Zephaniah 1 · Verse 2

Zephaniah 1:2

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
Zephaniah 1:2, King James Version

Zephaniah 1:2 in other translations

BSB“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
WEBI will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
ASVI will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
YLTI utterly consume all from off the face of the ground, An affirmation of Jehovah.
DARBYI will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah:
BBEI will take away everything from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
WebsterI will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

What does Zephaniah 1:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. utterly consume--from a root to "sweep away," or "scrape off utterly." See Jr 8:13, Margin, and here. from off the land--of Judah.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 I will utterly consume all things - All being now ripe for destruction, I will shortly bring a universal scourge upon the land. He speaks particularly of the idolaters.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zephaniah 1:1-6

Ruin is coming, utter ruin; destruction from the Almighty. The servants of God all proclaim, There is no peace for the wicked. The expressions are figurative, speaking every where desolation; the land shall be left without inhabitants. The sinners to be consumed are, the professed idolaters, and those that worship Jehovah and idols, or swear to the Lord, and to Malcham. Those that think to divide their affections…

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Zephaniah 1:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָסֹ֨ף'a.Sofutterly <destroy>H622
אָסֵ֜ף'a.SefI will bring to an endH5486
כֹּ֗לKoleverythingH3605
מֵעַ֛לme.'Alfrom onH5921
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440
הָאֲדָמָ֖הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Zephaniah 1:2

  • Micah 7:13

    Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

  • 2 Kings 22:16-17

    Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

  • Jeremiah 36:29

    And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

  • Ezekiel 33:27-29

    Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

  • Jeremiah 24:8-10

    And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

  • Genesis 6:7

    And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

  • Jeremiah 6:8-9

    Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:21

    To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

  • Jeremiah 34:22

    Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

  • Isaiah 6:11

    Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will, etc. Heb. By taking away I will make an end.utterly.
2Ki 22:16,17; 2Ch 36:21; Isa 6:11; Jer 6:8,9; 24:8-10; 34:22; 36:29
Eze 33:27-29; Mic 7:13
land. Heb. face of the land.

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Context

  • Zephaniah 1:1

    The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

  • Zephaniah 1:2

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

  • Zephaniah 1:3

    I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

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Zephaniah 1:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Destruiré del todo todas las cosas de sobre la haz de la tierra, dice Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
J’ôterai, j’enlèverai tout de dessus la face de la terre, dit l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich werde alles von der Fläche des Erdbodens gänzlich wegraffen, spricht Jehova
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Congregans congregabo omnia a facie terræ, dicit Dominus: