Zephaniah • Chapter 3 (20 verses)
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ethiopia , Zion , Jerusalem .
Old Testament • 3 Chapters
Zephaniah (Old Testament, 3 chapters). Key figures: Zephaniah, Amariah , Josiah , Amon , Judah , Baal . Key places: Jerusalem , Baal , Gaza , Ashkelon , Ashdod , Ekron . Opens with: "The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah , the son of Hizkiah, in the days of..."
Jeremiah • Chapter 37 (21 verses)
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim , whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah . But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the Lord, which he spake by the prop... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah), Josiah , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Judah , Zephaniah , Babylon , Egypt , Jerusalem .
2 Kings • Chapter 25 (30 verses)
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem , and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. And the city was besieged... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Solomon , Seraiah , Zephaniah , Judah , Babylon , Jerusalem , Jericho , Riblah 1 , Hamath .
outpouring of fury, overflow of wrath
Overflowing rage, flood of divine indignation; describes the eschatological Day of Wrath ('A day of wrath is that day', Zephaniah 1:15).
Derivation: From עָבַר (H5674) to pass over, overflow.
Biblical Place • 31.149°N, 34.985°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 30:28 .
Biblical Place • Lo-debar • 32.662°N, 35.784°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 13:26 (identified with Lo-debar ).
Biblical Place • 31.686°N, 35.175°E
now Khirbet el Khokh; palestine-family.net/index.php?nav=8-18&cid=17&did=193. Referenced in 2 Chr 11:6 .
Biblical Place • Moladah • 31.162°N, 35.057°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:25 (identified with Moladah ).
Biblical Place • Jezreel 2 • 32.556°N, 35.331°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 4:4 (identified with Jezreel 2 ).
Biblical Place • Kishion • 32.559°N, 35.246°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 6:72 (identified with Kishion ).
Biblical Place • Kir • 31.181°N, 35.702°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 22:3 (identified with Kir ).
Biblical Place • 32.939°N, 35.368°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:36 .
Biblical Place • Dimnah • 32.782°N, 35.321°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:13 (identified with Dimnah ).
Biblical Place • Bethel 1 • 31.931°N, 35.221°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 10:3 (identified with Bethel 1 ).
New Testament • 1 Chapters
3 John (New Testament, 1 chapters). Opens with: "The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth...."
1 Corinthians • Chapter 3 (23 verses)
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ . I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
1 Corinthians • Chapter 13 (13 verses)
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains,...
1 John • Chapter 3 (24 verses)
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall a... Mentions: Cain , Yeshua the Messiah .
1 Peter • Chapter 3 (22 verses)
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of p... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Yeshua the Messiah , Noah .
1 Thessalonians • Chapter 3 (13 verses)
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; And sent Timothy, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ , to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: That no man should be moved by... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Athens .
1 Timothy • Chapter 3 (16 verses)
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 3 (18 verses)
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ minis... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , Moses .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 13 (14 verses)
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
2 Peter • Chapter 3 (18 verses)
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: Knowing this fi... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
2 Thessalonians • Chapter 3 (18 verses)
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
2 Timothy • Chapter 3 (17 verses)
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despise... Mentions: Moses , Yeshua the Messiah , Antioch 1 , Iconium , Lystra .