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Zephaniah 2:2

Zephaniah 2:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the decree: Zephaniah 3:8; 2 Kings 22:16-17, 2 Kings 23:26-27; Ezekiel 12:25; Matthew 24:35; 2 Peter 3:4-10

as: Job 21:18; Psalms 1:4; Isaiah 17:13, Isaiah 41:15-16; Hosea 13:3

before the fierce: Zephaniah 1:18; 2 Chronicles 36:16-17; Psalms 2:12, Psalms 50:22; Jeremiah 23:20; Lamentations 4:11; Nahum 1:6; Malachi 4:1-2; Luke 13:24-28

before the day of: Psalms 95:7-8

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