Zephaniah 2:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ “Therefore, as I live,” declares יהוה  of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Therefore, as I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and wild vetches and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people shall make a prey of them and what is left of My nation shall possess them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

Common English Bible

⁹ Therefore, as I live— says the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel— Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah: a plot of weeds, salt pits, and devastation forever. The few remaining from my people will plunder them; the rest of my nation will possess them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Because of this, as I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab will be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, like the dryness of thorns, and piles of salt, and a desert, all the way to eternity. The remnant of my people will despoil them, and the residue of my nation will possess them.

Zephaniah 2:9 Cross References

Isaiah 11:14

But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west; together they plunder the people of the east, their hand stretching forth on Eḏ

Isaiah 25:10

For the hand of יהוה  rests on this mountain, and Mo’aḇ

Isaiah 49:18

“Lift up your eyes round about and see, all of them gather together and come to you. As I live,” declares יהוה, “you shall put on all of them as an ornament, and bind them on you as a bride does.

Jeremiah 46:18

“As I live,” declares the Sovereign, whose Name is יהוה  of hosts, “For as Taḇ

Jeremiah 48:1

Concerning Mo’aḇ

Jeremiah 49:1

Concerning the Ammonites: Thus said יהוה, “Has Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 49:18

“As in the overthrow of Seḏ

Jeremiah 49:33

“Ḥ

Jeremiah 50:40

“As Elohim overthrew Seḏ

Amos 1:13

Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they ripped open the pregnant women in Gilʽ

Amos 2:1

Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Mo’aḇ

Zephaniah 2:14

And droves shall lie down in her midst, every beast of the nation, both pelican and bittern lodge in the tops of her columns, a voice singing at the window, ruin be at the threshold, for the cedar work is exposed.

Zephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Yehuḏ

Zephaniah 3:13

“The remnant of Yisra’ĕ

Zechariah 2:13

“Hush, all flesh, before יהוה, for He has roused Himself out of His set-apart dwelling!”

Numbers 14:21

but truly, as I live and all the earth is filled with the esteem of יהוה,

Romans 14:11

For it has been written, “As I live, says יהוה, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to Elohim.”

Deuteronomy 29:22

“And the generation to come of your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, shall say when they see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses which יהוה  has sent into it:

Deuteronomy 29:23

‘All its land is sulphur, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Seḏ