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Zephaniah 1:3 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Zephaniah 1:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Zephaniah chapter 1 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. stumblingblocks: or, idols”
Zephaniah 1:3 (KJV)
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Commentary on Zephaniah 1:3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea—This verse expands verse 2's universal judgment with specific categories, reversing Genesis creation order. God created in sequence: light, sky, land, vegetation, sun/moon/stars, sea creatures and birds (day 5), land animals and humanity (day 6). Zephaniah announces de-creation in reverse: humanity first, then animals, birds, and fish—undoing God's creative work due to human sin.The fourfold repetition of I will consume (asoph, אָסֵף) hammers home divine judgment's inevitability and totality. Man an...
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Cross-References for Zephaniah 1:3
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“and everyone who dwells therein will waste away. all living things in her”
“and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall not satisfy their souls”
“when a land sins against me by committing a trespass”
“and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein”
“you will not see me from now on”
“by this the iniquity of Jacob will be forgiven”
“what have I to do any more with idols? I answer”
“says Yahweh of Armies”
“and will tear down all your strongholds.”
“which I have given to the fire for fuel”