Zephaniah 2:2
before the decree takes effect and that day passes like the chaff, 1 before the fierce anger of Yahweh's wrath comes upon you, before the day of the wrath of Yahweh comes upon you. 1
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1Rally yourselves together and gather, unashamed nation— 1
Cross References
2 Kings 23:26Nevertheless, Yahweh did not turn away from the burning of his fierce anger, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke him to anger.
Job 21:18How often is it that they become like stubble before the wind 1 or like chaff that the storm carries away? 1
Psalms 2:12Kiss the son or he will be angry with you, 2 and you will die in the way when his anger burns for just a moment. 1 How blessed are all those who seek refuge in him.
Psalms 95:7For he is our God, 1 and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. 1 Today—oh, that you would hear his voice! 1
Isaiah 41:15Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and two-edged; 1 you will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like chaff. 1
Lamentations 4:11Yahweh showed all his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. 1 He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations. 1
Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:2-4
The People Exhorted to Repent. ( b. c. 612.) 1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; 2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord 's anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye the Lord , all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord 's anger. Here we see what the prophet meant in that terrible… Read the whole commentary →