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 Adonai-Tzva’ot God of Israel, Moab will be like Sodom and Ammon like Gomorrah— a possession of weeds and a salt pit, a perpetual wasteland. The remainder of My people will plunder them. The remnant of My nation will dispossess them. 10This is what they will get for their pride, for they have taunted and expanded against the people of Adonai-Tzva’ot. Adonai will be fearsome against them. For all the gods of the earth He will make waste away. To Him will bow, each from its place, the islands of the nations. 12You Ethiopians too will be slain by My sword. 13He will stretch out his hand against the north and devastate Assyria and make Nineveh as a wasteland— 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 32:38Who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their libation? Let them rise up and help you and be a shelter over you!
• Hosea 2:17I will give her back her vineyards from there and make the valley of Achor a door of hope. She will respond there— as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of the land of Egypt.
• Zechariah 13:2It will happen in that day”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—“that I will erase the names of the idols from the land and they will no longer be remembered. Furthermore, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
• Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will give the nations as Your inheritance, and the far reaches of the earth as Your possession.
• Psalms 22:27Let the poor eat and be satisfied. Let them who seek after Him praise Adonai. May your hearts live forever!
• Psalms 72:8May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
• Psalms 86:9All nations You have made will come and bow down before You, my Lord, and they will glorify Your Name.
• Psalms 97:6The heavens declare His righteousness, and all the peoples have seen His glory.
• Psalms 117:1Praise Adonai, all you nations! Glorify Him, all you peoples.
• Psalms 138:4All the kings of the earth will praise You, Adonai, when they hear Your mouth’s speech.
• Isaiah 2:2It will come to pass in the last days that the mountain of Adonai’s House will stand firm as head of the mountains and will be exalted above the hills. So all nations will flow 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 Adonai, as the waters cover the sea.
• Micah 4:1But at the end of days the mountain of Adonai’s House will be established as chief of the mountains, and will be raised above the hills. Peoples will flow up to it.
• Zechariah 2:11“Oy , Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.”
• Zechariah 8:20Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “Peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will again come.
• Zechariah 14:9Adonai will then be King over all the earth. In that day Adonai will be Echad and His Name Echad.

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

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In the dictionaries

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• Thereupon
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• 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