Zephaniah
Introduction

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Injustice
Cruelty and Violence
Intolerance
Absurdities
Prophecy
Language
Contradictions
Women
Family Values
Interpretation
Good Stuff

Zephaniah for Skeptics

God has great plans for us all. Here are some of the details.

• God plans to kill every living thing. 1:2-3

• He will "cut off" all those who "have not sought the Lord" or who worship another god. 1:4-6

• He "will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel." 1:8

• "The day of the LORD is at hand." 1:7, 1:14

• God doesn't have night-vision, so he needs candles when he comes to punish the people that say, "The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil." 1:12

• He will "bring distress upon men" so that they "walk like blind men." He will pour out their blood like dust and "their flesh as dung." 1:17

• Hide from God and hope he doesn't find you. 2:1-3

• God will kill all the inhabitants of the sea coast. 2:5

• He will destroy Moab and Ammon just like he did to Sodom and Gomorrah. 2:9

• He will kill the Ethiopians with his own sword. 2:12

• "Every one that passeth by her [Assyria] shall hiss, and wag his hand." 2:15

• God brags about destroying cities and killing all of the inhabitants. 3:6

• "All of the earth shall be devoured with the fire" of God's jealousy. 3:8

• The Singing God: "God will joy over thee with singing." 3:17