Zephaniah 2:11

God will reveal His awesome power by starving the idols, and people from all nations will worship Him. It matters because it looks beyond judgment to the worldwide worship of the true God.

Cross-references · 30

• Zech 14:9–21On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
• Mic 4:1–3In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
• Zech 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.
• Hos 2:17For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
• Ps 117:1–2Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
• Mal 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
• Zech 2:11“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
• Gen 10:5From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
• Ps 138:4All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.
• Ps 72:8–11May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
• Zech 8:20This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
• Zech 8:23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
• 1 Tim 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
• Ps 2:8–12Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
• Ps 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
• Ps 22:27–30All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
• Ps 86:9All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
• Ps 97:6–8The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
• John 4:21–23“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
• Deut 32:38which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!
• Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
• Isa 42:10Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
• Isa 49:1Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
• Isa 2:2–4In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
• Isa 24:14–16They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.
• Isa 11:9–10They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
• Isa 42:4He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
• Joel 2:11The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?
• Zeph 3:9For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
• Zeph 1:4“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—

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