Zephaniah 2:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

This is the jubilant   city that lives in security, that says to herself: I exist, and there is no one else. What a desolation she has become, a place for wild animals to lie down! Everyone who passes by her scoffs  and shakes his fist.

Cross References

Ezekiel 28:2

‘Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, “This is what the Lord God says: Your  heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god;  I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

Nahum 3:19

There is no remedy for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news about you will clap their hands because of you, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?

Isaiah 22:2

The noisy city, the jubilant town, is filled with celebration. Your dead did not die by the sword; they were not killed in battle.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay   you? Yet you will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you.

Lamentations 2:15

All who pass by scornfully clap their hands  at you. They hiss  and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?

Lamentations 1:1

How  she sits alone, the city  once crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has been put to forced labour.

Jeremiah 19:8

I will make this city desolate, an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and scoff because of all its wounds.

Matthew 27:39

Those who passed by were yelling insults at  him, shaking their heads

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak to him and say, “This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster  , lying in the middle of his Nile, who says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.’

Ezekiel 27:36

Those who trade among the peoples scoff  ,  at you; you have become an object of horror and will never exist again.’ ” ’

Lamentations 2:1

How the Lord has overshadowed Daughter Zion with his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s glory from heaven to earth. He did not acknowledge his footstool in the day of his anger.

Isaiah 32:9

Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Pay attention to what I say, you overconfident daughters.

Job 27:23

It claps  its hands at him and scoffs at him from its place.

Job 16:4

If you were in my place I could also talk like you. I could string words together against you and shake my head at you.

Isaiah 32:11

Shudder, you complacent ones; tremble, you overconfident ones! Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth round your waists.

Isaiah 32:14

For the palace will be deserted, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become barren places for ever, the joy of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks,

Jeremiah 18:16

They have made their land a horror, a perpetual object of scorn;  , all who pass by it will be appalled and shake their heads.

Isaiah 47:10

You were secure in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me.” Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray. You said to yourself, “I am, and there is no one else.”

Jeremiah 50:13

Because of the  Lord’s wrath, she will not be inhabited; she will become a desolation, every bit of her. Everyone who passes through Babylon will be appalled and scoff because of all her wounds.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, may my advice seem good to you, my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right,  and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy.  Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.’

Habakkuk 1:7

They are fierce  and terrifying; their views of justice and sovereignty stem from themselves.