Zephaniah 3:8

Good News Translation

“Just wait,” the Lord says. “Wait for the day when I rise to accuse the nations. I have made up my mind to gather nations and kingdoms in order to let them feel the force of my anger. The whole earth will be destroyed by the fire of my fury.

Cross References

Psalm 12:5

“But now I will come,” says the Lord, “because the needy are oppressed and the persecuted groan in pain. I will give them the security they long for.”

Psalm 123:2

As a servant depends on his master, as a maid depends on her mistress, so we will keep looking to you, O Lord our God, until you have mercy on us.

Psalm 27:14

Trust in the Lord. Have faith, do not despair. Trust in the Lord.

Psalm 37:34

Put your hope in the Lord and obey his commands; he will honor you by giving you the land, and you will see the wicked driven out.

Psalm 37:7

Be patient and wait for the Lord to act; don't be worried about those who prosper or those who succeed in their evil plans.

Psalm 62:1

I wait patiently for God to save me; I depend on him alone.

Psalm 62:5

I depend on God alone; I put my hope in him.

Psalm 79:5

Lord, will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

Psalm 79:6

Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you, on the people who do not pray to you.

Proverbs 20:22

Don't take it on yourself to repay a wrong. Trust the Lord and he will make it right.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Close your heart to every love but mine; hold no one in your arms but me. Love is as powerful as death; passion is as strong as death itself. It bursts into flame and burns like a raging fire.

Isaiah 14:26

This is my plan for the world, and my arm is stretched out to punish the nations.”

Isaiah 30:18

And yet the Lord is waiting to be merciful to you. He is ready to take pity on you because he always does what is right. Happy are those who put their trust in the Lord.

Isaiah 34:2

The Lord is angry with all the nations and all their armies. He has condemned them to destruction.

Isaiah 63:6

In my anger I trampled whole nations and shattered them. I poured out their lifeblood on the ground.”

Jeremiah 10:25

Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you and on the people who reject you. They have killed your people; they have destroyed us completely and left our country in ruins.

Hosea 12:6

So now, descendants of Jacob, trust in your God and return to him. Be loyal and just, and wait patiently for your God to act.

Joel 3:2

I will gather all the nations and bring them to the Valley of Judgment. There I will judge them for all they have done to my people. They have scattered the Israelites in foreign countries and divided Israel, my land.

Micah 7:7

But I will watch for the Lord; I will wait confidently for God, who will save me. My God will hear me.

Habakkuk 2:3

Put it in writing, because it is not yet time for it to come true. But the time is coming quickly, and what I show you will come true. It may seem slow in coming, but wait for it; it will certainly take place, and it will not be delayed.

Zephaniah 1:18

On the day when the Lord shows his fury, not even all their silver and gold will save them. The whole earth will be destroyed by the fire of his anger. He will put an end—a sudden end—to everyone who lives on earth.

Haggai 2:22

and overthrow kingdoms and end their power. I will overturn chariots and their drivers; the horses will die, and their riders will kill one another.

Matthew 25:32

and the people of all the nations will be gathered before him. Then he will divide them into two groups, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

2 Peter 3:10

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that Day the heavens will disappear with a shrill noise, the heavenly bodies will burn up and be destroyed, and the earth with everything in it will vanish.

Revelation 16:1

Then I heard a loud voice speaking from the temple to the seven angels: “Go and pour out the seven bowls of God's anger on the earth!”

Revelation 16:14

They are the spirits of demons that perform miracles. These three spirits go out to all the kings of the world, to bring them together for the battle on the great Day of Almighty God.