Zephaniah 2:9

Modern English Version

Therefore, as I live, says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a land of weeds and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them, and the survivors of My nation will possess them.

Cross References

Isaiah 11:14

But they shall swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines towards the west; they shall plunder the sons of the east together; they shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites shall obey them.

Isaiah 25:10

For in this mountain the hand of the Lord shall rest, and Moab shall be trodden down in his place as straw is trodden down in the water for the manure pile.

Isaiah 49:18

Lift up your eyes and look all around; all these gather themselves together and come to you. As I live, says the Lord, you shall surely put on all of them as ornaments and bind them on you as a bride does.

Jeremiah 46:18

As I live, says the King whose name is the Lord of Hosts, surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.

Jeremiah 48:1

Concerning Moab: Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated. Kiriathaim is humiliated and captured; Misgab is humiliated and dismayed.

Jeremiah 49:1

Concerning the Ammonites: Thus says the Lord: Does Israel have no sons? Or has he no heirs? Why then does their king inherit Gad and his people dwell in his cities?

Jeremiah 49:18

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities, says the Lord, no man will abide there, nor will a son of man dwell in it.

Jeremiah 49:33

Hazor will become a dwelling for jackals and a desolation forever. No man will abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

Jeremiah 50:40

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities, says the Lord, so no man will abide there, nor will any son of man dwell in it.

Amos 1:13

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, in order to enlarge their border.

Amos 2:1

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.

Zephaniah 2:14

Herds will lie down in her midst, beasts of every kind; the cormorant and the bittern will lodge on her pillars. Their voice will sing in the windows; desolation will be on the threshold; for He will lay bare the cedar work.

Zephaniah 2:7

The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah, on which they will feed. In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will visit them and restore their fortunes.

Zephaniah 3:13

The remnant of Israel will do no unrighteousness, nor speak lies; nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.

Zechariah 2:13

Be still, all flesh before the Lord, for He is stirred from His holy habitation.

Numbers 14:21

But truly as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.

Romans 14:11

For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

Deuteronomy 29:22

The generation to come, your children who will rise up after you and the foreigner who will come from a far land, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord has laid on it, will say,

Deuteronomy 29:23

“The whole land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows there, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and wrath.”