Zephaniah 2:1-3

Judgment on Judah's Enemies

¹ Gather together, yes, gather,
O _s shameless nation,
² _t before the decree takes effect ₁
- before the day passes away _u like chaff -
_v before there comes upon you
the burning anger of the Lord,
before there comes upon you
the day of the anger of the Lord.
³ _w Seek the Lord, _x all you humble of the land,
who do his just commands; _2
y seek righteousness; seek humility;
_y perhaps _z you may be hidden
on the day of the anger of the Lord.

1. Cross References
   Jeremiah 6:15
   Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown," says the Lord.
   
2. Cross References
   Zephaniah 3:8
   Therefore wait for me," declares the Lord, "for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all my burning anger; for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be consumed.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 1:4
   The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Kings 23:26
   Still the Lord did not turn from the burning of his great wrath, by which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.
   
5. Cross References
   Amos 5:6
   Seek the Lord and live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel.
   
6. Cross References
   Psalms 76:9
   When God arose to establish judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah
   Isaiah 11:4
   But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
   
7. Cross References
   Amos 5:14 - 15
   Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.
   
8. Cross References
   Amos 5:14 - 15
   Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.
   
9. Cross References
   Isaiah 2:10
   Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendor of his majesty.
   Isaiah 26:20 - 21
   Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.