Zephaniah 2:11

Zephaniah 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will be awesome to them when he destroys all the gods of the earth. Distant nations will bow down to him, all of them in their own lands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord will be awesome to them, For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth; People shall worship Him, Each one from his place, Indeed all the shores of the nations.

Context of Zephaniah 2:11

9Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, “Moab will in fact become like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, A land possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them And what is left of My nation will inherit them [as their own].” 10This they shall have in return for their pride, because they have taunted and become arrogant against the people of the Lord of hosts. The Lord will be terrifying and awesome to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down and worship Him, everyone from his own place. 12“You also, O Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword.” 13And the Lord will stretch out His hand against the north And destroy Assyria, And He will make Nineveh a desolation [a wasteland], Parched as the desert.

Zephaniah 2:11 word by word

נוֹרָ֤א יְהוָה֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כִּ֣י רָזָ֔ה אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ וְיִשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־לוֹ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ כֹּ֖ל אִיֵּ֥י הַגּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• terribleיָרֵאyârê' · to fear: revereH3372
• unto them: for he will famishרָזָהrâzâh · be leanH7329
• all the godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall worshipשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• him, every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• from his placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• all the islesאִי'îy · coastlandH339
• of the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Zephaniah 2:11

• Deuteronomy 32:38Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your hiding place!
• Hosea 2:17For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will no longer be mentioned or remembered by their names.
• Zechariah 13:2“In that day,” declares the Lord of hosts, “I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the [false] prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
• Psalms 2:8Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth as Your possession.
• Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,
• Psalms 72:8May he also rule from sea to sea And from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.
• Psalms 86:9All nations whom You have made shall come and kneel down in worship before You, O Lord, And they shall glorify Your name.
• Psalms 97:6The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory and brilliance.
• Psalms 117:1O praise the Lord, all you nations! Praise Him, all you people!
• Psalms 138:4All the kings of the land will give thanks and praise You, O Lord, When they have heard of the promises of Your mouth [which were fulfilled].
• Isaiah 2:2Now it will come to pass that In the last days The mountain of the house of the Lord Will be [firmly] established as the highest of the mountains, And will be exalted above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it.
• Isaiah 11:9They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea.
• Micah 4:1But it shall come about in the last days That the mountain of the house of the Lord Shall be established as the highest and chief of the mountains; It shall be above the hills, And peoples shall flow [like a river] to it.
• Zechariah 2:11“Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day and shall be My people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know (recognize, understand fully) that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.
• Zechariah 8:20“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will come to pass that peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will come [to Jerusalem].
• Zechariah 14:9And the Lord shall be king over all the earth; in that day the Lord shall be the only one [worshiped], and His name the only one.

Commentaries on Zephaniah 2:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11He will famish all the gods of the earth - They shall have no more sacrifices; their worship shall be entirely destroyed. Idolaters supposed that their gods actually fed on the fumes and spirituous exhalations that arose from the burnt-offerings which they made unto their idols. It is in reference to this opinion that the Lord says, "He will famish all the gods of the land."Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-15Verses 4-15 Those are really in a woful condition who have the word of the Lord against them, for no word of his shall fall to the ground. God will restore his people to their rights, though long kept from them. It has been the common lot of God's people, in all ages, to be reproached and reviled. God shall be worshipped, not only by all Israel, and the strangers who join them, but by the heathen. Remote nations must be reckoned with for the wrongs done…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11nations … will bow in worship to Him: At the end of history, everyone everywhere will worship God alone (Zephaniah 3:9; Psalm 66:4; Micah 4:1–2; Zechariah 14:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. famish--bring low by taking from the idols their former fame; as beasts are famished by their food being withheld. Also by destroying the kingdoms under the tutelage of idols (Psa 96:4; Is 46:1). gods of the earth--who have their existence only on earth, not in heaven as the true God. every one from his place--each in his own Gentile home, taught by the Jews in the true religion: not in Jerusalem alone shall men worship God, but everywhere (Psa 68:29…Read the comment

Topics related to Zephaniah 2:11

• Ammonites
• Church
• Idolatry
• Island

In the dictionaries

• Cottage
• Nahum, Book of
• Thereupon
• Famish
• Island; Isle
• Zephaniah, Book of

Commentaries on Zephaniah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings