Zephaniah 2:13
Zephaniah · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.”Zephaniah 2:13
What Does Zephaniah 2:13 Mean?
Zephaniah 2:13 is found in the book of Zephaniah, chapter 2, verse 13 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Zephaniah 2:13 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Nahum 1:1“The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.”Jonah 1:2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.”Nahum 3:7“And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?”Isaiah 10:5“O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.”Nahum 1:8“But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.”Isaiah 10:12“Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.”Isaiah 10:16“Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.”Jeremiah 49:33“And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.”Nahum 2:10“She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.”Nahum 3:18“Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.”Zechariah 10:11“And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.”Genesis 10:11“Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,”Psalms 83:8“Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.”Psalms 107:33“He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;”Isaiah 11:11“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.”Isaiah 14:17“That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?”Jeremiah 50:18“Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.”Ezekiel 31:3“Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.”Jonah 3:2“Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.”Micah 5:6“And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.”
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