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
