Zephaniah 3:8

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

Joel 3:2

Even upon your male and female servants, in those days, I will pour out my spirit.

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.

Micah 7:7

But as for me, I will look to the Lord, I will wait for God my savior; my God will hear me!

Psalm 27:14

Wait for the Lord, take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the Lord!

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar and the elements will be dissolved by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be found out. Exhortation to Preparedness.

Revelation 16:14

These were demonic spirits who performed signs. They went out to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God the almighty.

Matthew 25:32

and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is a witness for the appointed time, a testimony to the end; it will not disappoint. If it delays, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not be late.

Hosea 12:6

The Lord is the God of hosts, the Lord is his name!

Isaiah 30:18

Truly, the Lord is waiting to be gracious to you, truly, he shall rise to show you mercy; For the Lord is a God of justice: happy are all who wait for him!

Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; For Love is strong as Death, longing is fierce as Sheol. Its arrows are arrows of fire, flames of the divine.

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, “I will repay evil!” Wait for the Lord, who will help you.

Psalm 123:2

Yes, like the eyes of servants on the hand of their masters, Like the eyes of a maid on the hand of her mistress, So our eyes are on the Lord our God, till we are shown favor.

Psalm 62:5

Even highly placed people plot to overthrow him. They delight in lies; they bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah

Psalm 62:1

For the leader; ‘al Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

Psalm 37:34

Wait eagerly for the Lord, and keep his way; He will raise you up to inherit the earth; you will see when the wicked are cut off.

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the Lord; wait for him. Do not be provoked by the prosperous, nor by malicious schemers.

Psalm 12:5

Those who say, “By our tongues we prevail; when our lips speak, who can lord it over us?”

Revelation 16:1

I heard a loud voice speaking from the temple to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of God’s fury upon the earth.”

Psalm 79:5

How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealous anger keep burning like fire?

Psalm 79:6

Pour out your wrath on nations that do not recognize you, on kingdoms that do not call on your name,

Isaiah 14:26

This is the plan proposed for the whole earth, and this the hand outstretched over all the nations.

Jeremiah 10:25

Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you, on the tribes that do not call your name; For they have utterly devoured Jacob, and laid waste his home.

Haggai 2:22

I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms, and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the riders with their horses will fall by each other’s swords.

Isaiah 34:2

The Lord is angry with all the nations, enraged against all their host; He has placed them under the ban, given them up to slaughter.

Isaiah 63:6

I trampled down the peoples in my anger, I made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their blood upon the ground.”