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Zephaniah 1:2

“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.

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ASV

I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

KJV

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָסֹ֨ף'a.Sofutterly <destroy>H622 →
אָסֵ֜ף'a.SefI will bring to an endH5486 →
כֹּ֗לKoleverythingH3605 →
מֵעַ֛לme.'Alfrom onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
הָאֲדָמָ֖הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Micah 7:13Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.2 Kings 22:16–17that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read,Jeremiah 36:29You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’Ezekiel 33:27–29Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.Habakkuk 1:5“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.Jeremiah 6:8–9Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”Jeremiah 24:8–10But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.Jeremiah 34:22Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”Isaiah 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,2 Chronicles 36:21So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.Genesis 6:7So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”Micah 2:4In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”

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