Zephaniah 2:1

Be ye gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation;

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In The King James Version

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

In Context

2before ye become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; attend to the law of God, thou people of Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 3:3And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to thyself: thou hadst a whore’s face, thou didst become shameless toward all.

Jeremiah 12:7I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given my beloved one into the hands of her enemies.

Joel 2:12Now therefore, saith the Lord your God, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with lamentation:

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:1

In this chapter we have, I. An earnest exhortation to the nation of the Jews to repent and make their peace with God, and so to prevent the judgments threatened before it was too late ( ver. 1-3 ), and this inferred from the revelation of God's wrath against them in the foregoing chapter. II. A denunciation of the judgments of God against several of the neighbouring nations that had assisted, or rejoiced in, the calamity of Israel. 1. The Philistines, ver. 4-7 . 2. The Moabites and Ammonites, ver. 8-11 . 3. The… Read the whole commentary →

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