Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
Context
This verse from Zephaniah Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. A call to seek the Lord before judgment falls: seek righteousness, seek humility and perhaps you will be hidden on the day of the Lord's anger. Oracles against Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Ethiopia, and Assyria whose capital Nineveh will become a …
Other Translations
Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
Therefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation--unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them.
For this cause, by my life, says the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, truly Moab will become like Sodom and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, given up to waste plants and salt pools and unpeopled for ever: the rest of my people will take their property, the overflow of my nation will take their heritage.
Cross References
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew …
But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor …
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east …
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and …
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch …
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in …
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him …
For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even …