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Zephaniah 1:3

“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.

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ASV

I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

KJV

I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָסֵ֨ף'a.SefI will bring to an endH5486 →
אָדָ֜ם'a.Damhuman beingH120 →
וּבְהֵמָ֗הu.ve.he.Mahand animalH929 →
אָסֵ֤ף'a.SefI will bring to an endH5486 →
עוֹף־'of-[the] bird[s] ofH5775 →
הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וּדְגֵ֣יu.de.Geiand [the] fish<es> ofH1709 →
הַיָּ֔םhai.Yamthe seaH3220 →
וְהַמַּכְשֵׁל֖וֹתve.ha.makh.she.Lotand the stumbling-blocksH4384 →
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
הָרְשָׁעִ֑יםha.re.sha.'Imthe wicked [people]H7563 →
וְהִכְרַתִּ֣יve.hikh.ra.Tiand I will cut offH3772 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאָדָ֗םha.'a.Dam<the> humankindH120 →
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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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.”Hosea 4:3Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,Ezekiel 7:19They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.Jeremiah 50:3For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”Isaiah 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.Matthew 23:39For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”Ezekiel 14:13–21“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”Isaiah 2:18and the idols will vanish completely.Jeremiah 21:6I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’Ezekiel 14:3–7“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?Zechariah 13:2And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.Ezekiel 15:6–8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.Jeremiah 4:23–29I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.Hosea 14:8O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.Micah 5:11–14I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.

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