Zephaniah 1:7

¶ Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD [is] at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

Hold thy peace {H2013} at the presence {H6440} of the Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}: for the day {H3117} of the LORD {H3068} is at hand {H7138}: for the LORD {H3068} hath prepared {H3559} a sacrifice {H2077}, he hath bid {H6942} his guests {H7121}.

Keep silent before Adonai ELOHIM, for the Day of ADONAI is near. ADONAI has prepared a sacrifice; he has set apart those he invited.

Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.

Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath consecrated his guests.

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Cross-References

  • Habakkuk 2:20 (13 votes)

    But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

  • Zechariah 2:13 (11 votes)

    Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

  • Zephaniah 1:14 (8 votes)

    ¶ The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

  • Isaiah 34:6 (7 votes)

    The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, [and] with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

  • Jeremiah 46:10 (7 votes)

    For this [is] the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

  • Isaiah 13:6 (5 votes)

    ¶ Howl ye; for the day of the LORD [is] at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

  • Isaiah 2:12 (4 votes)

    For the day of the LORD of hosts [shall be] upon every [one that is] proud and lofty, and upon every [one that is] lifted up; and he shall be brought low: