Quotes about Judgment
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
— Zephaniah 1:9
On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
— Zephaniah 1:10
The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.
— Zephaniah 1:14
That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
— Zephaniah 1:15
a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
— Zephaniah 1:16
I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
— Zephaniah 1:17
For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
— Zephaniah 2:4
Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
— Zephaniah 2:5
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
— Zephaniah 2:9
This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
— Zephaniah 2:10
“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”
— Zephaniah 2:12
Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
— Zephaniah 3:1