Zephaniah 3:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.

Cross References

Joel 3:2

I will also gather all the nations together. I will bring all these nations down into Jehoshaphat Valley. There I will judge them. Those nations scattered my people, Israel. They forced them to live in other nations, so I will punish those nations. They divided up my land.

Zephaniah 1:18

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!”

Micah 7:7

So I will look to the Lord for help. I will wait for God to save me. My God will hear me.

Psalm 27:14

Wait for the Lord’s help. Be strong and brave, and wait for the Lord’s help.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day when the Lord comes again will surprise everyone like the coming of a thief. The sky will disappear with a loud noise. Everything in the sky will be destroyed with fire. And the earth and everything in it will be burned up.

Revelation 16:14

These evil spirits are the spirits of demons. They have power to do miracles. They go out to the rulers of the whole world to gather them for battle on the great day of God All-Powerful.

Matthew 25:32

All the people of the world will be gathered before him. Then he will separate everyone into two groups. It will be like a shepherd separating his sheep from his goats.

Habakkuk 2:3

This message is about a special time in the future. This message is about the end, and it will come true. Just be patient and wait for it. That time will come; it will not be late.

Hosea 12:6

So come back to your God. Be loyal to him. Do the right thing, and always trust in your God!

Isaiah 30:18

So the Lord is waiting to show his mercy to you. He wants to rise and comfort you. The Lord is the God who does the right thing, so he will bless everyone who waits for his help.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Keep me near you like a seal you wear over your heart, like a signet ring you wear on your hand. Love is as strong as death. Passion is as strong as the grave. Its sparks become a flame, and it grows to become a great fire!

Proverbs 20:22

Don’t ever say, “I’ll pay them back for what they did to me!” Wait for the Lord. He will make things right.

Psalm 123:2

A slave looks to his master to provide what he needs, and a servant girl depends on the woman she serves. So we depend on the Lord our God, waiting for him to have mercy on us.

Psalm 62:5

I must calm down and turn to God; he is my only hope.

Psalm 62:1

I must calm down and turn to God; only he can rescue me.

Psalm 37:34

Do what the Lord says, and wait for his help. He will reward you and give you the land he promised. You will see the wicked being forced to leave.

Psalm 37:7

Trust in the Lord and wait quietly for his help. Don’t be angry when people make evil plans and succeed.

Psalm 12:5

They took advantage of the poor and stole what little they had. But the Lord knows what they did, and he says, “I will rescue those who are poor and helpless, and I will punish those who hurt them.”

Revelation 16:1

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple. It said to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of God’s anger on the earth.”

Psalm 79:5

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

Psalm 79:6

Turn your anger against the nations that do not know you, against the people who do not honor you as God.

Isaiah 14:26

This is what I plan to do for this land. I will use my power to punish all those nations.”

Jeremiah 10:25

If you are angry, then punish the other nations. They don’t know or respect you. They don’t worship you. Those nations destroyed Jacob’s family. They destroyed Israel completely. They destroyed Israel’s homeland.

Haggai 2:22

And I will overthrow many kings and kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of those other people. I will destroy their chariots and their riders. I will defeat their war horses and riders. These armies are friends now, but they will turn against each other and kill each other with swords.”

Isaiah 34:2

The Lord is angry with all the nations and their armies. He will destroy them all and put them to death.

Isaiah 63:6

In my anger I trampled down the nations. I punished them in anger and spilled their blood on the ground.”