Zephaniah 2:8

Easy To Read Version

The Lord says, “I know what the people of Moab and Ammon did! Those people embarrassed my people. Those people took their land to make their own countries bigger.

Cross References

Genesis 19:37

The older daughter gave birth to a son. She named him Moab. [109] Moab is the father of all the Moabite people living today.

Genesis 19:38

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son. She named him Ben-Ammi. [110] Ben-Ammi is the father of all the Ammonite people living today.

Isaiah 15:1

This is a sad message about Moab: {\cf2\super [157]} \par One night, armies took the wealth\par from Ar, Moab.\par That night, the city was destroyed.\par One night, armies took the wealth\par from Kir, Moab.\par That night, the city was destroyed.\par

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard that the people of Moab {\cf2\super [168]} are very proud and conceited. These people are violent and they boast. But the boasts are only empty words.\par

Jeremiah 12:14

This is what the Lord says: “I will tell you what I will do for all the people that live around the land of Israel. Those people are very wicked. They have destroyed the land I gave to the people of Israel. I will pull those evil people up and throw them out of their land. And I will pull the people of Judah up with them.

Jeremiah 48:1

This message is about the country of Moab. This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of the people of Israel, says: {\cf2\super [376]}

Jeremiah 49:1

This message is about the Ammonite people.The Lord says:

Lamentations 3:61

You heard them insult me, Lord.\par You have heard all the evil plans\par that they made against me.\par

Ezekiel 21:28

\{God said,\} “Son of man, {\cf2\super [164]} speak to the people for me. Say these things, ‘The Lord my Master says these things to the people of Ammon and their shameful \{god\}:

Ezekiel 25:1

The word of the Lord came to me. He said,

Ezekiel 35:12

And then you too will know that I have heard all your insults. You said many bad things against the mountain of Israel. You said, ‘Israel has been destroyed! We will chew them up like food!’

Ezekiel 36:2

Tell them that the Lord and Master says these things, ‘The enemy said bad things against you. They said: Hurrah! Now the ancient mountains {\cf2\super [278]} will be ours!’

Amos 1:13

The Lord says these things: “I will definitely punish \{the people of\} Ammon {\cf2\super [25]} for the many crimes they did. {\cf2\super [26]} Why? Because they killed the pregnant women in Gilead. {\cf2\super [27]} The Ammonite people did this so they could \{take that land\} and make their country larger.

Amos 2:1

The Lord says these things: “I will definitely punish the people of Moab {\cf2\super [30]} for the many crimes they did. {\cf2\super [31]} Why? Because Moab burned the bones of the king of Edom {\cf2\super [32]} into lime.

Zephaniah 2:10

Those things will happen to the people of Moab and Ammon because they were so proud and because they were cruel to the people of the Lord All-Powerful and they humiliated them.

Joshua 5:9

At that time, the Lord said to Joshua, “You were slaves in Egypt. And this made you ashamed. But today I have taken away that shame.” So Joshua named that place Gilgal. [22] And that place is still named Gilgal today.