Zephaniah 2:15 Cross References

Zephaniah 2:15

15: This is the fate of that boisterous city, once so secure. "In all the world there is no city as great as I," it boasted. But now, look how it has become an utter ruin, a place where animals live! Everyone passing that way will laugh in derision or shake a defiant fist.

Ezekiel 28:2

  1. "Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD: In your great pride you claim, `I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.' But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are like a god.

Isaiah 22:2

  1. The whole city is in a terrible uproar. What do I see in this reveling city? Bodies are lying everywhere, killed by famine and disease.

Isaiah 47:7

  1. You thought, `I will reign forever as queen of the world!' You did not care at all about my people or think about the consequences of your actions.
  2. "You are a pleasure-crazy kingdom, living at ease and feeling secure, bragging as if you were the greatest in the world! You say, `I'm self-sufficient and not accountable to anyone! I will never be a widow or lose my children.'

Nahum 3:19

  1. There is no healing for your wound; your injury is fatal. All who hear of your destruction will clap their hands for joy. Where can anyone be found who has not suffered from your cruelty?

Jeremiah 19:8

  1. I will wipe Jerusalem from the face of the earth, making it a monument to their stupidity. All who pass by will be appalled and will gasp at the destruction they see there.

Lamentations 2:15

  1. All who pass by jeer at you. They scoff and insult Jerusalem, saying, "Is this the city called `Most Beautiful in All the World' and `Joy of All the Earth'?"

Lamentations 1:1

  1. Jerusalem's streets, once bustling with people, are now silent. Like a widow broken with grief, she sits alone in her mourning. Once the queen of nations, she is now a slave.

Ezekiel 28:9

  1. Will you then boast, `I am a god!' to those who kill you? To them you will be no god but merely a man!

Isaiah 14:4

  1. you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say, "The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended.
  2. For the LORD has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule.

1 Kings 9:7

  1. then I will uproot the people of Israel from this land I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have set apart to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.
  2. And though this Temple is impressive now, it will become an appalling sight for all who pass by. They will scoff and ask, `Why did the LORD do such terrible things to his land and to his Temple?'

Ezekiel 27:36

  1. The merchants of the nations shake their heads at the sight of you, for you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.'"

Job 27:23

  1. But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.

Ezekiel 29:3

  1. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt--you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile. For you have said, `The Nile River is mine; I made it for myself!'

Lamentations 2:1

  1. The Lord in his anger has cast a dark shadow over Jerusalem. The fairest of Israel's cities lies in the dust, thrown down from the heights of heaven. In his day of awesome fury, the Lord has shown no mercy even to his Temple.

Isaiah 10:12

  1. After the Lord has used the king of Assyria to accomplish his purposes in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him--for he is proud and arrogant.
  2. He boasts, "By my own power and wisdom I have won these wars. By my own strength I have captured many lands, destroyed their kings, and carried off their treasures.
  3. By my greatness I have robbed their nests of riches and gathered up kingdoms as a farmer gathers eggs. No one can even flap a wing against me or utter a peep of protest."

Psalms 52:6

  1. The righteous will see it and be amazed. They will laugh and say,
  2. "Look what happens to mighty warriors who do not trust in God. They trust their wealth instead and grow more and more bold in their wickedness."

Revelation 18:7

  1. She has lived in luxury and pleasure, so match it now with torments and sorrows. She boasts, 'I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow. I will not experience sorrow.'
  2. Therefore, the sorrows of death and mourning and famine will overtake her in a single day. She will be utterly consumed by fire, for the Lord God who judges her is mighty."
  3. And the rulers of the world who took part in her immoral acts and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains.
  4. They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out, "How terrible, how terrible for Babylon, that great city! In one single moment God's judgment came on her."
  5. The merchants of the world will weep and mourn for her, for there is no one left to buy their goods.

Matthew 27:39

  1. And the people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery.

Isaiah 32:9

  1. Listen, you women who lie around in lazy ease. Listen to me, and I will tell you of your reward.
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