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Distant nations will bow down to him, all of them in their own lands. <a href="/nlt/zephaniah/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> The LORD will terrify them as he destroys all the gods in the land. Then nations around the world will worship the LORD, each in their own land. <a href="/esv/zephaniah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> The LORD will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations. <a href="/bsb/zephaniah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place. <a href="/kjv/zephaniah/2.htm">King James Bible</a> The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. <a href="/nkjv/zephaniah/2.htm">New King James Version</a> The LORD will be awesome to them, For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth; People shall worship Him, Each one from his place, Indeed all the shores of the nations. <a href="/nasb_/zephaniah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place. <a href="/nasb/zephaniah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place. <a href="/nasb77/zephaniah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place. <a href="/lsb/zephaniah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Yahweh will be fearsome to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place. <a href="/amp/zephaniah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The LORD will be terrifying and awesome to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down and worship Him, everyone from his own place. <a href="/csb/zephaniah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD will be terrifying to them when he starves all the gods of the earth. Then all the distant coasts and islands of the nations will bow in worship to him, each in its own place. <a href="/hcsb/zephaniah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then all the distant coastlands of the nations will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place. <a href="/asv/zephaniah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations. <a href="/cev/zephaniah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I will fiercely attack. Then every god on this earth will shrink to nothing, and everyone of every nation will bow down to me, right where they are. <a href="/erv/zephaniah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations. <a href="/gwt/zephaniah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD will terrify them, because he will make all the gods of the earth waste away. So every person from every coast and nation will bow to him. <a href="/gnt/zephaniah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD will terrify them. He will reduce the gods of the earth to nothing, and then every nation will worship him, each in its own land. <a href="/isv/zephaniah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> The LORD will incite them to terror, because he will cause all the gods of the earth to waste away. They will worship him, every person in his own home, including even the coastlands of the nations." <a href="/msb/zephaniah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place. <a href="/net/zephaniah/2.htm">NET Bible</a> The LORD will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the LORD in their own lands. <a href="/nheb/zephaniah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The LORD will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations. <a href="/wbt/zephaniah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The LORD will be terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. <a href="/web/zephaniah/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/zephaniah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Fearful [is] YHWH against them, "" For He made all gods of the land bare, "" And all islanders of the nations bow themselves to Him, "" Each from his place. <a href="/ylt/zephaniah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Fearful is Jehovah against them, For He made bare all gods of the land, And bow themselves to Him, each from his place, Do all islanders of the nations. <a href="/slt/zephaniah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> God being terrible to them, for he made lean all the gods of the earth; and they shall worship to him each from his place, all the isles of the nations.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/zephaniah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The Lord shall be terrible upon them, and shall consume all the gods of the earth: and they shall adore him every man from his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles. <a href="/cpdv/zephaniah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The Lord will be a horror over them, and he will reduce all the gods of the earth. And they will adore him, each man from his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles. <a href="/nabre/zephaniah/2.htm">New American Bible</a> The LORD shall inspire them with terror when he makes all the gods of earth waste away; Then the distant shores of the nations, each from its own place, shall bow down to him. <a href="/nrsvce/zephaniah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD will be terrible against them; he will shrivel all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the coasts and islands of the nations.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/zephaniah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For the LORD has declared to them that he shall destroy all the kings of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the seas. <a href="/hpbt/zephaniah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> LORD JEHOVAH has revealed to them that he shall destroy all of the Kings of the Earth and they shall worship him, each man from his place, all of the islands of the seas<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/zephaniah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> The LORD will be terrible unto them; For He will famish all the gods of the earth; Then shall all the isles of the nations worship Him, Every one from its place. <a href="/sep/zephaniah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, even all the islands of the nations. <a href="/parallel/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T0cd_1JKnyY?start=348" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/zephaniah/2.htm">The Judgment on Moab and Ammon</a> …10This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. 11<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="3372: nō·w·rā (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten. A primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. To frighten.">will be terrifying</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">when</a> <a href="/hebrew/7329.htm" title="7329: rā·zāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To be or grow lean. A primitive root; to emaciate, i.e. Make thin.">He starves</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">Then the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of every</a> <a href="/hebrew/339.htm" title="339: ’î·yê (N-mpc) -- Coast, region. From 'avah; properly, a habitable spot; dry land, a coast, an island.">shore</a> <a href="/hebrew/7812.htm" title="7812: wə·yiš·ta·ḥă·wū- (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjImperf-3mp) -- To bow down. A primitive root; to depress, i.e. Prostrate.">will bow in worship</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">to Him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">each</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mim·mə·qō·w·mōw (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">in its own place.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a> For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/isaiah/45-22.htm">Isaiah 45:22-23</a> Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. / By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance. <a href="/psalms/86-9.htm">Psalm 86:9</a> All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name. <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2-3</a> In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. / And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Micah 4:1-2</a> In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it. / And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. <a href="/zechariah/14-9.htm">Zechariah 14:9</a> On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone. <a href="/isaiah/11-9.htm">Isaiah 11:9</a> They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water. <a href="/psalms/22-27.htm">Psalm 22:27-28</a> All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him. / For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations. <a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">Isaiah 66:18-19</a> “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory. / I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations. <a href="/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19-21</a> O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all. / Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!” / “Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD. <a href="/revelation/15-4.htm">Revelation 15:4</a> Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.” <a href="/philippians/2-10.htm">Philippians 2:10-11</a> that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. <a href="/romans/14-11.htm">Romans 14:11</a> It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.” <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a> Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, <a href="/john/4-21.htm">John 4:21-24</a> “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. / But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The LORD will be terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.for.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-38.htm">Deuteronomy 32:38</a> Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.<a href="/hosea/2-17.htm">Hosea 2:17</a> For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.<a href="/zechariah/13-2.htm">Zechariah 13:2</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.famish.<a href="/psalms/2-8.htm">Psalm 2:8-12</a> Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession… <a href="/psalms/22-27.htm">Psalm 22:27-30</a> All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee… <a href="/psalms/72-8.htm">Psalm 72:8-11,17</a> He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth… the isles.<a href="/genesis/10-5.htm">Genesis 10:5</a> By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.<a href="/isaiah/24-14.htm">Isaiah 24:14-16</a> They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea… <a href="/isaiah/42-4.htm">Isaiah 42:4,10</a> He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Awesome</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-5.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/daniel/11-30.htm">Coastlands</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-3.htm">Famish</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-7.htm">Fearful</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-4.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-12.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/daniel/11-18.htm">Isles</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-12.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/97-1.htm">Shores</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-9.htm">Starve</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Terrible</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">Terrifying</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-10.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-5.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/malachi/1-14.htm">Awesome</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-10.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/genesis/10-5.htm">Coastlands</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-8.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-3.htm">Famish</a> <a href="/malachi/4-5.htm">Fearful</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-16.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/john/10-34.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/haggai/2-22.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/genesis/10-5.htm">Isles</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-14.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/numbers/24-24.htm">Shores</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-9.htm">Starve</a> <a href="/malachi/4-5.htm">Terrible</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-27.htm">Terrifying</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-11.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-21.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Zephaniah 2</div>1. <a href="/zephaniah/2-1.htm">An exhortation to repentance.</a> 4. <a href="/zephaniah/2-4.htm">The judgment of the Philistines,</a> 8. <a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">of Moab and Ammon,</a> 12. <a href="/zephaniah/2-12.htm">of Ethiopia,</a> 13. <a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">and of Assyria.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/zephaniah/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/zephaniah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/zephaniah/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The LORD will be terrifying to them This phrase indicates the fear and awe that the LORD will inspire among the nations. In the context of Zephaniah, this refers to the judgment that God will bring upon the nations surrounding Judah. The terror of the LORD is a common theme in the prophetic books, where God's power and holiness are emphasized. This fear is not just emotional but a recognition of God's supreme authority and justice, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Isaiah 2:19-21</a> and <a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15-17</a>.when He starves all the gods of the earth. This phrase suggests the futility and impotence of the pagan gods worshiped by the nations. The "starving" of these gods implies the removal of their power and influence, as they are shown to be nothing before the true God. This can be connected to the plagues of Egypt in Exodus, where the LORD demonstrated His superiority over the Egyptian deities. It also foreshadows the ultimate defeat of false gods and idols, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/46.htm">Isaiah 46:1-2</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/10-11.htm">Jeremiah 10:11</a>.Then the nations of every shore This phrase highlights the universal scope of God's dominion. "Every shore" suggests the farthest reaches of the known world, indicating that God's influence and authority extend beyond Israel to all nations. This is consistent with the biblical theme of God's sovereignty over all creation, as seen in <a href="/psalms/97.htm">Psalm 97:1</a> and <a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a>. It also points to the inclusion of Gentiles in God's redemptive plan, a theme further developed in the New Testament (e.g., <a href="/acts/10-34.htm">Acts 10:34-35</a>).will bow in worship to Him, This phrase speaks to the ultimate recognition and submission to God's authority by all peoples. The act of bowing is a sign of reverence and acknowledgment of God's supremacy. This prophetic vision aligns with the eschatological hope found in <a href="/philippians/2-10.htm">Philippians 2:10-11</a>, where every knee will bow to Jesus Christ. It reflects the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that all nations will be blessed through his seed (<a href="/genesis/22-18.htm">Genesis 22:18</a>).each in its own place. This phrase suggests that worship of the LORD will be widespread and not confined to a single location, such as the temple in Jerusalem. It anticipates a time when true worship will be offered by people everywhere, as Jesus described in <a href="/john/4-21.htm">John 4:21-24</a>, where worship is not tied to a specific place but is in spirit and truth. This also points to the diverse and global nature of the future worshiping community, as seen in <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Revelation 7:9</a>, where a multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language stands before the throne of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The one true God of Israel, who is sovereign over all nations and gods. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a> Refers to the Gentile nations surrounding Israel, who worship false gods. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_gods_of_the_earth.htm">The Gods of the Earth</a> Represents the idols and false deities worshiped by the nations. 4. <a href="/topical/z/zephaniah.htm">Zephaniah</a> A prophet in the Old Testament who conveyed God's messages of judgment and hope. 5. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_worship.htm">Judgment and Worship</a> The event where God will demonstrate His power over false gods, leading to the nations recognizing His sovereignty.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_idols.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Idols</a> God will demonstrate His power by rendering the false gods powerless. This reminds us to place our trust in God alone, rather than in worldly idols or material possessions. <a href="/topical/u/universal_worship.htm">Universal Worship</a> The prophecy points to a future where all nations will recognize and worship the one true God. This encourages us to participate in God's mission to make His name known among all peoples. <a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_idolatry.htm">The Futility of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is ultimately futile and leads to spiritual starvation. We should examine our lives for anything that takes precedence over our relationship with God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment_and_mercy.htm">God's Judgment and Mercy</a> While God judges the nations, His ultimate goal is to bring them to worship Him. This reflects His desire for all to come to repentance and faith. <a href="/topical/c/cultural_diversity_in_worship.htm">Cultural Diversity in Worship</a> The phrase "each in its own place" suggests that worship will be diverse yet unified in its focus on God. This encourages us to appreciate and embrace different expressions of worship within the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_zephaniah_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Zephaniah 2</a> <a href="/q/why_isn't_zephaniah_2_11_fulfilled_today.htm">Zephaniah 2:11 suggests God will be feared among all nations; how do we explain the apparent non-fulfillment of this prophecy in global religious demographics today? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_zephaniah_1_18_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">How does Zephaniah 1:18's claim that wealth can't save on the 'day of the Lord' align with biblical texts showing God's mercy and willingness to relent from punishment?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_zeph._3_9's_'pure_speech'_fit_today.htm">How does the promised 'pure speech' in Zephaniah 3:9 reconcile with the many languages and dialects still present today?</a> <a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zephaniah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - § 4. Before passing to the judgment on the nations of the south and north, the prophet shows the object of all these chastisements: God destroys idolatry in order that pure religion may reign over all the earth. The Lord will be terrible unto them. The Lord shows himself as a terrible God over the Moabites and Ammonites, but only as parts of the heathen world, and with a view to a universal result This is the purpose of the revelation of himself as Judge. Septuagint, Ἐπιφανήσεται Κύριος ἐπ αὐτούς, "The Lord will appear against them." For he will famish all the gods of the earth. The verb means literally, "to make lean," and then "to destroy;" hence the LXX., ἐξολοθρεύσει. The word may be chosen in order to express the idea that worshippers will no more be found to offer sacrifices and drink offerings to the gods (see Bel and the Dragon 6, 12). The nations being destroyed, the gods reverenced by them would vanish and be heard of no more. Men shall worship him. Idolatry abolished, men shall learn to worship Jehovah. Every one from his place. Every one shall worship God in his own place and country; the Lord shall be universally recognized, and his worship shall no longer be confined to one temple or one land, but wherever men dwell there shall they offer their homage and adoration (comp. <a href="/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18, 19</a>; <a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a>, where the same truth is signified). Such passages as <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Micah 4:1</a> and <a href="/zechariah/14-16.htm">Zechariah 14:16</a>, which seem to imply that all nations are to come up to the material Jerusalem to pay their devotions, require evidently a spiritual interpretation, and denote that the heathen converted to Christ shall be received into the Church, and join in the worship of the true Israel. The isles of the heathen; or, coasts of the nations; the most distant countries that lie across the seas (<a href="/genesis/10-5.htm">Genesis 10:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/72-10.htm">Psalm 72:10</a>; <a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11</a>, etc.). <a href="/commentaries/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will be terrifying נוֹרָ֤א (nō·w·rā) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3372.htm">Strong's 3372: </a> To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten to them עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against when כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction He starves רָזָ֔ה (rā·zāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7329.htm">Strong's 7329: </a> To emaciate, make, thin all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the gods אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of the earth. הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land Then the nations הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts of every כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every shore אִיֵּ֥י (’î·yê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_339.htm">Strong's 339: </a> A habitable spot, dry land, a coast, an island will bow in worship וְיִשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־ (wə·yiš·ta·ḥă·wū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7812.htm">Strong's 7812: </a> To depress, prostrate to Him, לוֹ֙ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> each אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person in their own place. מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ (mim·mə·qō·w·mōw) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Zephaniah 2:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Zephaniah 2:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Zephaniah 2:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Zephaniah 2:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Zephaniah 2:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Zephaniah 2:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Zephaniah 2:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Zephaniah 2:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Zephaniah 2:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Zephaniah 2:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-11.htm">OT Prophets: Zephaniah 2:11 Yahweh will be awesome to them (Zeph. 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