Cross references
Zephaniah 2:4
For Gaza will be abandoned,
and Ashkelon left in ruins.
Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
and Ekron will be uprooted.
Zephaniah 2:4 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Zechariah 9:5–7 (10 votes) and Amos 1:6–8 (6 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Deuteronomy 2 to Zechariah 9.
Which verses does Zephaniah 2:4 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Zechariah 9:5–710 votes
Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited. A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. …
- Amos 1:6–86 votes
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom. So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels. …
- Jeremiah 47:1–75 votes
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza. This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail …
- Jeremiah 25:204 votes
all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- Jeremiah 6:42 votes
‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.
- Jeremiah 15:82 votes
I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
- Ezekiel 25:15–172 votes
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility, therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast. …
- Psalm 91:61 vote
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.
Which verses point to Zephaniah 2:4?
The 10 strongest of 19.