Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD will be awesome to them when he destroys all the gods of the earth. Distant nations will bow down to him, all of them in their own lands. New Living Translation The LORD will terrify them as he destroys all the gods in the land. Then nations around the world will worship the LORD, each in their own land. English Standard Version The LORD will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations. Berean Standard Bible The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place. King James Bible The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. New King James Version The LORD will be awesome to them, For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth; People shall worship Him, Each one from his place, Indeed all the shores of the nations. New American Standard Bible The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place. NASB 1995 The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place. NASB 1977 The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh will be fearsome to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place. Amplified Bible The LORD will be terrifying and awesome to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down and worship Him, everyone from his own place. Christian Standard Bible The LORD will be terrifying to them when he starves all the gods of the earth. Then all the distant coasts and islands of the nations will bow in worship to him, each in its own place. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then all the distant coastlands of the nations will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place. American Standard Version Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations. Aramaic Bible in Plain English LORD JEHOVAH has revealed to them that he shall destroy all of the Kings of the Earth and they shall worship him, each man from his place, all of the islands of the seas Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, even all the islands of the nations. Contemporary English Version I will fiercely attack. Then every god on this earth will shrink to nothing, and everyone of every nation will bow down to me, right where they are. Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord shall be terrible upon them, and shall consume all the gods of the earth: and they shall adore him every man from his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles. English Revised Version The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD will terrify them, because he will make all the gods of the earth waste away. So every person from every coast and nation will bow to him. Good News Translation The LORD will terrify them. He will reduce the gods of the earth to nothing, and then every nation will worship him, each in its own land. International Standard Version The LORD will incite them to terror, because he will cause all the gods of the earth to waste away. They will worship him, every person in his own home, including even the coastlands of the nations." JPS Tanakh 1917 The LORD will be terrible unto them; For He will famish all the gods of the earth; Then shall all the isles of the nations worship Him, Every one from its place. Literal Standard Version Fearful [is] YHWH against them, | For He made all gods of the land bare, | And all islanders of the nations bow themselves to Him, | Each from his place. Majority Standard Bible The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place. New American Bible The LORD shall inspire them with terror when he makes all the gods of earth waste away; Then the distant shores of the nations, each from its own place, shall bow down to him. NET Bible The LORD will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the LORD in their own lands. New Revised Standard Version The LORD will be terrible against them; he will shrivel all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the coasts and islands of the nations. New Heart English Bible The LORD will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations. Webster's Bible Translation The LORD will be terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. World English Bible Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations. Young's Literal Translation Fearful is Jehovah against them, For He made bare all gods of the land, And bow themselves to Him, each from his place, Do all islanders of the nations. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Judgment on Moab and Ammon…10This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. 11The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place. Cross References Psalm 72:8 May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. Psalm 72:10 May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. Isaiah 24:15 Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea. Jeremiah 10:11 Thus you are to tell them: "These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens." Jeremiah 46:25 The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: "Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh. Daniel 11:18 Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him. Joel 2:11 The 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? Treasury of Scripture The LORD will be terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. for. Deuteronomy 32:38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. Hosea 2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. Zechariah 13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. famish. Psalm 2:8-12 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession… Psalm 22:27-30 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee… Psalm 72:8-11,17 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth… the isles. Genesis 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. Isaiah 24:14-16 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea… Isaiah 42:4,10 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law… Jump to Previous Awesome Bow Coastlands Earth Famish Fearful Feeble Gods Heathen Isles Nations Shores Starve Terrible Terrifying Themselves WorshipJump to Next Awesome Bow Coastlands Earth Famish Fearful Feeble Gods Heathen Isles Nations Shores Starve Terrible Terrifying Themselves WorshipZephaniah 2 1. An exhortation to repentance.4. The judgment of the Philistines, 8. of Moab and Ammon, 12. of Ethiopia, 13. and of Assyria. Verse 11. - § 4. Before passing to the judgment on the nations of the south and north, the prophet shows the object of all these chastisements: God destroys idolatry in order that pure religion may reign over all the earth. The Lord will be terrible unto them. The Lord shows himself as a terrible God over the Moabites and Ammonites, but only as parts of the heathen world, and with a view to a universal result This is the purpose of the revelation of himself as Judge. Septuagint, Ἐπιφανήσεται Κύριος ἐπ αὐτούς, "The Lord will appear against them." For he will famish all the gods of the earth. The verb means literally, "to make lean," and then "to destroy;" hence the LXX., ἐξολοθρεύσει. The word may be chosen in order to express the idea that worshippers will no more be found to offer sacrifices and drink offerings to the gods (see Bel and the Dragon 6, 12). The nations being destroyed, the gods reverenced by them would vanish and be heard of no more. Men shall worship him. Idolatry abolished, men shall learn to worship Jehovah. Every one from his place. Every one shall worship God in his own place and country; the Lord shall be universally recognized, and his worship shall no longer be confined to one temple or one land, but wherever men dwell there shall they offer their homage and adoration (comp. Isaiah 19:18, 19; Malachi 1:11, where the same truth is signified). Such passages as Micah 4:1 and Zechariah 14:16, which seem to imply that all nations are to come up to the material Jerusalem to pay their devotions, require evidently a spiritual interpretation, and denote that the heathen converted to Christ shall be received into the Church, and join in the worship of the true Israel. The isles of the heathen; or, coasts of the nations; the most distant countries that lie across the seas (Genesis 10:5; Psalm 72:10; Isaiah 11:11, etc.). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will be terrifying נוֹרָ֤א (nō·w·rā) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten to them עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against when כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction He starves רָזָ֔ה (rā·zāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7329: To emaciate, make, thin all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the gods אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of the earth. הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Then the nations הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts of every כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every shore אִיֵּ֥י (’î·yê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 339: A habitable spot, dry land, a coast, an island will bow in worship וְיִשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־ (wə·yiš·ta·ḥă·wū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate to Him, לוֹ֙ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew each אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person in their own place. מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ (mim·mə·qō·w·mōw) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition Links Zephaniah 2:11 NIVZephaniah 2:11 NLT Zephaniah 2:11 ESV Zephaniah 2:11 NASB Zephaniah 2:11 KJV Zephaniah 2:11 BibleApps.com Zephaniah 2:11 Biblia Paralela Zephaniah 2:11 Chinese Bible Zephaniah 2:11 French Bible Zephaniah 2:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Zephaniah 2:11 Yahweh will be awesome to them (Zeph. 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