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ZEP 2:4–2:15 ©

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The demolition of me place near Israel

Zep 2:4–15

2:4 The demolition of me place near Israel

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Collected OET-RV cross-references

Isa 14:29-31:

29[ref] 30

31


14:29-31: Jer 47:1-7; Eze 25:15-17; Yoel 3:4-8; Amos 1:6-8; Zeph 2:4-7; Zech 9:5-7.

Jer 47:1-7:

47:1 The speech of God concerning the me from-Pilistiya

47[ref] 2

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47:1-7: Isa 14:29-31; Eze 25:15-17; Yoel 3:4-8; Amos 1:6-8; Zeph 2:4-7; Zech 9:5-7.

Eze 25:15-17:

25:15 The punishment of Pilistiya

15[ref] 16 17


25:15-17: Yoel 3:4-8; Amos 1:6-8; Jdg 13:1; 1Sam 4:1.

Yoel 3:4-8:

4[ref] 5 6 7 8


3:4-8: Isa 23:1-18; Eze 26:1–28:26; Amos 1:9-10; Zech 9:1-4; Mat 11:21-22; Luk 10:13-14.

Amos 1:6-8:

1:6 The punishment of Pilistiya

6[ref] 7 8


1:6-8: Isa 14:29-31; Jer 47:1-7; Eze 25:15-17; Yoel 3:4-8; Zeph 2:4-7; Zech 9:5-7.

Zech 9:5-7:


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9:5-7: Isa 14:29-31; Jer 47:1-7; Eze 25:15-17; Yoel 3:4-8; Amos 1:6-8; Zeph 2:4-7.

Isa 15:1–16:14:

15:1 Egdereetan of God the me from-Moab

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

16:0 Not/None egpangkusan of egkeula-ula of Moab

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15:1–16:14: Isa 25:10-12; Jer 48:1-47; Eze 25:8-11; Amos 2:1-3; Zeph 2:8-11.

25:10-12:

25:10 The pegdusa of God of Moab

10[ref] 11 12


25:10-12: Isa 15:1–16:14; Jer 48:1-47; Eze 25:8-11; Amos 2:1-3; Zeph 2:8-11.

Jer 48:1-47:

48:1 The speech of God concerning the me from-Moab

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48:10 Destroyed e the cities of Moab

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48:25 The pegpeyilew of Moab

26 27

28 29 30 31 32 33

34 35

36 37 38 39

48:39 Kenad eg-alihu the Moab

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48:1-47: Isa 15:1–16:14; 25:10-12; Eze 25:8-11; Amos 2:1-3; Zeph 2:8-11.

Eze 25:8-11:

25:8 The punishment of Moab

8[ref] 9 10 11


25:8-11: Gen 19:36-37; 25:10-12; Jer 48:1-47; Amos 2:1-3; Zeph 2:8-11.

Amos 1:13-15:

1:13 The punishment of Amun

13[ref] 14 15


1:13-15: Jer 49:1-6; Eze 21:28-32; 25:1-7; Zeph 2:8-11.

Jer 49:1-6:

49:1 The speech of God concerning the me from-Amun

49[ref] 2 3 4 5 6


49:1-6: Eze 21:28-32; 25:1-7; Amos 1:13-15; Zeph 2:8-11.

Eze 21:28-32:

21:28 The warning of God of Amonites

28[ref] 29

21:29 The egpangkusan of me from-Babylon

30 31 32


21:28-32: Jer 49:1-6; Eze 25:1-7; Amos 1:3-15; Zeph 2:8-11; Gen 19:36-38; Jdg 3:12-13; 10:6-11.

25:1-7:

The judging of God of nations

(25:1–32:32)

25:1 The punishment of Amun

25[ref] 2 3 4 5

6 7


25:1-7: Jer 49:1-6; Eze 21:28-32; Amos 1:13-15; Zeph 2:8-11.

Amos 1:13-15:

1:13 The punishment of Amun

13[ref] 14 15


1:13-15: Jer 49:1-6; Eze 21:28-32; 25:1-7; Zeph 2:8-11.

Gen 19:24:

24Then Yahweh rained burning sulfur down onto Sodom and Gomorrah,[ref]


19:24-25: Mat 10:15; 11:23-24; Luk 10:12; 17:29; 2Pe 2:6; Yud 7.

Isa 18:1-7:

18:1 The speech of God there to Itiyupiya

18[ref] 2

3 4 5 6

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18:1-7: Zeph 2:12.

Isa 10:5-34:

10:5 Used of God the Asirya

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10:19 The return of nenasame

20 21 22[ref] 23

10:23 The pegdusa of Master of Asirya

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10:27 The invasion of enemies

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10:5-34: Isa 14:24-27; Nah 1:1–3:19; Zeph 2:13-15.

10:22-23: Rom 9:27.

14:24-27:

14:24 Egdereetan of God the me from-Asirya

24[ref] 25 26 27


14:24-27: Isa 10:5-34; Nah 1:1–3:19; Zeph 2:13-15.

Nah 1:1–3:19:

1This document is a declaration about Nineveh city which was given to Nahum from Elkosh as a vision.[ref]

1:1 Yahweh’s anger at Nineveh

2Yahweh is a jealous[fn] God who avenges.

Yahweh avenges and is full of anger.

He takes vengeance on his opponents,

and he continues to be angry with his enemies.

3Yahweh is slow to get angry, but very powerful.

He certainly won’t allow guilty people to go unpunished.


He walks among whirlwinds and storms,

and clouds are like dust stirred up by his feet.

4He scolds the ocean and makes it sand.

He dries up all the rivers.

Bashan and Karmel wither up.

He makes the flowers wilt in Lebanon.

5The mountains shake when he appears,

and the hills melt.

The ground heaves at his presence

actually the entire world and all its residents.


6What can withstand his indignation?

Who can resist his fierce anger?

His anger is poured out like fire,

and rocks shatter in front of him.

7Yahweh is good at sheltering us when trouble comes.

He recognises those go to him for protection.

8He’ll completely destroy his opponents with a rushing flood.

He will chase his enemies into the darkness.

9Whatever is plotted against Yahweh,

he’ll completely destroy it.

Trouble won’t return a second time.

10They’ll get tangled up as if in thorns,

and they’ll walk like drunks.

They’ll be burnt up completely like dry stubble.


11Someone in Nineveh made a decision,

to plot evil against Yahweh.

Someone with wicked plans.

12This is what Yahweh says:

Even though the Assyrians are numerous and well equipped.

they’ll be destroyed anyway and will be no more.

Although I’ve afflicted you my people,

I won’t afflict you any more.

13I’ll free your neck from their harness.

I’ll snap their chains that are holding you.


14Yahweh has given instructions about you, Nineveh.

You’ll have no more descendants to carry on your name.

I’ll destroy your idols and images in your temples.

I’ll dig your grave because you’re despised.


15My people, look, a messenger is running across the hills.[ref]

He’ll be bringing good news—announcing peace.

So celebrate your festivals Yehudah, and keep your promises,

because that wicked country won’t invade you again—it’ll be destroyed.

2:0 Nineveh’s coming destruction

2The ones who’ll scatter you are getting ready to attack you.

Guard the city walls.

Watch the roads.

Be dressed for battle.

Gather your troops together.

2Yahweh is restoring Yakob’s (Jacob’s) greatness,

like Israel’s greatness before,

even though the invaders took their valuables and destroyed their vineyards.

3The enemy’s powerful warriors hold red shields,

and his soldiers are dressed in scarlet.

The metal on their chariots gleams

as they get them ready that day,

and their cypress spears are held ready.


4Their chariots drive madly through the streets,

and rush back and forth across the squares.

They look like flaming torches,

and dart across like lightning.

5He calls his officers—

They stumble as they march.


They hurry to attack the city wall,

and to set up the movable roof for protection.

6The river gates are forced open,

and the palace collapses in the flood.

7She’s[fn] stripped ready to be taken away.

Her slave girls moan like doves as they beat their chests.

8In the good days, Nineveh was like a refreshing pool of water.

but now they’re fleeing from it.

“Stop, stop,” they say, but no one comes back.


9“Grab the gold, seize the silver.”

There’s no end to the treasure.

Plenty of valuable things.


10Nineveh’s all emptiness and desolation,

devastation and hearts melting.

Knees trembling and aching stomachs.

Their faces all gone very pale.

11What happened to that ‘lion’s den’—

the place where young cubs were fed?

The place where the lion and lioness walked—

where the cubs were safe with nothing to terrify them.

12The lion tore apart enough for the cubs,

and strangled prey for his lionesses.

He filled his lairs with prey

and his dens with torn flesh.

13Army commander Yahweh declares that he’s against you.

He’ll burn your chariots up in smoke,

and your young men will be killed with swords.

He’ll take your prey away from you,

and the voices of your messengers won’t be heard anymore.

3The city of bloodshed will have a bad end.

It’s full of lies and stolen property.

Always taking plunder—never letting go.

2The sound of whips and the rattling of wheels.

Horses galloping and chariots jolting.

3Charging horsemen, flashing swords, glittering spears.

Many slainheaps of corpses.

Uncountable bodies—people trip over them.

4That will happen because the beautiful prostitute had so much business.

She’s the mistress of witchcraft.

She attracts other countries with her prostitution.

She attracts other peoples with her sorceries.

5Army commander Yahweh declares that he’s against you.

He’ll lift your skirt up over your head,

and show your nakeness to the other countries.

Show your shame to the various kingdoms.

6I throw disgusting filth at you

and treat you with contempt.

I’ll make a spectacle of you.

7Everyone who sees you will run away

and say, ‘Nineveh is destroyed.’

Who will weep for her?

Where can I find someone who’ll comfort her?


8Are you better than Thebes city[fn] was,

where the Nile surrounded and protected her?

Where the water was one of her secure walls.

9Ethopia and Egypt were her strength,

and her strength had no limit.

Put and Libya were her allies.


10Yet Thebes was taken as an exile

taken into captivity.

Her young children were dashed to pieces at the top of every street.

Her captors threw dice for her nobles.

All her leading men were bound in chains.


11You, too, will become drunk.

You’ll look for places to hide.

You’ll try to find somewhere to be safe from your enemies.

12All your fortresses will be like fig trees

with the early fruit now ready.

When they’re shaken

the fruit falls right into the mouth of the eater.

13See, your troops are like weak women.

Your city gates will be opened wide to your enemies

their cross-bars will be destroyed by fire.

14Get water from the wells to store for the siege.

Strengthen your fortifications.

Fetch clay and start working it.

Get the molds ready to make bricks.

15Even so, fire will devour you.

The sword will cut you down.

They’ll chew you up like locusts.

You need to multiply like locusts and grasshoppers.

16You have so many merchants

more than the stars in the sky.

Like locusts, they strip valuables and then fly away.

17Your many guards are like locusts,

and you have a swarm of officials.

On a cold morning they settle on the walls,

but when the sun rises they fly away

to some place that nobody knows about.


18You, king of Assyia,

your shepherds have fallen asleep.

Your nobles have settled down for a break.

Your people will be scattered across the hills,

with no one to gather them again.

19Your pain will get no relief

your wound is too severe.

Everyone who hears the news about you will do a high-five,

because there’s no one who hasn’t experienced your cruelty.


1:2 Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, Yahweh often compares peoples who worship idols (instead of him,the creator) similar to a spouse that has an affair.

2:7 Possibly referring to the city of Nineveh itself, or possibly to its queen.

3:8 Ancient No-Amon—modern Luxor in Egypt.


1:1–3:19: Isa 10:5-34; 14:24-27; Zeph 2:13-15.

1:15: Isa 52:7.