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

9The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says, ‘You can be sure that I live. In the same way, you can also be sure that my people will take everything for themselves. God will destroy Moab as he destroyed Sodom. He will destroy Ammon as he destroyed Gomorrah. After this, the ground will have lots of salt on it. Weeds will grow there. Nobody will build anything there again. My people who are still alive will take for themselves the Ammonites' things and the Moabites' things.’ 10That will happen to all proud people. The proud people said cruel words to God's people. The cruel people thought that they were greater than the people of the Lord Almighty. The Lord will make them afraid. He will destroy all the false gods. People will worship him instead. Every person, in his own place, will worship God. They will also worship him in the places where the people now believe in false gods. 12‘I will also punish you people in the country called Ethiopia. Other people will kill you with a big knife,’ the Lord says. 13The Lord will go against the north. There, he will destroy the country called Assyria. He will also destroy Nineveh city. That place will become as dry as a 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 32:38You fed them with the best part of your sacrifices. You let them drink the wine from your offerings. So they should be there to help you! They should keep you safe!
• Hosea 2:17I will never again let you speak the names of the idols of Baal.
• Zechariah 13:2The Lord Almighty says, ‘On that day, I will remove the names of false gods from the country. Everyone will forget them. I will remove all the false prophets. And I will remove the bad spirit that is not holy.
• Psalms 2:8Ask me and see what I will do! I will give you all the nations on the earth. They will all belong to you.
• Psalms 22:27People everywhere in the world will respect the Lord. They will turn to him for help. Families from all nations will worship you.
• Psalms 72:8May the king rule everywhere, from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates river to the ends of the earth.
• Psalms 86:9You have made all the nations of the world, and they will all come to worship you, my Lord. They will agree that your name is great.
• Psalms 97:6The sky itself tells us that he is righteous People from every nation see his glory.
• Psalms 117:1All you nations in the world, praise the Lord! People from every place, praise him!
• Psalms 138:4All the kings in the world will thank you, Lord, when they hear the promises that you have made.
• Isaiah 2:2This is what will happen in the last days. The mountain where the Lord's temple is will continue to be there. It will be the most important mountain of all. It will be higher than all the hills around it. People from every nation will go there all the time.
• Isaiah 11:9Nothing will hurt or destroy anything else anywhere on my holy mountain. Instead, people will know the Lord all over the earth, as water fills the whole sea.
• Micah 4:1In the last days, the mountain where the Lord's house is will be the highest mountain. It will be the most important of all the mountains. It will be higher than the hills, and people from many countries will go to it.
• Zechariah 2:11‘On that day, the people from many countries will come to me, the Lord, and they will become my people. I will live among you. You will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.
• Zechariah 8:20‘People that live in many countries will come to Jerusalem,’ says the Lord Almighty.
• Zechariah 14:9The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day, there will be only one Lord and he will have only one name.

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