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Zephaniah 2:11

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The LORD [will be] terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and [men] shall worship him, every one from his place, [even] all the isles of the heathen.

The LORD {H3068} will be terrible {H3372} unto them: for he will famish {H7329} all the gods {H430} of the earth {H776}; and men shall worship {H7812} him, every one {H376} from his place {H4725}, even all the isles {H339} of the heathen {H1471}.

ADONAI will be fearsome against them, for he will make all the earth's gods waste away. Then all the coasts and islands of the nations will worship him, each from its place.

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.

Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.

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Cross-References

  • Zechariah 13:2 (4 votes)

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

  • Zechariah 2:11 (3 votes)

    And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

  • Genesis 10:5 (3 votes)

    By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

  • Psalms 138:4 (3 votes)

    All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

  • Zechariah 14:9 (3 votes)

    And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

  • Zechariah 14:21 (3 votes)

    Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

  • Psalms 117:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.