Zephaniah 1:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Their gold and silver will not help them! At that time the Lord will become very upset and angry. The Lord will destroy the whole world! He will completely destroy everyone on earth!”

Cross References

Zephaniah 3:8

The Lord said, “So just wait! Wait for me to stand and judge you. I have the right to bring people from many nations and use them to punish you. I will use them to show my anger against you. I will use them to show how upset I am—and the whole country will be destroyed.

Ezekiel 7:19

They will throw their silver idols into the streets. They will treat their gold statues like dirty rags, because those things will not be able to save them when the Lord shows his anger. Those things were nothing but a trap that caused the people to fall. They will not give food to the people or put food in their bellies.

Proverbs 11:4

Money is worthless when you face God’s punishment, but living right will save you from death.

Matthew 16:26

It is worth nothing for you to have the whole world if you yourself are lost. You could never pay enough to buy back your life.

Genesis 6:7

So the Lord said, “I will destroy all the people I created on the earth. I will destroy every person and every animal and everything that crawls on the earth. And I will destroy all the birds in the air, because I am sorry that I have made them.”

Zephaniah 1:15

The Lord will show his anger at that time. It will be a time of terrible troubles and a time of destruction. It will be a time of darkness—a black, cloudy, and stormy day.

Zephaniah 1:11

You people living in the lower part of town will cry, because all the traders and rich merchants will be destroyed.

Ezekiel 16:38

Then I will punish you. I will punish you as a murderer and a woman who committed the sin of adultery. You will be punished as if by an angry and jealous husband.

Jeremiah 9:11

The Lord says, “I will make the city of Jerusalem a pile of garbage. It will be a home for jackals. I will destroy the cities in the land of Judah, so no one will live there.”

Jeremiah 7:20

So this is what the Lord GOD says: “I will show my anger against this place. I will punish people and animals. I will punish the trees in the field and the crops that grow in the ground. My anger will be like a hot fire—no one will be able to stop it.”

Isaiah 1:24

Because of this, the Lord GOD All-Powerful, the Mighty One of Israel, says, “Look, I will get relief from my enemies. You will not cause me any more trouble.

Psalm 78:58

They built high places and made God angry. They built statues of false gods and made him jealous.

1 Kings 14:22

The people of Judah did things that the Lord considered evil. They made him angry with all their sins—more than any of their ancestors had done.

Deuteronomy 31:17

At that time I will become very angry with them, and I will leave them. I will refuse to help them, and they will be destroyed. Terrible things will happen to them, and they will have many troubles. Then they will say, ‘These bad things happened to us because our God is not with us.’

Proverbs 18:11

The rich think their wealth will protect them. They think it is a strong fortress.

Psalm 79:5

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

Job 21:30

Evil people are spared when disaster comes. They survive when God shows his anger.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Doing that would make the Lord jealous. Do you really want to do that? Do you think we are stronger than he is?

Jeremiah 7:34

I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and happiness in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. There will be no more sounds of the bride and bridegroom in Judah or Jerusalem. The land will become an empty desert.”

Ezekiel 7:5

This is what the Lord GOD said: “There will be one disaster after another!

Ezekiel 7:11

This violent man is ready to punish the evil people. There are many people in Israel—but he is not one of them. He is not a person in that crowd. He is not some important leader from them.

Ezekiel 23:25

I will show you how jealous I am. They will become angry and hurt you. They will cut off your nose and ears. They will kill you with a sword. Then they will take your children and burn whatever is left of you.

Zephaniah 2:2

before you become like a dry and dying flower. In the heat of day, a flower will wilt and die. You will be like that when the Lord shows his terrible anger. So change your lives before the Lord shows his anger against you!

Job 3:15

I wish I were buried with rulers who filled their graves with gold and silver.

Isaiah 10:3

Lawmakers, you will have to explain what you have done. What will you do then? Your destruction is coming from a faraway country. Where will you run for help? Your money and your riches will not help you.

Isaiah 10:17

The Light of Israel will be like a fire. The Holy One will be like a flame. He will be like a fire that first begins to burn the weeds and thorns