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Zephaniah 2:10

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This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.

KJV

This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.

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This verse in Zephaniah 2

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Zephaniah · Written before 420.

(Ver. 8 onwards) I have heard the reproach of Moab and the blasphemies of the sons of Ammon, who have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their borders. Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God (God remains silent), the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Moab shall be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, a land of thorns and salt pits, and a desolation forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them; the survivors of my nation shall possess them.

This site's exposition

the reproach of Moab

on Zephaniah 2:8-10

Moab and Ammon, Lot's descendants, are judged for "the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites." Verse 9 makes them "like Sodom" and "like Gomorrah," the cities their ancestor fled in Genesis 19. "The remnant of My people will plunder them," the same reversal given the Philistine coast.

This site's exposition

This they shall have in return for their pride

Verse 10 names the cause of the ruin of Moab and Ammon, their pride and their taunting of the LORD's people. An insult against Judah counts as an insult against the LORD of Hosts. Matthew Henry makes the same point on verse 8.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

This shall they have for their pride,.... This calamity shall come upon their land, the land of the Moabites and Ammonites, for their pride, which often goes before a fall; and has frequently been the cause of the ruin of kingdoms and states, and of particular persons; and indeed seems to have been the first sin of the apostate angels, and of fallen man.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Because they have reproached - See on Zep 2:8 (note).
This shall they have for their pride - Literally, “This to them instead of their pride.” Contempt and shame shall be the residue of the proud man; the exaltation shall be gone, and all which they shall gain to themselves shall be shame. Moab and Ammon are the types of heretics . As they were akin to the people of God, but hating it; akin to Abraham through a lawless birth, but ever molesting the children of Abraham, so heretics profess to believe in Christ, to be children of Christ, and yet ever seek to overthrow the faith of Christians.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • זֹ֥אתthis

    zotH2063 →

  • לָהֶ֖ם[will belong] to them

    lahem

  • תַּ֣חַתin place of

    tachatH8478 →

  • גְּאוֹנָ֑םpride their

    geonamH1347 →

  • כִּ֤יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • חֵֽרְפוּ֙they reproached

    cherefuH2778 →

  • וַיַּגְדִּ֔לוּand they magnified themselves

    vaiyagdiluH1431 →

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • עַ֖ם[the] people of

    ʾamH5971 →1873 times

  • יְהוָ֥הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • צְבָאֽוֹת׃of hosts

    tzevaotH6635 →485 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Isaiah 16:6We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.6 worksJeremiah 48:29We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.4 worksEzekiel 25:6For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,4 worksZephaniah 2:8“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.3 worksLamentations 1:9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!3 worksZechariah 9:6A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.2 worksIsaiah 10:12–15So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.2 worksObadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’2 works1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”2 worksIsaiah 37:22–29this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.2 worksEzekiel 38:14–18Therefore prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when My people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not take notice of this?2 worksDaniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.2 worksDaniel 5:20–23But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.2 worksExodus 9:17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.2 worksJeremiah 48:14How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?2 worksJeremiah 48:27Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.2 worksJob 19:5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 10:3

    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people…

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 5:6

      Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

    • 1 Kings 21:29

      “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house…

    • James 4:10

      Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 48:29

    We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 16:6

      We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.

  • Through

    Isaiah 16:6

    We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.

    it leads to

    • Amos 2:1

      This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.

    • Obadiah 1:3–4

      The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

    • Jeremiah 48:29–30

      We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.

  • Through

    Zephaniah 2:8

    “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 83:4–7

      saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

Where this verse is studied

About Zephaniah

Zephaniah: the study guide →Read Zephaniah 2 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Jerome, Commentary on Zephaniah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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