Zephaniah 2:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD God hasn't forgotten those survivors in Judah, and he will help them— his people will take your land to use for pasture. And when evening comes, they will rest in houses at Ashkelon.

Cross References

Genesis 50:24

Before Joseph died, he told his brothers, “I won't live much longer. But God will take care of you and lead you out of Egypt to the land he promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Psalm 80:14

God All-Powerful, please do something! Look down from heaven and see what's happening to this vine.

Psalm 85:1

Our LORD, you have blessed your land and made all go well for Jacob's descendants.

Exodus 4:31

and everyone believed. They bowed down and worshipped the LORD because they knew that he had seen their suffering and was going to help them.

Isaiah 11:11

When that day comes, the Lord will again reach out his mighty arm and bring home his people who have survived in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the land along the coast.

Isaiah 11:14

Instead, they will get together and attack the Philistines in the west. Then they will defeat the Edomites, the Moabites, and the Ammonites in the east. They will rule those people and take from them whatever they want.

Isaiah 11:16

Then for his people who survive, there will be a good road from Assyria, just as there was a good road for their ancestors when they left Egypt.

Isaiah 14:1

The LORD will have mercy on Israel and will let them be his chosen people once again. He will bring them back to their own land, and foreigners will join them as part of Israel.

Isaiah 32:14

The palace will be deserted, the crowded city empty. Fortresses and towers will for ever become playgrounds for wild donkeys and pastures for sheep.

Jeremiah 23:3

I will bring the rest of my people home from the lands where I have scattered them, and they will grow into a mighty nation.

Jeremiah 29:10

After Babylonia has been the strongest nation for seventy years, I will be kind and bring you back to Jerusalem, just as I have promised.

Jeremiah 29:14

and accept your worship. Then I will gather you from all the nations where I scattered you, and you will return to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 3:18

Then, in countries to the north, you people of Judah and Israel will be reunited, and you will return to the land I gave your ancestors.

Jeremiah 30:3

Some day I will let my people from both Israel and Judah return to the land I gave their ancestors.”

Jeremiah 31:7

The LORD says: Celebrate and sing for Israel, the greatest of nations. Offer praises and shout, “Come and rescue your people, LORD! Save what's left of Israel.”

Jeremiah 32:44

But some day, people will again spend their silver to buy fields everywhere—in the territory of Benjamin, the region around Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, and in the hill country, the foothills to the west, and the Southern Desert. Buyers and sellers and witnesses will sign and seal the bills of sale for the fields. It will happen, because I will give this land back to my people. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 33:12

Now it is empty, without people or animals. But when that time comes, shepherds will take care of their flocks in pastures near every town in the hill country, in the foothills to the west, in the Southern Desert, in the land of the Benjamin tribe, and around Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 33:7

I will give this land to Israel and Judah once again, and I will make them as strong as they were before.

Jeremiah 47:5

The Anakim who survive in Gaza and Ashkelon will mourn for you by shaving their heads and sitting in silence. You ask how long will I continue to attack you with my sword, then you tell me to put it away and leave you alone.

Ezekiel 39:25

Now I will show mercy to the people of Israel and bring them back from the nations where they are living. They are Jacob's descendants, so I will bless them and show that I am holy.

Hosea 6:11

People of Judah, your time is coming too. I, the LORD, would like to make my nation prosper again

Obadiah 1:19

The people of Israel who live in the Southern Desert will take the land of Edom. Those who live in the hills will capture Philistia, Ephraim, and Samaria. And the tribe of Benjamin will conquer Gilead.

Micah 2:12

I, the LORD, promise to bring together the people of Israel who have survived. I will gather them, just as a shepherd brings sheep together, and there will be many.

Micah 4:10

Keep on groaning with pain, you people of Jerusalem! If you escape from your city to the countryside, you will still be taken as prisoners to Babylonia. But later I will rescue you from your enemies.

Micah 4:7

Then the lame and the outcasts will belong to my people and become a strong nation. I, the LORD, will rule them from Mount Zion for ever.

Zephaniah 3:13

The people of Israel who survive will live right and refuse to tell lies. They will eat and rest with nothing to fear.

Zephaniah 3:20

I will lead you home, and with your own eyes you will see me bless you with all you once owned. Then you will be famous everywhere on this earth. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Haggai 1:12

Zerubbabel and Joshua, together with the others who had returned from exile in Babylonia, obeyed the LORD's message spoken by his prophet Haggai, and they started showing proper respect for the LORD.

Luke 1:68

Praise the Lord, the God of Israel! He has come to save his people.

Luke 7:16

Everyone was frightened and praised God. They said, “A great prophet is here with us! God has come to his people.”

Acts 8:26

The Lord's angel said to Philip, “Go south along the desert road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

Acts 8:40

Philip later appeared in Azotus. He went from town to town, all the way to Caesarea, telling people about Jesus.

Romans 11:5

It is the same way now. God was kind to the people of Israel, and so a few of them are still his followers.

Ruth 1:6

When Naomi heard that the LORD had given his people a good harvest, she and her two daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab and go to Judah. As they were on their way there,