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Zephaniah 2:2
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before you become like a dry and dying flower. In the heat of day, a flower will wilt and die. You will be like that when the Lord shows his terrible anger. So change your lives before the Lord shows his anger against you!
Before the decree takes effect— The day passes like chaff— Before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, Before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you.
Do it before it's too late, before you are blown away like chaff, before the Lord 's terrible anger reaches you, before the day of the Lord 's anger comes to you.
before the decree brings forth, [before] the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh's anger comes on you.
Before the decree bringeth forth, [before] the day passeth as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD cometh upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger cometh upon you.
Before the decree takes effect [and the time for repentance is lost]— The day passes like the chaff [whirled by the wind]— Before the burning and fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, Before the day of the wrath of the LORD comes upon you.
before the decree takes effect —before the day passes away like chaff— before there comes upon you the burning anger of the Lord , before there comes upon you the day of the anger of the Lord .
before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh's anger comes on you.
bifore that comaundyng brynge forth as dust passyng dai; bifore that wraththe of strong veniaunce of the Lord come on you, bifor that the dai of his indignacioun come on you.
before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD's anger comes upon you.
before it's too late. The Lord has set a time when his fierce anger will strike like a storm and sweep you away.
before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you.
Before the Lord sends you violently away in flight like the waste from the grain; before the burning wrath of the Lord comes on you, before the day of the Lord's wrath comes on you.
before the decree takes effect, and the day comes when one passes like chaff; before Adonai 's fierce anger comes on you, before the day of Adonai 's anger comes on you.
before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass away as chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you.
Before the decree bring forth the day when one passeth as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
Before the decree bring foorth, before the day passe as the chaffe, before the fierce anger of the Lord come vpon you, before the day of the Lords anger come vpon you.
before you are driven away like the waste from the grain. Gather together before the burning anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger.
before you are driven away like the drifting chaff, before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the Lord , before there comes upon you the day of the Lord 's wrath.
Before the decree come foorth, and ye be as chaffe that passeth in a day, and before the fierce wrath of the Lord come vpon you, and before the day of the Lords anger come vpon you.
Before you become like the chaff which is driven away, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORDS anger reaches you.
Ere yet the decree, have given birth, like chaff, the day, have vanished, - ere yet shall come upon you, the glow of the anger of Yahweh, ere yet shall come upon you, the day of the anger of Yahweh.
Before the decree bring forth the day as dust passing away, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s indignation come upon you.
before you are driven away like the drifting chaff, before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the LORD, before there comes upon you the day of the wrath of the LORD.
Before the decree go foorth that God hath concluded [and ye be] as chaffe that passeth in a day, & before the fearfull wrath of the Lorde come vpon you, & before the day of the Lordes sore displeasure come vpon you.
before ye become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.
before you are driven away like chaff blown by the wind, before the burning anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day when he shows his fury.
before the decree takes effectand the day passes like chaff,before the burning of the Lord’s anger overtakes you,before the day of the Lord’s anger overtakes you.
before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes on you, before the day of the LORD's anger comes on you.
Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord 's anger come upon you.
Before the birth of the decree, the day flies away like chaff; before the fierce anger of Yahweh overtakes you; before the day of the anger of Yahweh overtakes you.
before the birth of the decree, the day shall pass like the chaff, yet not before the hot anger of Jehovah comes on you, yet not before the day of the anger of Jehovah comes on you.
Before the bringing forth of a statute, As chaff hath the day passed on, While yet not come in upon you doth the heat of the anger of Jehovah, While yet not come in upon you doth a day of the anger of Jehovah,
or ye thinge go forth that is concluded, & or the tyme be passed awaye as the dust: or the fearfull wrath of the LORDE come vpon you,
before God's decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the Lord 's raging anger overtakes you— before the day of the Lord 's angry judgment overtakes you!
Before the decree is issued, Or the day passes like chaff, Before the LORD's fierce anger comes upon you, Before the day of the LORD's anger comes upon you!
Before the decree takes effect— The day passes like the chaff— Before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, Before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you.
Before the decree takes effect—The day passes like the chaff—Before the burning anger of Yahweh comes upon you,Before the day of Yahweh's anger comes upon you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the decree: Zephaniah 3:8, 2 Kings 22:16, 2 Kings 22:17, 2 Kings 23:26, 2 Kings 23:27, Ezekiel 12:25, Matthew 24:35, 2 Peter 3:4-10
as: Job 21:18, Psalms 1:4, Isaiah 17:13, Isaiah 41:15, Isaiah 41:16, Hosea 13:3
before the fierce: Zephaniah 1:18, 2 Chronicles 36:16, 2 Chronicles 36:17, Psalms 2:12, Psalms 50:22, Jeremiah 23:20, Lamentations 4:11, Nahum 1:6, Malachi 4:1, Malachi 4:2, Luke 13:24-28
before the day of: Psalms 95:7, Psalms 95:8
Reciprocal: Joshua 7:13 - sanctify 1 Chronicles 16:11 - Seek Psalms 105:4 - Seek Isaiah 13:6 - for the day Jeremiah 4:4 - lest Jeremiah 5:31 - and what Jeremiah 13:24 - as Ezekiel 13:5 - the day Daniel 4:27 - if it Amos 5:13 - an evil Zephaniah 1:15 - is Malachi 3:17 - and I Acts 2:20 - great
Cross-References
Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.
Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.
The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.
"You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working. This gives your ox and your donkey a chance to rest. It also allows your slaves and the foreigners living among you to be refreshed.
It is a permanent sign of my covenant with the people of Israel. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day he stopped working and was refreshed.'"
but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys and other livestock, and any foreigners living among you. All your male and female servants must rest as you do.
"Keep the Sabbath day holy. Don't pursue your own interests on that day, but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the Lord 's holy day. Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day, and don't follow your own desires or talk idly.
But Jesus replied, "My Father is always working, and so am I."
We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: "On the seventh day God rested from all his work."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff,.... Which was like a woman big with child, ready to be delivered. The decree of God concerning the people of the Jews was pregnant with wrath and ruin for their sins, and just ripe for execution; and therefore, before it was actually executed, they are exhorted as above; not that the decree of God which was gone forth could be frustrated and made void by anything done by them; only that, when it was put into execution, such as repented of their sins might be saved from the general calamity; which they are called upon to do before the day come appointed by the Lord for the execution of this decree; which lingered not, and was not delayed, but slid on as swiftly as chaff before the driving wind. There is some difficulty in the rendering and sense of these words; some thus, "before the day, which passes as chaff, brings forth the decree" e; that is, before the time, which moves swiftly, brings on the execution of the decree, or of the thing decreed in it, it is big with: others, "before the decree brings forth the day that passeth as chaff" f; or in which the chaff shall be separated from the wheat, pass away, be dispersed here and there; that is, before they were scattered about by it as chaff: and to this sense the Septuagint and Arabic versions, "before ye are as a flower"; or, as the Syriac, "as chaff that passeth away"; and so the Targum more fully,
"before the decree of the house of judgment come out upon you, and ye be like chaff which the wind blows away, and like a shadow which passes from before the day.'' See Psalms 1:4.
Before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you; these phrases explain the former, and show what the decree was big with, and ready to bring forth, even the judgments of God, in wrath and fierce anger; and what the day is, said to pass as the chaff; the day of God's vengeance fixed by him, which should come upon them, and scatter them like chaff among the nations of the world: or rather the words may be rendered thus, as by Gussetius g, "whilst as yet the decree hath not brought forth, the day passeth away like chaff"; being neglected and spent in an useless and unprofitable manner; for which they are reproved; and therefore are exhorted to be wiser for the future, and redeem precious time; and, before the Lord's anger comes upon them, do what is before exhorted to, and particularly what follows:
e ×××¨× ××ת "antequam dies, quae transit ut palea, pariat decretum", Drusius; so Ben Melech. f "Priusquam decretum Dei pariat deim veluti glumae transeuntis", Grotius. g Ebr. Comment. p. 305.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Before the decree bring forth - Godâs word is full (as it were) of the event which it foretelleth; it contains its own fulfillment in itself, and âtravailethâ until it come to pass, giving signs of its coming, yet delaying until the full time. Time is said to bring forth what is wrought in it. âThou knowest not, what a day shall bring forth.â
Before the day pass as the chaff - Or, parenthetically, âlike chaff the day passeth by.â Godâs counsels lie wrapt up, as it were, in the womb of time, wherein He hides them, until the moment which He has appointed, and they break forth suddenly to those who look not for them. The mean season is given for repentance, that is, the day of grace, the span of repentance still allowed, which is continually whirling more swiftly by; and woe, if it be fruitless as chaff! Those who profit not by it shall also be as chaff, carried away pitilessly by the whirlwind to destruction. Time, on which eternity hangs, is a slight, uncertain thing, as little to be counted upon, as the light dry particles which are the sport of the wind, driven uncertainly here and there. But when it is âpassed,â then âcometh,â not âtoâ them, but âuponâ them, from heaven, overwhelming them, âabiding uponâ John 3:36 them, not to pass away, âthe heat of the anger of Almighty God.â This warning he twice repeats, to impress the certainty and speed of its conming Genesis 41:32. It is the warning of our Lord, âTake heed, lest that day come upon you unawaresâ Luke 21:34.
