Zephaniah 1:4

Good News Translation

“I will punish the people of Jerusalem and of all Judah. I will destroy the last trace of the worship of Baal there, and no one will even remember the pagan priests who serve him.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:13

I will punish Jerusalem as I did Samaria, as I did King Ahab of Israel and his descendants. I will wipe Jerusalem clean of its people, as clean as a plate that has been wiped and turned upside down.

2 Kings 23:12

The altars which the kings of Judah had built on the palace roof above King Ahaz' quarters, King Josiah tore down, along with the altars put up by King Manasseh in the two courtyards of the Temple; he smashed the altars to bits and threw them into Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 34:4

Under his direction the altars where Baal was worshiped were smashed, and the incense altars near them were torn down. They ground to dust the images of Asherah and all the other idols and then scattered the dust on the graves of the people who had sacrificed to them.

Exodus 15:12

You stretched out your right hand, and the earth swallowed our enemies.

Jeremiah 15:6

You people have rejected me; you have turned your backs on me. So I reached out and crushed you because I was tired of controlling my anger.

Jeremiah 6:12

Their houses will be given to others, and so will their fields and their wives. I am going to punish the people of this land.

Ezekiel 25:7

Because you did, I will hand you over to other nations who will rob you and plunder you. I will destroy you so completely that you will not be a nation any more or have a country of your own. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 6:14

Yes, I will reach out and destroy their country. I will make it a wasteland from the southern desert to the city of Riblah in the north, not sparing any place where the Israelites live. Then everyone will know that I am the Lord.”

Hosea 10:5

The people who live in the city of Samaria will be afraid and will mourn the loss of the gold bull at Bethaven. They and the priests who serve the idol will weep over it. They will wail when it is stripped of its golden splendor.

Micah 5:13

I will destroy your idols and sacred stone pillars; no longer will you worship the things that you yourselves have made.

Zephaniah 2:11

The Lord will terrify them. He will reduce the gods of the earth to nothing, and then every nation will worship him, each in its own land.

Zephaniah 2:13

The Lord will use his power to destroy Assyria. He will make the city of Nineveh a deserted ruin, a waterless desert.