1,15,"The day of the Lord is a day of trouble","DAY,LORD,TROUBLE" Zephaniah,1,15,"The day of the Lord is a day of wrath","DAY,LORD,WRATH" Zephaniah,1,16,"In the day of the Lord, He will send trouble against the high towers of Judah","AGAINST,DAY,HE,HIGH,JUDAH,LORD,SEND,TOWERS,TROUBLE" Zephaniah,1,16,"In the day of the Lord, He will send trouble upon the fortified cities of Judah; in that time the trumpet will sound and an alarm will be raised","ALARM,CITIES,DAY,FORTIFIED,HE,JUDAH,LORD,RAISED,SEND,SOUND,TIME,TROUBLE,TRUMPET" Zephaniah,1,16,"In the day of the Lord, the fortified cities of Judah and its high towers will not be able to save it","ABLE,CITIES,DAY,FORTIFIED,HIGH,JUDAH,LORD,NOT,SAVE,TOWERS" Zephaniah,1,16,"In the tribulation period the nation of Judah will have high towers","HIGH,JUDAH,NATION,TOWERS,TRIBULATION" Zephaniah,1,16,"In the tribulation period the nation of Judah will have walled cities","CITIES,JUDAH,NATION,TRIBULATION,WALLED" Zephaniah,1,16,"The judgments and distress of the tribulation are all the wrath of God; He is the one who is sending these things upon the nation of Judah; it is all His wrath, poured out upon the world","ALL,DISTRESS,GOD,HE,HIS,JUDAH,JUDGMENTS,NATION,ONE,POURED,SENDING,THESE,THINGS,TRIBULATION,WHO,WORLD,WRATH" Zephaniah,1,17,"God has reserved the tribulation period as a time of His wrath, when He punishes the people and nations of this world for their sin and their idolatry","GOD,HE,HIS,IDOLATRY,NATIONS,PEOPLE,PUNISHES,RESERVED,SIN,TIME,TRIBULATION,WHEN,WORLD,WRATH" Zephaniah,1,17,"God punishes both individuals and nations for sin","GOD,INDIVIDUALS,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SIN" Zephaniah,1,17,"In the day of the Lord, God will slaughter the wicked and pour out their blood upon the ground in large quantities","BLOOD,DAY,GOD,GROUND,LARGE,LORD,POUR,QUANTITIES,SLAUGHTER,WICKED" Zephaniah,1,17,"In the day of the Lord, He will bring distress upon the people of Judah","BRING,DAY,DISTRESS,HE,JUDAH,LORD,PEOPLE" Zephaniah,1,17,"In the day of the Lord, the ground will be covered with unburied dead bodies","BODIES,COVERED,DAY,DEAD,GROUND,LORD,UNBURIED" Zephaniah,1,17,"In the day of the Lord, the people of Judah will stagger around like blind men","BLIND,DAY,JUDAH,LIKE,LORD,MEN,PEOPLE,STAGGER" Zephaniah,1,17,"Many people will die in the day of the Lord","DAY,DIE,LORD,MANY,PEOPLE" Zephaniah,1,17,"The reason that God will send so much wrath upon the people of Judah is because they sinned against Him","AGAINST,BECAUSE,GOD,HIM,JUDAH,MUCH,PEOPLE,REASON,SEND,SINNED,WRATH" Zephaniah,1,17,"The wages of sin is death","DEATH,SIN,WAGES" Zephaniah,1,18,"God is a jealous God; He hates idolatry and paganism","GOD,HATES,HE,IDOLATRY,JEALOUS,PAGANISM" Zephaniah,1,18,"Gold will not be able to save people during the day of the Lord","ABLE,DAY,DURING,GOLD,LORD,NOT,PEOPLE,SAVE" Zephaniah,1,18,"In the day of the Lord, He will devour the whole land of Judah","DAY,DEVOUR,HE,JUDAH,LAND,LORD,WHOLE" Zephaniah,1,18,"In the day of the Lord, He will make a speedy end to all those who dwell in the land of Judah","ALL,DAY,DWELL,END,HE,JUDAH,LAND,LORD,MAKE,SPEEDY,WHO" Zephaniah,1,18,"Silver will not be able to save people during the day of the Lord","ABLE,DAY,DURING,LORD,NOT,PEOPLE,SAVE,SILVER" Zephaniah,1,18,"The day of the Lord is the day of the Lord's wrath","DAY,LORD,WRATH" Zephaniah,1,18,"The reason God is going to pour out His wrath upon the nation of Judah is because He is a jealous God, and the inhabitants of the land have been worshiping false gods and idols","BECAUSE,FALSE,GOD,GODS,GOING,HE,HIS,IDOLS,INHABITANTS,JEALOUS,JUDAH,LAND,NATION,POUR,REASON,WORSHIPING,WRATH" Zephaniah,1,18,"The wrath of the tribulation period is a punishment for Judah's idolatry","IDOLATRY,JUDAH,PUNISHMENT,TRIBULATION,WRATH" Zephaniah,1,18,"The wrath of the tribulation period is the Lord's wrath; He is the one who is pouring out pain and distress upon the world","DISTRESS,HE,LORD,ONE,PAIN,POURING,TRIBULATION,WHO,WORLD,WRATH" Zephaniah,2,1,"In the context of an end-times prophecy, God commands a nation that was not desired to gather themselves together","COMMANDS,CONTEXT,DESIRED,END-TIMES,GATHER,GOD,NATION,NOT,PROPHECY" Zephaniah,2,1,"The day of the Lord will bring distress upon Gentile nations as well; its scope will include nations beyond Judah","BEYOND,BRING,DAY,DISTRESS,GENTILE,INCLUDE,JUDAH,LORD,NATIONS" Zephaniah,2,2,"In the day of the Lord, He will pour out His fierce anger upon Gentile nations; they will be included in the judgment","ANGER,DAY,FIERCE,GENTILE,HE,HIS,INCLUDED,JUDGMENT,LORD,NATIONS,POUR" Zephaniah,2,3,"Gentiles have been given an opportunity to escape the tribulation period and be hidden during that time, if they repent before it's too late","BEFORE,DURING,ESCAPE,GENTILES,GIVEN,HIDDEN,IF,LATE,OPPORTUNITY,REPENT,TIME,TRIBULATION" Zephaniah,2,3,"God calls out to the meek of this world to repent and seek after righteousness, so that they can be hidden during the wrath of the tribulation period","AFTER,CALLS,CAN,DURING,GOD,HIDDEN,MEEK,REPENT,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SEEK,TRIBULATION,WORLD,WRATH" Zephaniah,2,3,"God commanded the Gentiles to seek Him","COMMANDED,GENTILES,GOD,HIM,SEEK" Zephaniah,2,3,"God commanded the Gentiles to seek meekness","COMMANDED,GENTILES,GOD,MEEKNESS,SEEK" Zephaniah,2,3,"God commanded the Gentiles to seek righteousness","COMMANDED,GENTILES,GOD,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SEEK" Zephaniah,2,3,"God says that Gentiles who seek Him now can be hidden in the day of the Lord, so that they will not have to endure that time; this seems to be a reference to the rapture of the church","CAN,CHURCH,DAY,ENDURE,GENTILES,GOD,HIDDEN,HIM,LORD,NOT,NOW,RAPTURE,REFERENCE,SAYS,SEEK,SEEMS,TIME,WHO" Zephaniah,2,3,"God says that the meek of this world have 'wrought his judgment'; the word 'wrought' means 'work'","GOD,HIS,JUDGMENT,MEANS,MEEK,SAYS,WORD,WORK,WORLD,WROUGHT" Zephaniah,2,3,"God values meekness; that is a quality that He requires Christians to have","CHRISTIANS,GOD,HE,MEEKNESS,QUALITY,REQUIRES,VALUES" Zephaniah,2,3,"In order to be included in the rapture you must seek the Lord and seek after righteousness; (in other words, you must repent and be saved)","AFTER,INCLUDED,LORD,MUST,ORDER,RAPTURE,REPENT,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SAVED,SEEK,WORDS,YOU" Zephaniah,2,3,"There are some who will be hidden during the day of the Lord, when God pours out His anger upon this entire world; since they will be hidden, they will not have to endure that terrible time","ANGER,DAY,DURING,ENDURE,ENTIRE,GOD,HIDDEN,HIS,LORD,NOT,POURS,SINCE,SOME,TERRIBLE,THERE,TIME,WHEN,WHO,WORLD" Zephaniah,2,4,"In the day of the Lord, the city of Askhelon will be desolate","ASKHELON,CITY,DAY,DESOLATE,LORD" Zephaniah,2,4,"In the day of the Lord, the city of Ekron will be uprooted","CITY,DAY,EKRON,LORD" Zephaniah,2,4,"In the day of the Lord, the city of Gaza will be forsaken","CITY,DAY,FORSAKEN,GAZA,LORD" Zephaniah,2,4,"In the day of the Lord, the inhabitants of Ashdod will be driven out at noon","ASHDOD,DAY,DRIVEN,INHABITANTS,LORD,NOON" Zephaniah,2,4,"The territory mentioned in verse 4 was possessed by the Philistines in ancient times","ANCIENT,MENTIONED,PHILISTINES,POSSESSED,TERRITORY,TIMES,VERSE" Zephaniah,2,5,"God pronounced woe upon the inhabitants of the coast by the sea (the nation of the Cherethites)","CHERETHITES,COAST,GOD,INHABITANTS,NATION,PRONOUNCED,SEA,WOE" Zephaniah,2,5,"God pronounced woe upon the land that was held by the Philistines in ancient times; in the day of His wrath He will destroy that land and remove all of its inhabitants","ALL,ANCIENT,DAY,DESTROY,GOD,HE,HELD,HIS,INHABITANTS,LAND,PHILISTINES,PRONOUNCED,REMOVE,TIMES,WOE,WRATH" Zephaniah,2,5,"The nation of the Cherethites was by the sea coast","CHERETHITES,COAST,NATION,SEA" Zephaniah,2,6,"After the day of the Lord, the sea coast will be a dwelling place for flocks","AFTER,COAST,DAY,DWELLING,FLOCKS,LORD,PLACE,SEA" Zephaniah,2,6,"After the day of the Lord, the sea coast will be a dwelling place for shepherds","AFTER,COAST,DAY,DWELLING,LORD,PLACE,SEA,SHEPHERDS" Zephaniah,2,6,"After the day of the Lord, the sea coast will be turned into a pasture","AFTER,COAST,DAY,LORD,PASTURE,SEA,TURNED" Zephaniah,2,6,"After the seven-year tribulation period there will be shepherds and flocks","AFTER,FLOCKS,SEVEN-YEAR,SHEPHERDS,THERE,TRIBULATION" Zephaniah,2,7,"A remnant of Jews will survive the day of the Lord","DAY,JEWS,LORD,REMNANT,SURVIVE" Zephaniah,2,7,"After the day of the Lord, the remnant of Jews will use the territory of the sea coast as pasture for their flocks","AFTER,COAST,DAY,FLOCKS,JEWS,LORD,PASTURE,REMNANT,SEA,TERRITORY,USE" Zephaniah,2,7,"After the day of the Lord, the sea coast will become the territory of Judah","AFTER,BECOME,COAST,DAY,JUDAH,LORD,SEA,TERRITORY" Zephaniah,2,7,"After the day of the Lord, the shepherds of Judah will live in the houses of Ashkelon, and will lie down there in the evening","AFTER,ASHKELON,DAY,DOWN,EVENING,HOUSES,JUDAH,LIE,LIVE,LORD,SHEPHERDS,THERE" Zephaniah,2,7,"After the seven-year tribulation people, God will visit His people and rescue them from captivity","AFTER,CAPTIVITY,GOD,HIS,PEOPLE,RESCUE,SEVEN-YEAR,TRIBULATION,VISIT" Zephaniah,2,7,"In the millennium people will still lie down and sleep at night","DOWN,LIE,MILLENNIUM,NIGHT,PEOPLE,SLEEP" Zephaniah,2,7,"In the millennium people will still live in houses","HOUSES,LIVE,MILLENNIUM,PEOPLE" Zephaniah,2,7,"In the millennium there will still be evenings and mornings","EVENINGS,MILLENNIUM,THERE" Zephaniah,2,7,"The nation of Judah will survive the day of the Lord","DAY,JUDAH,LORD,NATION,SURVIVE" Zephaniah,2,8,"God believes in national borders; He does not believe that nations should be borderless","BELIEVE,BELIEVES,BORDERS,GOD,HE,NATIONAL,NATIONS,NOT,SHOULD" Zephaniah,2,8,"God has given territory to Israel and He is angered when other nations try to take it for themselves","ANGERED,GIVEN,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,NATIONS,TAKE,TERRITORY,TRY,WHEN" Zephaniah,2,8,"God heard the way that the Moabites reproached the Jews, and it angered Him","ANGERED,GOD,HEARD,HIM,JEWS,MOABITES,REPROACHED" Zephaniah,2,8,"God heard the way the Ammonites reviled the Jews, and it angered Him","AMMONITES,ANGERED,GOD,HEARD,HIM,JEWS,REVILED" Zephaniah,2,8,"God is against those who are against His people; this is even true in times when God is punishing His people for their sins","AGAINST,GOD,HIS,PEOPLE,PUNISHING,SINS,TIMES,TRUE,WHEN,WHO" Zephaniah,2,8,"God is against those who take away territory from the Jews; this is even true in times when God is punishing his people for their sins","AGAINST,AWAY,GOD,HIS,JEWS,PEOPLE,PUNISHING,SINS,TAKE,TERRITORY,TIMES,TRUE,WHEN,WHO" Zephaniah,2,8,"God notices when nations oppress Israel, and He punishes them for it","GOD,HE,ISRAEL,NATIONS,NOTICES,OPPRESS,PUNISHES,WHEN" Zephaniah,2,8,"God saw the way the Ammonites encroached on Judah's territory, and it angered Him","AMMONITES,ANGERED,GOD,HIM,JUDAH,SAW,TERRITORY" Zephaniah,2,8,"God saw the way the Moabites encroached on Judah's territory, and it angered Him","ANGERED,GOD,HIM,JUDAH,MOABITES,SAW,TERRITORY" Zephaniah,2,9,"After God destroys Ammon it will be a breeding ground for nettles, a place of saltpits, and a perpetual desolation","AFTER,AMMON,BREEDING,DESOLATION,DESTROYS,GOD,GROUND,NETTLES,PERPETUAL,PLACE,SALTPITS" Zephaniah,2,9,"After God destroys Ammon, the remnant of the Jews will loot their territory and possess it","AFTER,AMMON,DESTROYS,GOD,JEWS,LOOT,POSSESS,REMNANT,TERRITORY" Zephaniah,2,9,"After God destroys Moab it will be a breeding ground for nettles, a place of saltpits, and a perpetual desolation","AFTER,BREEDING,DESOLATION,DESTROYS,GOD,GROUND,MOAB,NETTLES,PERPETUAL,PLACE,SALTPITS" Zephaniah,2,9,"After God destroys Moab, the remnant of the Jews will loot their territory and possess it","AFTER,DESTROYS,GOD,JEWS,LOOT,MOAB,POSSESS,REMNANT,TERRITORY" Zephaniah,2,9,"God is the God of Israel","GOD,ISRAEL" Zephaniah,2,9,"God said that because Ammon oppressed Israel, Ammon would be as utterly destroyed as Sodom","AMMON,BECAUSE,DESTROYED,GOD,ISRAEL,OPPRESSED,SAID,SODOM" Zephaniah,2,9,"God said that because Moab oppressed Israel, Moab would be as utterly destroyed as Sodom","BECAUSE,DESTROYED,GOD,ISRAEL,MOAB,OPPRESSED,SAID,SODOM" Zephaniah,2,9,"Moab and Ammon will be destroyed, but the Jews will not; a remnant of the Jews will survive","AMMON,DESTROYED,JEWS,MOAB,NOT,REMNANT,SURVIVE" Zephaniah,2,9,"Sodom was utterly destroyed","DESTROYED,SODOM" Zephaniah,2,9,"The Lord is the Lord of hosts; He has an army of powerful angels at His command","ANGELS,ARMY,COMMAND,HE,HIS,HOSTS,LORD,POWERFUL" Zephaniah,2,9,"There are times when God utterly destroys a nation because of its sin, and turns its land into a perpetual desolation","BECAUSE,DESOLATION,DESTROYS,GOD,LAND,NATION,PERPETUAL,SIN,THERE,TIMES,TURNS,WHEN" Zephaniah,2,10,"God becomes angry at nations that magnify themselves against the Jews","AGAINST,ANGRY,BECOMES,GOD,JEWS,MAGNIFY,NATIONS" Zephaniah,2,10,"God becomes angry at nations that reproach the Jews","ANGRY,BECOMES,GOD,JEWS,NATIONS,REPROACH" Zephaniah,2,10,"God becomes angry at nations when they become proud","ANGRY,BECOME,BECOMES,GOD,NATIONS,PROUD,WHEN" Zephaniah,2,10,"God curses nations that are a curse to the Jews","CURSE,CURSES,GOD,JEWS,NATIONS" Zephaniah,2,10,"God has not cast off the Jews for their sins; He is still protective of them and against their enemies","AGAINST,CAST,ENEMIES,GOD,HE,JEWS,NOT,OFF,PROTECTIVE,SINS" Zephaniah,2,10,"The Jews are the people of God; this is true even when they are rebelling against Him","AGAINST,GOD,HIM,JEWS,PEOPLE,REBELLING,TRUE,WHEN" Zephaniah,2,10,"The reason God is going to destroy Moab and Ammon and turn their land into a perpetual desolation is because in their pride they reproached and magnified themselves against the people of God","AGAINST,AMMON,BECAUSE,DESOLATION,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,LAND,MAGNIFIED,MOAB,PEOPLE,PERPETUAL,PRIDE,REASON,REPROACHED,TURN" Zephaniah,2,11,"God is going to destroy all the idols of this world","ALL,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,IDOLS,WORLD" Zephaniah,2,11,"In the days to come all people will worship the Lord; this even includes the Gentiles","ALL,COME,DAYS,GENTILES,INCLUDES,LORD,PEOPLE,WORSHIP" Zephaniah,2,11,"In the days to come even the people on remote islands will worship the Lord","COME,DAYS,ISLANDS,LORD,PEOPLE,WORSHIP" Zephaniah,2,11,"The Lord will be terrible to Moab and Ammon because they magnified themselves against the Jews","AGAINST,AMMON,BECAUSE,JEWS,LORD,MAGNIFIED,MOAB,TERRIBLE" Zephaniah,2,12,"God is going to kill the Ethiopians with the sword","ETHIOPIANS,GOD,GOING,KILL,SWORD" Zephaniah,2,12,"In the day of God's judgment upon the Gentile nations, God will also punish the Ethiopians","DAY,ETHIOPIANS,GENTILE,GOD,JUDGMENT,NATIONS,PUNISH" Zephaniah,2,13,"God has the power to destroy cities and nations, and He wields that power","CITIES,DESTROY,GOD,HE,NATIONS,POWER" Zephaniah,2,13,"God punishes cities and nations for their sin","CITIES,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SIN" Zephaniah,2,13,"In the day of God's judgment upon the Gentile nations, God will destroy Assyria","ASSYRIA,DAY,DESTROY,GENTILE,GOD,JUDGMENT,NATIONS" Zephaniah,2,13,"In the day of God's judgment upon the Gentile nations, God will destroy the city of Nineveh and make it desolate","CITY,DAY,DESOLATE,DESTROY,GENTILE,GOD,JUDGMENT,MAKE,NATIONS,NINEVEH" Zephaniah,2,13,"In the day of God's judgment upon the Gentiles, God will make the city of Nineveh as dry as the wilderness","CITY,DAY,DRY,GENTILES,GOD,JUDGMENT,MAKE,NINEVEH,WILDERNESS" Zephaniah,2,13,"One of the judgments that God pours out upon cities and nations is drought","CITIES,DROUGHT,GOD,JUDGMENTS,NATIONS,ONE,POURS" Zephaniah,2,14,"After God makes Nineveh desolate, birds (the comorant and the bittern) will roost in the ruins of the city","AFTER,BIRDS,BITTERN,CITY,COMORANT,DESOLATE,GOD,MAKES,NINEVEH,RUINS" Zephaniah,2,14,"After God makes Nineveh desolate, flocks will lie down in the ruins of the city","AFTER,CITY,DESOLATE,DOWN,FLOCKS,GOD,LIE,MAKES,NINEVEH,RUINS" Zephaniah,2,14,"After God makes Nineveh desolate, the city will no longer be inhabited","AFTER,CITY,DESOLATE,GOD,INHABITED,LONGER,MAKES,NINEVEH,NO" Zephaniah,2,14,"At the time God makes Nineveh desolate, at least part of the city was made with cedar wood","CEDAR,CITY,DESOLATE,GOD,LEAST,MADE,MAKES,NINEVEH,PART,TIME,WOOD" Zephaniah,2,15,"Nineveh rejoiced against her enemies, and was so strong that she became careless; however, God is going to destroy the city and make it desolate","AGAINST,BECAME,CARELESS,CITY,DESOLATE,DESTROY,ENEMIES,GOD,GOING,HER,MAKE,NINEVEH,REJOICED,SHE,STRONG" Zephaniah,2,15,"Nineveh was a powerful city, but God is going to make it desolate and turn it into a place where only wild animals live","ANIMALS,CITY,DESOLATE,GOD,GOING,LIVE,MAKE,NINEVEH,ONLY,PLACE,POWERFUL,TURN,WHERE,WILD" Zephaniah,2,15,"Nineveh will be so destroyed that all those who pass by will hiss and wag their hand","ALL,DESTROYED,HAND,HISS,NINEVEH,PASS,WAG,WHO" Zephaniah,2,15,"The powerful city of Nineveh will become an object of scorn and ridicule","BECOME,CITY,NINEVEH,OBJECT,POWERFUL,SCORN" Zephaniah,3,1,"God holds cities accountable for their actions","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,CITIES,GOD,HOLDS" Zephaniah,3,1,"God is against cities that are morally filthy and polluted","AGAINST,CITIES,FILTHY,GOD,MORALLY,POLLUTED" Zephaniah,3,1,"God is against cities that are oppressive","AGAINST,CITIES,GOD,OPPRESSIVE" Zephaniah,3,1,"God pronounces woe upon the oppressing city; this seems to be a reference to Jerusalem","CITY,GOD,JERUSALEM,OPPRESSING,PRONOUNCES,REFERENCE,SEEMS,WOE" Zephaniah,3,1,"God recognizes the sins of cities and punishes them for what they have done","CITIES,DONE,GOD,PUNISHES,SINS,WHAT" Zephaniah,3,2,"God requires cities to worship and obey Him; He will punish cities that reject Him","CITIES,GOD,HE,HIM,OBEY,PUNISH,REJECT,REQUIRES,WORSHIP" Zephaniah,3,2,"The Lord is against cities that do not trust in Him","AGAINST,CITIES,DO,HIM,LORD,NOT,TRUST" Zephaniah,3,2,"The Lord is against cities that refuse his correction","AGAINST,CITIES,CORRECTION,HIS,LORD,REFUSE" Zephaniah,3,2,"The Lord is against cities that refuse to draw near to Him","AGAINST,CITIES,DRAW,HIM,LORD,NEAR,REFUSE" Zephaniah,3,2,"The Lord is against cities that refuse to obey Him","AGAINST,CITIES,HIM,LORD,OBEY,REFUSE" Zephaniah,3,2,"The oppressing city did not obey the voice of God","CITY,GOD,NOT,OBEY,OPPRESSING,VOICE" Zephaniah,3,2,"The oppressing city refused the correction of God","CITY,CORRECTION,GOD,OPPRESSING,REFUSED" Zephaniah,3,2,"The oppressing city refused to draw near to God","CITY,DRAW,GOD,NEAR,OPPRESSING,REFUSED" Zephaniah,3,2,"The oppressing city refused to trust in the Lord","CITY,LORD,OPPRESSING,REFUSED,TRUST" Zephaniah,3,3,"God holds princes and judges accountable for their actions; they are not allowed to do as they please","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,ALLOWED,DO,GOD,HOLDS,JUDGES,NOT,PLEASE,PRINCES" Zephaniah,3,3,"God is against judges who are vicious","AGAINST,GOD,JUDGES,VICIOUS,WHO" Zephaniah,3,3,"God is against princes who are vicious","AGAINST,GOD,PRINCES,VICIOUS,WHO" Zephaniah,3,3,"God will punish the oppressing city because of its vicious judges","BECAUSE,CITY,GOD,JUDGES,OPPRESSING,PUNISH,VICIOUS" Zephaniah,3,3,"God will punish the oppressing city because of its vicious princes","BECAUSE,CITY,GOD,OPPRESSING,PRINCES,PUNISH,VICIOUS" Zephaniah,3,3,"The judges of the oppressing city are vicious; God compares them to wolves","CITY,COMPARES,GOD,JUDGES,OPPRESSING,VICIOUS,WOLVES" Zephaniah,3,3,"The princes of the oppressing city are vicious; God compares them to roaring lions","CITY,COMPARES,GOD,LIONS,OPPRESSING,PRINCES,ROARING,VICIOUS" Zephaniah,3,3,"Throughout the Bible God compares people to animals of various types","ANIMALS,BIBLE,COMPARES,GOD,PEOPLE" Zephaniah,3,4,"At the time this prophecy is fulfilled, a temple exists in Jerusalem","EXISTS,FULFILLED,JERUSALEM,PROPHECY,TEMPLE,TIME" Zephaniah,3,4,"At this time this prophecy is fulfilled, the oppressive city has princes, judges, prophets, and priests, and they are all wicked and oppressive","ALL,CITY,FULFILLED,JUDGES,OPPRESSIVE,PRIESTS,PRINCES,PROPHECY,PROPHETS,TIME,WICKED" Zephaniah,3,4,"God becomes angry when His holy sanctuary is polluted","ANGRY,BECOMES,GOD,HIS,HOLY,POLLUTED,SANCTUARY,WHEN" Zephaniah,3,4,"God holds priests accountable for their actions; they are not allowed to do as they please","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,ALLOWED,DO,GOD,HOLDS,NOT,PLEASE,PRIESTS" Zephaniah,3,4,"God holds prophets accountable for their actions; they are not allowed to do as they please","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,ALLOWED,DO,GOD,HOLDS,NOT,PLEASE,PROPHETS" Zephaniah,3,4,"God is against priests who pollute His temple","AGAINST,GOD,HIS,POLLUTE,PRIESTS,TEMPLE,WHO" Zephaniah,3,4,"God is against those who do violence to His law","AGAINST,DO,GOD,HIS,LAW,VIOLENCE,WHO" Zephaniah,3,4,"God is against treacherous prophets","AGAINST,GOD,PROPHETS,TREACHEROUS" Zephaniah,3,4,"God is against wicked priests","AGAINST,GOD,PRIESTS,WICKED" Zephaniah,3,4,"The oppressing city has a temple","CITY,OPPRESSING,TEMPLE" Zephaniah,3,4,"The priests have done violence to God's Law; they have abused it","ABUSED,DONE,GOD,LAW,PRIESTS,VIOLENCE" Zephaniah,3,4,"The priests of the oppressing city have polluted the temple","CITY,OPPRESSING,POLLUTED,PRIESTS,TEMPLE" Zephaniah,3,4,"The prophets of the oppressing city are treacherous","CITY,OPPRESSING,PROPHETS,TREACHEROUS" Zephaniah,3,5,"At the time this prophecy is fulfilled, the Lord is in the midst of the oppressive city","CITY,FULFILLED,LORD,MIDST,OPPRESSIVE,PROPHECY,TIME" Zephaniah,3,5,"God brings His judgment to light every morning","BRINGS,EVERY,GOD,HIS,JUDGMENT,LIGHT,MORNING" Zephaniah,3,5,"God never fails","FAILS,GOD,NEVER" Zephaniah,3,5,"One of the characteristics of the unjust is that that they are not ashamed","ASHAMED,CHARACTERISTICS,NOT,ONE,UNJUST" Zephaniah,3,5,"The Lord is just","JUST,LORD" Zephaniah,3,5,"The Lord will not do iniquity; He is not an evil God, nor is He is a God who does evil","DO,EVIL,GOD,HE,INIQUITY,LORD,NOR,NOT,WHO" Zephaniah,3,5,"The unjust are not ashamed of what they have done","ASHAMED,DONE,NOT,UNJUST,WHAT" Zephaniah,3,6,"At the time this prophecy is fulfilled, God has cut off the nations","FULFILLED,GOD,NATIONS,OFF,PROPHECY,TIME" Zephaniah,3,6,"At the time this prophecy is fulfilled, God has destroyed the cities of the nations","CITIES,DESTROYED,FULFILLED,GOD,NATIONS,PROPHECY,TIME" Zephaniah,3,6,"At the time this prophecy is fulfilled, God has destroyed the defenses of the nations","DEFENSES,DESTROYED,FULFILLED,GOD,NATIONS,PROPHECY,TIME" Zephaniah,3,6,"At the time this prophecy is fulfilled, God has destroyed the streets of the cities of the nations and has emptied them of people","CITIES,DESTROYED,EMPTIED,FULFILLED,GOD,NATIONS,PEOPLE,PROPHECY,STREETS,TIME" Zephaniah,3,6,"God has the ability to utterly destroy cities and nations, and depopulate them; this is something God does as punishment for sin","ABILITY,CITIES,DESTROY,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHMENT,SIN,SOMETHING" Zephaniah,3,6,"One of the punishments that God sends upon cities is making them desolate and emptying them of people","CITIES,DESOLATE,EMPTYING,GOD,MAKING,ONE,PEOPLE,PUNISHMENTS,SENDS" Zephaniah,3,7,"God destroys corrupt nations","CORRUPT,DESTROYS,GOD,NATIONS" Zephaniah,3,7,"God holds nations accountable for their actions and requires them to obey Him; He will destroy nations that rebel against Him","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,AGAINST,DESTROY,GOD,HE,HIM,HOLDS,NATIONS,OBEY,REBEL,REQUIRES" Zephaniah,3,7,"God punishes nations for their sins","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SINS" Zephaniah,3,7,"If the nations had feared the Lord then God would not have destroyed them, but they did not fear the Lord","DESTROYED,FEAR,FEARED,GOD,IF,LORD,NATIONS,NOT" Zephaniah,3,7,"If the nations had received instruction from God and obeyed Him then God would not have destroyed them, but they refused to receive instruction from the Lord","DESTROYED,GOD,HIM,IF,INSTRUCTION,LORD,NATIONS,NOT,OBEYED,RECEIVE,RECEIVED,REFUSED" Zephaniah,3,7,"It should have been obvious to the nations that they needed to fear the Lord and obey Him if they didn't want to be destroyed, but instead of doing that they corrupted themselves, and so God punished them","CORRUPTED,DESTROYED,DOING,FEAR,GOD,HIM,IF,INSTEAD,LORD,NATIONS,NEEDED,OBEY,OBVIOUS,PUNISHED,SHOULD,WANT" Zephaniah,3,7,"The nations were wicked and rose up early to corrupt themselves","CORRUPT,EARLY,NATIONS,ROSE,UP,WICKED" Zephaniah,3,8,"God commands the righteous to wait upon Him, for the day is coming when He will gather the nations and destroy them for their wickedness","COMING,COMMANDS,DAY,DESTROY,GATHER,GOD,HE,HIM,NATIONS,RIGHTEOUS,WAIT,WHEN,WICKEDNESS" Zephaniah,3,8,"God has fierce anger against the nations because of all their wickedness","AGAINST,ALL,ANGER,BECAUSE,FIERCE,GOD,NATIONS,WICKEDNESS" Zephaniah,3,8,"God has power over the nations, and one day He will use that power to destroy them","DAY,DESTROY,GOD,HE,NATIONS,ONE,POWER,USE" Zephaniah,3,8,"God has power over this world, and one day He will use that power to destroy the whole world","DAY,DESTROY,GOD,HE,ONE,POWER,USE,WHOLE,WORLD" Zephaniah,3,8,"God is a jealous God","GOD,JEALOUS" Zephaniah,3,8,"God is going to devour all of the earth because of the wickedness of the nations","ALL,BECAUSE,DEVOUR,EARTH,GOD,GOING,NATIONS,WICKEDNESS" Zephaniah,3,8,"One day God is going to gather the nations and pour out His fierce anger against them","AGAINST,ANGER,DAY,FIERCE,GATHER,GOD,GOING,HIS,NATIONS,ONE,POUR" Zephaniah,3,8,"The day of the judgment of the nations is still in the future","DAY,FUTURE,JUDGMENT,NATIONS" Zephaniah,3,8,"The reason God is going to destroy this world is because of the sins of the nations","BECAUSE,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,NATIONS,REASON,SINS,WORLD" Zephaniah,3,8,"The saints of God must wait patiently for the day when God will judge the nations and destroy them","DAY,DESTROY,GOD,JUDGE,MUST,NATIONS,PATIENTLY,SAINTS,WAIT,WHEN" Zephaniah,3,9,"God is going to give the nations a pure language so they can all call upon Him; this is a reversal of Babel, which was built in rebellion against God","AGAINST,ALL,BABEL,BUILT,CALL,CAN,GIVE,GOD,GOING,HIM,LANGUAGE,NATIONS,PURE,REBELLION,WHICH" Zephaniah,3,9,"God is the one who will give all the nations the same language","ALL,GIVE,GOD,LANGUAGE,NATIONS,ONE,SAME,WHO" Zephaniah,3,9,"One day all the nations of the world will speak the same language; God refers to this as a pure language","ALL,DAY,GOD,LANGUAGE,NATIONS,ONE,PURE,REFERS,SAME,SPEAK,WORLD" Zephaniah,3,9,"One day all the nations will willingly serve the Lord","ALL,DAY,LORD,NATIONS,ONE,SERVE,WILLINGLY" Zephaniah,3,9,"One day God is going to reverse the curse upon languages that God imparted at Babel","BABEL,CURSE,DAY,GOD,GOING,IMPARTED,LANGUAGES,ONE,REVERSE" Zephaniah,3,9,"The languages that the nations speak is a corrupt language; one day God will replace it with a different one","CORRUPT,DAY,DIFFERENT,GOD,LANGUAGE,LANGUAGES,NATIONS,ONE,REPLACE,SPEAK" Zephaniah,3,10,"In the coming era, even people in remote places will fear the Lord and travel great distances to bring Him offerings","BRING,COMING,ERA,FEAR,GREAT,HIM,LORD,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,PLACES,TRAVEL" Zephaniah,3,10,"In the coming era, people will travel from beyond the rivers of Ethiopia to bring offerings to God","BEYOND,BRING,COMING,ERA,ETHIOPIA,GOD,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,RIVERS,TRAVEL" Zephaniah,3,10,"In the coming era, people will travel to bring offerings to God","BRING,COMING,ERA,GOD,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,TRAVEL" Zephaniah,3,10,"The people who are beyond the rivers of Ethiopia are called the daughter of His dispersed people; they seem to be related to the Jews in some way","BEYOND,CALLED,DAUGHTER,DISPERSED,ETHIOPIA,HIS,JEWS,PEOPLE,RELATED,RIVERS,SEEM,SOME,WHO" Zephaniah,3,11,"God hates pride","GOD,HATES,PRIDE" Zephaniah,3,11,"God is going to remove all those who are proud from the midst of the Jews","ALL,GOD,GOING,JEWS,MIDST,PROUD,REMOVE,WHO" Zephaniah,3,11,"In the future the holy mountain of God will be in the midst of Israel's territory","FUTURE,GOD,HOLY,ISRAEL,MIDST,MOUNTAIN,TERRITORY" Zephaniah,3,11,"In the future the Jews will no longer be haughty because the holy mountain of God is in their midst","BECAUSE,FUTURE,GOD,HAUGHTY,HOLY,JEWS,LONGER,MIDST,MOUNTAIN,NO" Zephaniah,3,11,"In the future the Jews will no longer be proud","FUTURE,JEWS,LONGER,NO,PROUD" Zephaniah,3,11,"In the future the Jews will not be ashamed of their sins against God, because He will take away their shame","AGAINST,ASHAMED,AWAY,BECAUSE,FUTURE,GOD,HE,JEWS,NOT,SHAME,SINS,TAKE" Zephaniah,3,11,"The joy that the Jews will experience in the coming era of peace and righteousness will not be overshadowed by shame over their past actions","ACTIONS,COMING,ERA,EXPERIENCE,JEWS,JOY,NOT,OVERSHADOWED,PAST,PEACE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SHAME" Zephaniah,3,12,"In the coming era of peace and righteousness, God is going to leave an afflicted and poor race of people in the midst of the Jews; this group of people will trust in the name of the Lord","AFFLICTED,COMING,ERA,GOD,GOING,GROUP,JEWS,LEAVE,LORD,MIDST,NAME,PEACE,PEOPLE,POOR,RACE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,TRUST" Zephaniah,3,12,"In the coming era, a separate group of people who are not Jews will also live among the Jews","AMONG,COMING,ERA,GROUP,JEWS,LIVE,NOT,PEOPLE,SEPARATE,WHO" Zephaniah,3,13,"God is against those who are deceitful","AGAINST,DECEITFUL,GOD,WHO" Zephaniah,3,13,"God is against those who do iniquity","AGAINST,DO,GOD,INIQUITY,WHO" Zephaniah,3,13,"God is against those who speak lies","AGAINST,GOD,LIES,SPEAK,WHO" Zephaniah,3,13,"In the coming era of peace and righteousness, a remnant of the Jews will survive","COMING,ERA,JEWS,PEACE,REMNANT,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SURVIVE" Zephaniah,3,13,"In the coming era of peace and righteousness, God will bless the Jews; they will lie down in peace","BLESS,COMING,DOWN,ERA,GOD,JEWS,LIE,PEACE,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Zephaniah,3,13,"In the coming era of peace and righteousness, God will protect the Jews","COMING,ERA,GOD,JEWS,PEACE,PROTECT,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Zephaniah,3,13,"In the coming era of peace and righteousness, no one will make the Jews afraid; God will give the great peace","AFRAID,COMING,ERA,GIVE,GOD,GREAT,JEWS,MAKE,NO,ONE,PEACE,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Zephaniah,3,13,"In the coming era of peace and righteousness, the Jews will no longer be deceitful","COMING,DECEITFUL,ERA,JEWS,LONGER,NO,PEACE,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Zephaniah,3,13,"In the coming era of peace and righteousness, the Jews will no longer do iniquity","COMING,DO,ERA,INIQUITY,JEWS,LONGER,NO,PEACE,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Zephaniah,3,13,"In the coming era of peace and righteousness, the Jews will no longer speak lies","COMING,ERA,JEWS,LIES,LONGER,NO,PEACE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SPEAK" Zephaniah,3,14,"God commands the Jews to be glad and rejoice with all their heart, because of the good things He has promised to give them in the future","ALL,BECAUSE,COMMANDS,FUTURE,GIVE,GLAD,GOD,GOOD,HE,HEART,JEWS,PROMISED,REJOICE,THINGS" Zephaniah,3,14,"God commands the Jews to sing and shout because of the great future that He has promised for them","BECAUSE,COMMANDS,FUTURE,GOD,GREAT,HE,JEWS,PROMISED,SHOUT,SING" Zephaniah,3,14,"God connects the Jews with Jerusalem","GOD,JERUSALEM,JEWS" Zephaniah,3,14,"God wants His people to sing and shout because of the promises He has made for them; even though we have not yet received these promises, God still wants us to rejoice over them and praise Him for them","BECAUSE,GOD,HE,HIM,HIS,MADE,NOT,PEOPLE,PRAISE,PROMISES,RECEIVED,REJOICE,SHOUT,SING,THESE,WANTS" Zephaniah,3,14,"God wants us to be glad and rejoice with all our heart","ALL,GLAD,GOD,HEART,OUR,REJOICE,WANTS" Zephaniah,3,14,"It is a good thing to praise the Lord for the promises He has given us, even though we have not yet received those promises","GIVEN,GOOD,HE,LORD,NOT,PRAISE,PROMISES,RECEIVED,THING" Zephaniah,3,14,"It is a good thing to sing and shout to the Lord","GOOD,LORD,SHOUT,SING,THING" Zephaniah,3,15,"In the future, God is going to cast out the enemy of the Jews; this 'enemy' is singular, which means God has a specific person in mind (perhaps the antichrist or the devil)","ANTICHRIST,CAST,DEVIL,ENEMY,FUTURE,GOD,GOING,JEWS,MEANS,MIND,PERHAPS,PERSON,SINGULAR,SPECIFIC,WHICH" Zephaniah,3,15,"In the future, God is going to take away the punishments that He has put upon the Jews","AWAY,FUTURE,GOD,GOING,HE,JEWS,PUNISHMENTS,PUT,TAKE" Zephaniah,3,15,"In the future, the Jews will no longer experience evil things; that time will be over and done","DONE,EVIL,EXPERIENCE,FUTURE,JEWS,LONGER,NO,THINGS,TIME" Zephaniah,3,15,"In the future, the king of Israel will be the Lord","FUTURE,ISRAEL,KING,LORD" Zephaniah,3,15,"In the future, the Lord will be in the midst of the Jews and will reign as king over them","FUTURE,JEWS,KING,LORD,MIDST,REIGN" Zephaniah,3,16,"In the future, God will command the Jews to work; there will be work for them to do, and God will bless their work","BLESS,COMMAND,DO,FUTURE,GOD,JEWS,THERE,WORK" Zephaniah,3,16,"In the future, the city of Jerusalem will no longer have to be afraid","AFRAID,CITY,FUTURE,JERUSALEM,LONGER,NO" Zephaniah,3,16,"The city of Jerusalem will exist in the future","CITY,EXIST,FUTURE,JERUSALEM" Zephaniah,3,17,"God is a mighty God","GOD,MIGHTY" Zephaniah,3,17,"God is going to rejoice over the Jews","GOD,GOING,JEWS,REJOICE" Zephaniah,3,17,"God is going to save the Jews","GOD,GOING,JEWS,SAVE" Zephaniah,3,17,"God is not going to afflict the Jews forever; one day He will greatly bless them and will rejoice over them","AFFLICT,BLESS,DAY,FOREVER,GOD,GOING,GREATLY,HE,JEWS,NOT,ONE,REJOICE" Zephaniah,3,17,"God loves the Jews","GOD,JEWS,LOVES" Zephaniah,3,17,"God will rejoice over the Jews with singing","GOD,JEWS,REJOICE,SINGING" Zephaniah,3,18,"God is going to gather those who were burdened by the evil things that befell the Jews","BEFELL,BURDENED,EVIL,GATHER,GOD,GOING,JEWS,THINGS,WHO" Zephaniah,3,18,"In that day, there will be some among the Jews who were sorrowful","AMONG,DAY,JEWS,SOME,SORROWFUL,THERE,WHO" Zephaniah,3,18,"In the future, when these things are fulfilled, God will gather the sorrowful to the solemn assembly","ASSEMBLY,FULFILLED,FUTURE,GATHER,GOD,SOLEMN,SORROWFUL,THESE,THINGS,WHEN" Zephaniah,3,18,"In the future, when these things are fulfilled, there will be a solemn assembly","ASSEMBLY,FULFILLED,FUTURE,SOLEMN,THERE,THESE,THINGS,WHEN" Zephaniah,3,19,"God has the ability to cause people to be praised by others, or to be shamed by others","ABILITY,CAUSE,GOD,PEOPLE,PRAISED,SHAMED" Zephaniah,3,19,"God will not always afflict the Jews; one day their time of affliction will end","AFFLICT,AFFLICTION,ALWAYS,DAY,END,GOD,JEWS,NOT,ONE,TIME" Zephaniah,3,19,"In the future, God is going to gather the Jews who were driven out","DRIVEN,FUTURE,GATHER,GOD,GOING,JEWS,WHO" Zephaniah,3,19,"In the future, God is going to save the weak and crippled among the Jews","AMONG,CRIPPLED,FUTURE,GOD,GOING,JEWS,SAVE,WEAK" Zephaniah,3,19,"In the future, when these things are fulfilled, God is going to undo everything that afflicts the Jews","AFFLICTS,EVERYTHING,FULFILLED,FUTURE,GOD,GOING,JEWS,THESE,THINGS,UNDO,WHEN" Zephaniah,3,19,"In the past the Jews were put to shame throughout the world; in the future God will give the Jews praise and fame in all of those same places","ALL,FAME,FUTURE,GIVE,GOD,JEWS,PAST,PLACES,PRAISE,PUT,SAME,SHAME,WORLD" Zephaniah,3,19,"The Jews will not always be put to shame by the nations; one day God will cause the nations to give the Jews praise and fame instead","ALWAYS,CAUSE,DAY,FAME,GIVE,GOD,INSTEAD,JEWS,NATIONS,NOT,ONE,PRAISE,PUT,SHAME" Zephaniah,3,20,"God is the one who will one day gather the Jews back to the promised land","BACK,DAY,GATHER,GOD,JEWS,LAND,ONE,PROMISED,WHO" Zephaniah,3,20,"In the future, God will cause the Jews to be praised by all nations of the world","ALL,CAUSE,FUTURE,GOD,JEWS,NATIONS,PRAISED,WORLD" Zephaniah,3,20,"In the future, God will give the Jews a great name","FUTURE,GIVE,GOD,GREAT,JEWS,NAME" Zephaniah,3,20,"In the future, the Jews will no longer be hated by the nations; instead the nations will love the Jews","FUTURE,HATED,INSTEAD,JEWS,LONGER,LOVE,NATIONS,NO" Zephaniah,3,20,"In the future, when these things are fulfilled, God will bring the Jews back to the promised land","BACK,BRING,FULFILLED,FUTURE,GOD,JEWS,LAND,PROMISED,THESE,THINGS,WHEN" Zephaniah,3,20,"The ultimate destiny of the Jews is to be at peace, not afflicted","AFFLICTED,DESTINY,JEWS,NOT,PEACE" Zephaniah,3,20,"The ultimate destiny of the Jews is to be blessed, not cursed","BLESSED,CURSED,DESTINY,JEWS,NOT" Zephaniah,3,20,"The ultimate destiny of the Jews is to be loved by all nations, not hated by all nations","ALL,DESTINY,HATED,JEWS,LOVED,NATIONS,NOT"