Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Gathering, I will gather together all things from off the face of the land, saith the Lord: I will, etc. 2 Kings 22:16,17 Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will bring evils upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the words of the law which the king of Juda hath read: . . . 2 Chronicles 36:21 That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, and the land might keep her sabbaths: for all the days of the desolation she kept a sabbath, till the seventy years were expired. Isaiah 6:11 And I said: How long, O Lord? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land shall be left desolate. Jeremiah 6:8,9 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited. . . . Jeremiah 24:8-10 And as the very bad figs, that cannot be eaten, because they are bad: thus saith the Lord: So will I give Sedecias the king of Juda, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that have remained in this city, and that dwell in the land of Egypt. . . . Jeremiah 34:22 Behold I will command, saith the Lord, and I will bring them again to this city, and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Juda a desolation, without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 36:29 And thou shalt say to Joakim the king of Juda: Thus saith the Lord: Thou hast burnt that volume, saying: Why hast thou written therein, and said: The king of Babylon shall come speedily, and shall lay waste this land: and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? Ezekiel 33:27-29 Say thou thus to them: Thus saith the Lord God: As I live, they that dwell in the ruinous places, shall fall by the sword: and he that is in the field, shall be given to the beasts to be devoured: and they that are in holds, and caves, shall die of the pestilence. . . . Micah 7:13 And the land shall be made desolate because of the inhabitants thereof, and for the fruit of their devices. land. Context Zephaniah Prophesies Judgment on Judah1The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Chusi, the son of Godolias, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezechias, in the days of Josias, the son of Amon king of Juda. 2Gathering, I will gather together all things from off the face of the land, saith the Lord:3I will gather man, and beast, I will gather the birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea: and the ungodly shall meet with ruin: and I will destroy men from off the face of the land, saith the Lord.… Cross References Genesis 6:7 He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them. Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my wrath and my indignation is enkindled against this place, upon men and upon beasts, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruits of the land, and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Ezekiel 33:27 Say thou thus to them: Thus saith the Lord God: As I live, they that dwell in the ruinous places, shall fall by the sword: and he that is in the field, shall be given to the beasts to be devoured: and they that are in holds, and caves, shall die of the pestilence. Ezekiel 33:28 And I will make the land a wilderness, and a desert, and the proud strength thereof shall fail, and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, because there is none to pass by them, Lexicon “I will utterly sweep awayאָסֹ֨ף (’ā·sōp̄) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove everything כֹּ֗ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every from מֵעַ֛ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the face פְּנֵ֥י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face of the earth,” הָאֲדָמָ֖ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Additional Translations “I will utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.I will utterly consume all things from off the land, said the LORD. I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah. Let there be an utter cutting off from the face of the land, saith the Lord. I will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah: I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith the LORD. I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the earth, says Yahweh. I utterly consume all from off the face of the ground, An affirmation of Jehovah. 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