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 — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel — Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah: a place overgrown with weeds, a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the remainder of my nation will dispossess them. 10This is what they get for their pride, because they have taunted and acted arrogantly against the people of the Lord of Armies. The Lord will be terrifying to them when he starves all the gods of the earth. Then all the distant coasts and islands of the nations will bow in worship to him, each in its own place. 12You Cushites will also be slain by my sword. 13He will also stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria; he will make Nineveh a desolate ruin, dry 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 offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let it be a shelter for you.
• Hosea 2:17For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth; they will no longer be remembered by their names.
• Zechariah 13:2On that day” — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies — “I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will banish the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
• Psalms 2:8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance and the ends of the earth your possession.
• Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord. All the families of the nations will bow down before you,
• Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
• Psalms 86:9All the nations you have made will come and bow down before you, Lord, and will honor your name.
• Psalms 97:6The heavens proclaim his righteousness; all the peoples see his glory.
• Psalms 117:1Praise the Lord, all nations! Glorify him, all peoples!
• Psalms 138:4All the kings on earth will give you thanks, Lord, when they hear what you have promised.
• Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. All nations will stream to it,
• Isaiah 11:9They will not harm or destroy each other on my entire holy mountain, for the land will be as full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is filled with water.
• Micah 4:1In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. Peoples will stream to it,
• Zechariah 2:11“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.
• Zechariah 8:20The Lord of Armies says this: “Peoples will yet come, the residents of many cities;
• Zechariah 14:9On that day the Lord will become King over the whole earth — the Lord alone, and his name alone.

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