Zephaniah 2:11
Fearful [is] Jehovah against them, For He made bare all gods of the land, And bow themselves to Him, each from his place, Do all islanders of the nations.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword [are] they.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:38Which the fat of their sacrifices do eat, They drink the wine of their libation! Let them arise and help you, Let it be for you a hiding-place!
Psalms 22:27Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,
Psalms 72:8And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.
Psalms 86:9All nations that Thou hast made Come and bow themselves before Thee, O Lord, And give honour to Thy name.
Psalms 117:1Praise Jehovah, all ye nations, Glorify Him, all ye peoples.
Isaiah 2:2And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations.
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 →