Zephaniah 2:10

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“This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.”

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BSBPD

“This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“This <FI>is<Fi> to them for their arrogancy, Because they have reproached, And they magnify <FI>themselves<Fi> against the people of Jehovah of Hosts.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Zephaniah 2:10 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
  2. Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  3. 1 Chronicles 16:21He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
  4. Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
  5. Isaiah 16:6We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
  6. Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
  7. Jeremiah 12:14This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
  8. Jeremiah 48:14How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
  9. Jeremiah 48:29We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
  10. Ezekiel 38:14Therefore prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when My people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not take notice of this?
  11. Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
  12. Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
  13. Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
  14. Obadiah 1:11On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
  15. Zephaniah 2:8“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
  16. 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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