Zephaniah 3:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Lord wiped out nations and left fortresses crumbling in the dirt. Their streets and towns were reduced to ruins and emptied of people.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:6

What happened to them is a warning to keep us from wanting to do the same evil things.

1 Corinthians 10:11

These things happened to them as a warning to us. All this was written in the Scriptures to teach us who live in these last days.

Zephaniah 2:5

To you people of Philistia who live along the coast, the Lord has this to say: “I am now your enemy, and I'll wipe you out!”

Zechariah 7:14

That's why I came with a whirlwind and scattered them among foreign nations, leaving their lovely country empty of people and in ruins.

Isaiah 37:36

The Lord sent an angel to the camp of the Assyrians, and he killed 185,000 of them all in one night. The next morning, the camp was full of dead bodies.

Leviticus 26:31

I'll wipe out your towns and your places of worship and will no longer be pleased with the smell of your sacrifices.

Matthew 23:38

And now your temple will be deserted.

Isaiah 6:11

Then I asked the Lord, “How long will this last?” The Lord answered: Until their towns are destroyed and their houses are deserted, until their fields are empty,

Isaiah 14:26

I have planned this for the whole world, and my mighty arm controls every nation.

Jeremiah 9:12

I said to the Lord, “None of us can understand why the land has become like an uncrossable desert. Won't you explain why?”

Joshua 23:4

There are still some nations left, but the Lord has promised you their land. So when you attack them, he will make them run away. I have already divided their land among your tribes, as I did with the land of the nations I defeated between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.