Zephaniah 3:1

God's Word

How horrible it will be for that rebellious and corrupt place, the city of violence.

Cross References

Isaiah 30:12

This is what the Holy One of Israel says: You have rejected this warning, trusted oppression and deceit, and leaned on them.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard of the Lord of Armies is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the garden of his delight. He hoped for justice but saw only slaughter, for righteousness but heard only cries of distress.

Isaiah 59:13

We have rebelled and denied the Lord. We have turned away from our God. We have spoken about oppression and revolt. We have conceived and uttered lies in our hearts.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs can’t be used for clothes, nor can they cover themselves with their works. Their works are evil. Their hands have committed acts of violence.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your mind are set on nothing but dishonest profits. You kill innocent people and violently oppress your people.”

Jeremiah 5:23

But these people are stubborn and rebellious. They have turned aside and wandered away from me.

Jeremiah 6:6

This is what the Lord of Armies says: Cut down its trees. Build up dirt mounds to attack Jerusalem. This city must be punished. There is nothing but oppression in it.

Jeremiah 6:7

As a well keeps its water fresh, so Jerusalem keeps its evil fresh. Violence and destruction can be heard in it. I see that it is sick and wounded.

Ezekiel 22:29

The common people oppress and rob others. They do wrong to humble people and to poor people. They oppress foreigners for no reason.

Ezekiel 22:7

People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.

Ezekiel 23:30

Your sinning and your prostitution have done this to you, because you lusted after the nations and dishonored yourself with their idols.

Leviticus 1:16

Remove the gizzard with its filth and throw it on the east side of the altar on the place for the ashes.

Amos 3:9

Announce in the palaces of Ashdod and in the palaces of Egypt, “Gather together on the mountains of Samaria. See the widespread confusion and oppression in Samaria.”

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria. You women oppress the poor and abuse the needy. You say to your husbands, “Get some wine! Let’s drink!”

Micah 2:2

They desire ⌞other people’s⌟ fields, so they seize them. They desire ⌞people’s⌟ houses, so they take them. They cheat a man and his family, a man and his inheritance.

Zechariah 7:10

Don’t oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and poor people. And don’t even think of doing evil to each other.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.