Zephaniah 1:7

New American Bible - revised edition

Silence in the presence of the Lord God! for near is the day of the Lord, Yes, the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, he has consecrated his guests.

Cross References

Job 24:1

Why are times not set by the Almighty, and why do his friends not see his days?

Psalm 46:10

Who stops wars to the ends of the earth, breaks the bow, splinters the spear, and burns the shields with fire;

Isaiah 13:3

I have commanded my consecrated ones, I have summoned my warriors, eager and bold to carry out my anger.

Isaiah 13:6

Howl, for the day of the Lord is near; as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts will have his day against all that is proud and arrogant, against all that is high, and it will be brought low;

Isaiah 29:2

But I will bring distress upon Ariel, and there will be mourning and moaning. You shall be to me like Ariel:

Isaiah 34:5

When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, it shall come down upon Edom for judgment, upon a people under my ban.

Isaiah 34:6

The Lord has a sword sated with blood, greasy with fat, With the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of rams’ kidneys; For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Jeremiah 46:10

Today belongs to the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, vengeance on his foes! The sword devours and is sated, drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the land of the north, on the River Euphrates.

Ezekiel 7:10

The day is here! Look! it is coming! The crisis has come! Lawlessness is blooming, insolence budding;

Ezekiel 7:7

The crisis has come for you who dwell in the land! The time has come, near is the day: panic, no rejoicing on the mountains.

Joel 1:15

O! The day! For near is the day of the Lord, like destruction from the Almighty it is coming!

Joel 2:11

The Lord raises his voice at the head of his army; How immense is his host! How numerous those who carry out his command! How great is the day of the Lord! Utterly terrifying! Who can survive it?

Amos 6:10

When a relative or one who prepares the body picks up the remains to carry them out of the house, If he says to someone in the recesses of the house, “Is anyone with you?” and the answer is, “No one,” Then he shall say, “Silence!” for no one must mention the name of the Lord.

Amos 8:3

The temple singers will wail on that day— oracle of the Lord God. Many shall be the corpses, strewn everywhere—Silence!

Habakkuk 2:20

But the Lord is in his holy temple; silence before him, all the earth!

Zephaniah 1:14

Near is the great day of the Lord, near and very swiftly coming. The sound of the day of the Lord! Piercing— there a warrior shrieks!

Zechariah 14:1

A day is coming for the Lord when the spoils taken from you will be divided in your midst.

Zechariah 2:13

Now I wave my hand over them, and they become plunder for their own servants. Thus you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.

Matthew 22:4

A second time he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast.”’

Romans 3:19

Now we know that what the law says is addressed to those under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world stand accountable to God,

Romans 9:20

But who indeed are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is made say to its maker, “Why have you created me so?”

Philippians 4:5

Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near.

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father, who has made you fit to share in the inheritance of the holy ones in light.

1 Samuel 16:5

He replied: “Yes! I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. So purify yourselves and celebrate with me today.” He also had Jesse and his sons purify themselves and invited them to the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 20:26

Saul, however, said nothing that day, for he thought, “He must have become unclean by accident.”