Zephaniah 2:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Before you are driven away, like chaff that disappears; Before there comes upon you the blazing anger of the Lord; Before there comes upon you the day of the Lord’s anger.

Cross References

Job 21:18

Let them be like straw before the wind, like chaff the storm carries away!

Psalm 1:4

But not so are the wicked, not so! They are like chaff driven by the wind.

Psalm 50:22

“Now understand this, you who forget God, lest I start ripping apart and there be no rescuer.

Isaiah 17:13

But God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, Driven like chaff on the mountains before a wind, like tumbleweed before a storm.

Jeremiah 23:20

The anger of the Lord shall not abate until he has carried out completely the decisions of his heart. In days to come you will understand fully.

Jeremiah 4:4

Be circumcised for the Lord, remove the foreskins of your hearts, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Or else my anger will break out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of your evil deeds.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord has exhausted his anger, poured out his blazing wrath; He has kindled a fire in Zion that has consumed her foundations.

Ezekiel 12:25

for whatever word I speak shall happen without delay. In your days, rebellious house, whatever I speak I will bring about—oracle of the Lord God.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore, they will be like a morning cloud or like the dew that vanishes with the dawn, Like chaff storm-driven from the threshing floor or like smoke out of the window.

Nahum 1:6

Before his wrath, who can stand firm, and who can face his blazing anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and boulders break apart before him.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them. On the day of the Lord’s wrath, in the fire of his passion, all the earth will be consumed. For he will make an end, yes, a sudden end, of all who live on the earth.

Zephaniah 3:8

Therefore, wait for me—oracle of the Lord— until the day when I arise as accuser; For it is my decision to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, In order to pour out upon them my wrath, all my blazing anger; For in the fire of my passion all the earth will be consumed.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. The Unknown Day and Hour.