Zephaniah 1:7

Good News Translation

The day is near when the Lord will sit in judgment; so be silent in his presence. The Lord is preparing to sacrifice his people and has invited enemies to plunder Judah.

Cross References

Job 24:1

Why doesn't God set a time for judging, a day of justice for those who serve him?

Psalm 46:10

“Stop fighting,” he says, “and know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world.”

Isaiah 13:3

The Lord has called out his proud and confident soldiers to fight a holy war and punish those he is angry with.

Isaiah 13:6

Howl in pain! The day of the Lord is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction.

Isaiah 2:12

On that day the Lord Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited.

Isaiah 29:2

and then God will bring disaster on the city that is called “God's altar.” There will be weeping and wailing, and the whole city will be like an altar covered with blood.

Isaiah 34:5

The Lord has prepared his sword in heaven, and now it will strike Edom, those people whom he has condemned to destruction.

Isaiah 34:6

His sword will be covered with their blood and fat, like the blood and fat of lambs and goats that are sacrificed. The Lord will offer this sacrifice in the city of Bozrah; he will make this a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 6:5

I said, “There is no hope for me! I am doomed because every word that passes my lips is sinful, and I live among a people whose every word is sinful. And yet, with my own eyes I have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

Jeremiah 46:10

This is the day of the Sovereign Lord Almighty: today he will take revenge; today he will punish his enemies. His sword will eat them until it is full, and drink their blood until it is satisfied. Today the Almighty sacrifices his victims in the north, by the Euphrates.

Ezekiel 7:10

The day of disaster is coming. Violence is flourishing. Pride is at its height.

Ezekiel 7:7

The end is coming for you people who live in the land. The time is near when there will be no more celebrations at the mountain shrines, only confusion.

Joel 1:15

The day of the Lord is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction. What terror that day will bring!

Joel 2:11

The Lord thunders commands to his army. The troops that obey him are many and mighty. How terrible is the day of the Lord! Who will survive it?

Joel 2:31

The sun will be darkened, and the moon will turn red as blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Amos 6:10

The dead man's relative, the one in charge of the funeral, will take the body out of the house. The relative will call to whoever is still left in the house, “Is anyone else there with you?” The person will answer, “No!” Then the relative will say, “Be quiet! We must be careful not even to mention the Lord's name.”

Amos 8:3

On that day the songs in the palace will become cries of mourning. There will be dead bodies everywhere. They will be cast out in silence.”

Habakkuk 2:20

The Lord is in his holy Temple; let everyone on earth be silent in his presence.

Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of the Lord is near—very near and coming fast! That day will be bitter, for even the bravest soldiers will cry out in despair!

Zechariah 14:1

The day when the Lord will sit in judgment is near. Then Jerusalem will be looted, and the loot will be divided up before your eyes.

Zechariah 2:13

Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord, for he is coming from his holy dwelling place.

Malachi 4:1

The Lord Almighty says, “The day is coming when all proud and evil people will burn like straw. On that day they will burn up, and there will be nothing left of them.

Matthew 22:4

So he sent other servants with this message for the guests: ‘My feast is ready now; my steers and prize calves have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!’

Romans 3:19

Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment.

Romans 9:20

But who are you, my friend, to talk back to God? A clay pot does not ask the man who made it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Philippians 4:5

Show a gentle attitude toward everyone. The Lord is coming soon.

1 Samuel 16:5

“Yes,” he answered. “I have come to offer a sacrifice to the Lord. Purify yourselves and come with me.” He also told Jesse and his sons to purify themselves, and he invited them to the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 20:26

but Saul said nothing that day, because he thought, “Something has happened to him, and he is not ritually pure.”