Before the storm, a door: 'Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth… seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger' (2:3).

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Before the storm, a door: 'Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth… seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger' (2:3). Then judgment moves around the compass. West: Gaza forsaken, Ashkelon a desolation, Ashdod driven out at noonday, Ekron rooted up, the sea-coast left for the remnant of Judah. East: Moab and Ammon, who reproached and reviled his people, made like Sodom and Gomorrah, a possession of nettles and saltpits: 'this shall they have for their pride.' South: Ethiopia slain by the sword. North: Nineveh made dry as the wilderness, the joyous city that said in her heart, 'I am, and there is none besides me.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Zephaniah — Zephaniah overview

A. 1–3 Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth
B. 4–7 Gaza forsaken; the seacoast left for the remnant of Judah
C. 8–11 Moab and Ammon will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
D. 12–15 Ethiopia slain, and Nineveh made a dry waste

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Jeremiah 472 verses
- Jeremiah 47:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
- Jeremiah 47:7How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
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Ezekiel 252 verses
- Ezekiel 25:3Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
- Ezekiel 25:16therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
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Ezekiel 282 verses
- Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
- Ezekiel 28:9Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.
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Joel 11 verse
- Joel 1:14Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 201 verse
- 2 Chronicles 20:4So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.
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Esther 41 verse
- Esther 4:16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
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Nahum 11 verse
- Nahum 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
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Psalms 11 verse
- Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.