Zephaniah 1:2 ““I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,”…”

Zephaniah 1:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

I will surely destroy all things from off the land, saith the Lord.

Darby Translation

I will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah:

Young's Literal Translation

I utterly consume all from off the face of the ground, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

I will take away everything from the face of the earth, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“utterly”

Micah 7:13 Jeremiah 36:29 Ezekiel 33:27–29 2 Chronicles 36:21 Isaiah 6:11 Jeremiah 24:8–10

Micah 7:13 · BSB

Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.

Jeremiah 36:29 · BSB

You 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 an…

Ezekiel 33:27–29 · BSB

Tell 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 w…

2 Chronicles 36:21 · BSB

So 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 spoken through Jeremiah.

Isaiah 6:11 · BSB

Then 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,

Jeremiah 24:8–10 · BSB

But 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 Eg…

Also

Genesis 6:7

Genesis 6:7 · BSB

So 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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:

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.

Read Zephaniah 1