The Minor Prophets - verse by verse (2)

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(NASB) Zephaniah 2:13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north
And destroy Assyria,
And He will make Nineveh a desolation,
Parched like the wilderness.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 2:14 Flocks will lie down in her midst,
All beasts which range in herds;
Both the pelican and the hedgehog
Will lodge in the tops of her pillars;
Birds will sing in the window,
Desolation will be on the threshold;
For He has laid bare the cedar work.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 2:15 This is the exultant city
Which dwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a desolation,
A resting place for beasts!
Everyone who passes by her will hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
The tyrannical city!

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:2 She heeded no voice,
She accepted no instruction.
She did not trust in the Lord,
She did not draw near to her God.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions,
Her judges are wolves at evening;
They leave nothing for the morning.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:4 Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men;
Her priests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the law.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:5 The Lord is righteous within her;
He will do no injustice.
Every morning He brings His justice to light;
He does not fail.
But the unjust knows no shame.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:6 “I have cut off nations;
Their corner towers are in ruins.
I have made their streets desolate,
With no one passing by;
Their cities are laid waste,
Without a man, without an inhabitant.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:7 “I said, ‘Surely you will revere Me,
Accept instruction.’
So her dwelling will not be cut off
According to all that I have appointed concerning her.
But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:8 “Therefore wait for Me,” declares the Lord,
“For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My decision is to gather nations,
To assemble kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:9 “For then I will give to the peoples purified lips,
That all of them may call on the name of the Lord,
To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:10 “From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia
My worshipers, My dispersed ones,
Will bring My offerings.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:11 “In that day you will feel no shame
Because of all your deeds
By which you have rebelled against Me;
For then I will remove from your midst
Your proud, exulting ones,
And you will never again be haughty
On My holy mountain.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:12 “But I will leave among you
A humble and lowly people,
And they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:13 “The remnant of Israel will do no wrong
And tell no lies,
Nor will a deceitful tongue
Be found in their mouths;
For they will feed and lie down
With no one to make them tremble.”

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:14 Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:15 The Lord has taken away His judgments against you,
He has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;
You will fear disaster no more.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:16 In that day it will be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not be afraid, O Zion;
Do not let your hands fall limp.

 

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(NASB) Zephaniah 3:17 “The Lord your God is in your midst,
A victorious warrior.
He will exult over you with joy,
He will be quiet in His love,
He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.