Zephaniah 1:18

Modern English Version

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s wrath. But the whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy, for He will make a sudden end of all those who dwell on the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 6:7

So the Lord said, “I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—both man and beast, and the creeping things, and the birds of the sky, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

1 Kings 14:22

Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the people provoked Him to jealousy with the sins they committed, even worse than their fathers had done.

Job 21:30

For the wicked are reserved for the day of destruction; they will be brought forth on the day of wrath.

Job 3:15

or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

Psalm 78:58

For they provoked Him to anger with their high places and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.

Psalm 79:5

How long, O  Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of a rich man is his strong city, like a high wall in his own imagination.

Isaiah 1:24

Therefore the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, says: Ah, I will get relief from My adversaries, and avenge Myself on My enemies.

Isaiah 10:17

The light of Israel shall be a fire, and his Holy One a flame, and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day,

Isaiah 10:3

And what will you do in the day of punishment and in the desolation which shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

Jeremiah 7:34

Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of laughter and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become desolate.

Jeremiah 9:11

I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins and a den of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

Ezekiel 16:38

I will judge you as women who commit adultery or shed blood are judged. And I will bring on you the blood of fury and jealousy.

Ezekiel 23:25

I will set My jealousy against you, so that they deal furiously with you. They shall take away your nose and your ears. And your remnant shall fall by the sword. They shall take your sons and your daughters. And your remnant shall be devoured by the fire.

Ezekiel 7:11

Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among them.

Ezekiel 7:19

They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall become abhorrent; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they shall not satisfy their souls, or fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become a stumbling block.

Ezekiel 7:5

Thus says the Lord God: A disaster! A unique disaster! Behold, it is coming!

Zephaniah 1:11

Wail, you inhabitants of the market district! For all the merchants are cut down; all those who weigh out silver are cut off.

Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

Zephaniah 2:2

before the decree takes effect, before the day passes like chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you.

Zephaniah 3:8

Therefore wait for Me, declares the Lord, until the day when I rise up to seize the plunder; for My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour on them My indignation, all My fierce anger; for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

1 Corinthians 10:22

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Deuteronomy 31:17

Then My anger will burn against them on that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they will be devoured, and many disasters and troubles will befall them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not among us?’