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Zephaniah 1:2 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Zephaniah 1:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Zephaniah chapter 1 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“I will utterly consume all things from off the land , saith the LORD. I will: Heb. By taking away I will make an end the land: Heb. the face of the land”
Zephaniah 1:2 (KJV)
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Commentary on Zephaniah 1:2
I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD—The Hebrew intensifies the verb: asoph aseph (אָסֹף אָסֵף), literally "gathering I will gather" or "sweeping away I will sweep away." This grammatical construction (infinitive absolute with finite verb) expresses emphatic totality—complete, thorough, utter consumption. The verb asaph (אָסַף) means to gather, remove, take away, destroy—like sweeping a floor clean or harvesting a field bare.This opening verse announces universal judgment with devastating scope. All things (kol, כֹּל) indicates comprehensive destruction without e...
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Cross-References for Zephaniah 1:2
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“for the fruit of their doings.”
“Behold”
“Thus says Yahweh: You have burned this scroll”
“Thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live”
“I will command”
“Jerusalem”
“Lord, how long? He answered”
“until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths: [for] as long as it lay desolate it kept Sabbath”
“I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.”
“which can't be eaten”