Zephaniah 2:11
Fearful [is] YHWH against them, || For He made all gods of the land bare, || And all islanders of the nations bow themselves to Him, || Each from his place.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12“Also you, O Cushim, they [are] pierced of My sword.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:38Who eat the fat of their sacrifices, || [And] drink the wine of their drink-offering? Let them arise and help you, || Let it be a hiding place for you!
Psalms 22:27Remember and return to YHWH, || Do all the ends of the earth, || And bow themselves before You, || Do all families of the nations,
Psalms 72:8And He rules from sea to sea, || And from the river to the ends of the earth.
Psalms 86:9All nations that You have made || Come and bow themselves before You, O Lord, || And give honor to Your Name.
Psalms 117:1Praise YHWH, all you nations, || Glorify Him, all you peoples!
Isaiah 2:2And it has come to pass, || In the latter end of the days, || The mountain of YHWH’s house is established, || Above the top of the mountains, || And it has been lifted up above the heights, || And all the nations have flowed to it.
Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:9-12
The Punishment of Various Nations. ( b. c. 612.) 8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. 9 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.… Read the whole commentary →