Cross references

Zephaniah 2:15

This carefree city

that dwells securely,

that thinks to herself:

“I am it, and there is none besides me,”

what a ruin she has become,

a resting place for beasts.

Everyone who passes by her

hisses and shakes his fist.

Zephaniah 2:15 BSB

Zephaniah 2:15 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 28:2 (6 votes) and Isaiah 22:2 (5 votes). 31 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from 1 Kings 9 to Revelation 18.

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Which verses does Zephaniah 2:15 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

  2. O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

  3. You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome. So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’

  4. Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.

  5. Nahum 3:195 votes

    There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?

  6. then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples. And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

  7. The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying, “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

  8. I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

  9. How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

  10. All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

  11. Job 27:233 votes
  12. So 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. For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers. …

Which verses point to Zephaniah 2:15?

The 10 strongest of 31.