Zephaniah 3:8

Modern English Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy sigh, now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he yearns.”

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until He has mercy upon us.

Psalm 27:14

Wait on the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait on the Lord.

Psalm 37:34

Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will look on.

Psalm 37:7

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; fret not because of those who prosper in their way, because of those who bring wicked schemes to pass.

Psalm 62:1

For God alone my soul silently waits; from Him comes my salvation.

Psalm 62:5

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from Him.

Psalm 79:5

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

Psalm 79:6

Pour out Your wrath upon the nations that do not know You, and upon the kingdoms that do not call upon Your name.

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait on the Lord, and He will save you.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Place me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is as fierce as death, jealousy is as severe as Sheol. Its fires of desire are like ardent flames, the very flame of the Lord.

Isaiah 14:26

This is the purpose that is purposed on the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out on all the nations.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore, the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore, He waits on high to have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of justice; how blessed are all who long for Him.

Isaiah 34:2

For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations and His fury upon all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, He has delivered them to the slaughter.

Isaiah 63:6

I will tread down the peoples in My anger and make them drunk in My fury, and I will pour out their lifeblood on the earth.”

Jeremiah 10:25

Pour out Your fury upon the nations that do not know You and upon the families that do not call on Your name; for they have eaten up Jacob and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

Hosea 12:6

But as for you, return to your God, hold fast to mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.

Joel 3:2

I will gather all the nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment with them there regarding My people and My inheritance Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; they have also divided up My land.

Micah 7:7

But as for me, I watch for the Lord; I await the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it delays, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.

Zephaniah 1:18

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.

Haggai 2:22

I will overthrow the throne of the kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots and their riders. The horses and their riders will come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

Matthew 25:32

Before Him will be gathered all nations, and He will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat. The earth also and the works that are in it will be burned up.

Revelation 16:1

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.”

Revelation 16:14

For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, who go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.