I have [a]cut off the nations: their towers are desolate: I have made their streets waste, that none shall pass by, their cities are destroyed without man, and without inhabitant.

I said, surely thou wilt fear me: thou wilt receive instruction: so their dwelling should not be destroyed howsoever I visited them, but [b]they rose early, and corrupted all their works.

Therefore [c]wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for I am determined to gather the nations, and that I will assemble the kingdoms to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce wrath: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:6 By the destruction of other nations he showeth that the Jews should have learned to fear God.
  2. Zephaniah 3:7 They were most earnest and ready to do wickedly.
  3. Zephaniah 3:8 Seeing ye will not repent, you shall look for my vengeance as well as other nations.

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