Zephaniah 1:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“I will punish Judah and the people living in Jerusalem. I will remove from this place any signs of Baal worship. No one will remember the priests who serve the idols there.

Cross References

Hosea 10:5

The people from Samaria worship the calves at Beth Aven. They will cry. The priests will cry, because their beautiful idol is gone. It was carried away.

Micah 5:13

I will destroy your statues of false gods. I will pull down your memorial stones. You will not worship what your hands have made.

Jeremiah 6:12

Their houses will be given to others. Their fields and their wives will be given to other people. I will raise my hand and punish the people of Judah.” This message is from the Lord.

2 Chronicles 34:4

As Josiah watched, the people broke down the altars for the Baal gods. Then he cut down the incense altars that stood high above the people. He broke the idols that were carved and the idols that were made from molds. He beat the idols into powder and sprinkled the powder on the graves of the people who had offered sacrifices to the Baal gods.

2 Kings 21:13

I will stretch the measuring line of Samaria and the plumb line of Ahab’s family over Jerusalem. A man wipes a dish, and then he turns it upside down. I will do that to Jerusalem.

Exodus 15:12

You raised your right hand to punish the enemy, and the ground opened up to swallow them.

Jeremiah 15:6

Jerusalem, you left me.” This message is from the Lord. “Again and again you left me! So I will punish and destroy you. I am tired of holding back your punishment.

Ezekiel 6:14

But I will raise my arm over you and punish you and your people, wherever they live! I will destroy your country! It will be completely empty from the desert in the south to Riblah in the north. Then they will know that I am the Lord!”

Ezekiel 25:7

so I will punish you. You will be like the valuable things soldiers take in war. You will lose your inheritance and die in faraway lands. I will destroy your country! Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Zephaniah 2:11

They will be afraid of the Lord, because he will destroy their gods. Then everyone in all the faraway lands will worship the Lord.

Zephaniah 2:13

Then the Lord will turn north and punish Assyria. He will destroy Nineveh—that city will be like an empty, dry desert.

2 Kings 23:12

In the past the kings of Judah had built altars on the roof of Ahab’s building. King Manasseh had also built altars in the two courtyards of the Lord’s Temple. Josiah destroyed all the altars and threw the broken pieces into the Kidron Valley.