Zephaniah 2:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, by which they have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their border.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    I have heard the taunts of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have reproached My people and enlarged their borders.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I have heard{H8085} the reproach{H2781} of Moab,{H4124} and the revilings{H1421} of the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} wherewith they have reproached{H2778} my people,{H5971} and magnified{H1431} themselves against their border.{H1366}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} the reproach{H2781} of Moab{H4124}, and the revilings{H1421} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, whereby they have reproached{H2778}{(H8765)} my people{H5971}, and magnified{H1431}{(H8686)} themselves against their border{H1366}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I haue herde the despite of Moab, & the blasphemies of the children of Ammon: how they haue shamefully intreated my people, and magnified them selues within the borders of their londe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I haue heard the reproch of Moab, and the rebukes of the children of Ammon, whereby they vpbraided my people, and magnified themselues against their borders.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I haue heard the despite of Moab, and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon, how they haue shamefully intreated my people, & magnified them selues within the borders of their lande.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified [themselves] against their border.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, Wherewith they reproached My people, And magnify `themselves' against their border.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    My ears have been open to the bitter words of Moab and the words of shame of the children of Ammon, which they have said against my people, lifting themselves up against the limit of their land.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “I have heard Moab’s taunts and the Ammonites’ insults. They taunted my people and verbally harassed those living in Judah.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 49:1 : 1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus says the LORD: Does Israel have no sons? Does he have no heir? Why then does their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in its cities?
  • Amos 1:13 : 13 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they ripped up the pregnant women of Gilead to enlarge their border:
  • Ezek 25:3-9 : 3 And say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD; Because you said, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; 4 Behold, therefore I will deliver you to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in you, and make their dwellings in you: they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. 5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a resting place for flocks: and you shall know that I am the LORD. 6 For thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain against the land of Israel; 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out my hand upon you, and will deliver you for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut you off from the people, and I will cause you to perish out of the countries: I will destroy you; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 8 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations; 9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, 10 To the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. 11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 36:2 : 2 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
  • Ps 83:4-7 : 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be remembered no more. 5 For they have conspired together with one accord: they are allied against you: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagrites; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
  • Jer 48:27-29 : 27 For was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For whenever you spoke of him, you skipped for joy. 28 You who dwell in Moab, leave the cities and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the sides of the holes' mouth. 29 We have heard the pride of Moab (he is exceedingly proud), his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Zeph 2:9-10
    2 verses
    85%

    9 Therefore as I live, says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even a breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation: the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

    10 This they shall have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

  • Jer 48:42
    77%

    42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the LORD.

  • Ezek 25:8-11
    4 verses
    77%

    8 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations;

    9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,

    10 To the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.

    11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

  • Isa 15:8
    76%

    8 For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beerelim.

  • Jer 25:21
    75%

    21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon,

  • Amos 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

    2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

  • Ezek 25:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

    2 Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

    3 And say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD; Because you said, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;

  • Amos 1:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they ripped up the pregnant women of Gilead to enlarge their border:

    14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

  • Jer 48:20
    75%

    20 Moab is confounded, for it is broken down. Howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.

  • Jer 49:6
    75%

    6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, says the LORD.

  • Jer 49:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus says the LORD: Does Israel have no sons? Does he have no heir? Why then does their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in its cities?

    2 Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will cause the alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it will be a desolate heap, and her villages will be burned with fire. Then Israel will inherit those who were his heirs, says the LORD.

  • Jer 48:29
    74%

    29 We have heard the pride of Moab (he is exceedingly proud), his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

  • Jer 48:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    1 Against Moab, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it is ruined; Kiriathaim is confounded and captured; Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

    2 There shall be no more praise of Moab. In Heshbon they have devised evil against it: 'Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation.' You too shall be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue you.

    3 A voice of crying shall be heard from Horonaim, plundering and great destruction.

    4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have set up a cry.

    5 For on the ascent of Luhith they will go up with continual weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim, the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

  • Ps 60:8
    74%

    8 Moab is My washpot; over Edom I will cast My shoe; Philistia, triumph because of Me.

  • Jer 48:39
    74%

    39 They shall howl, saying, 'How it is broken down! How has Moab turned his back with shame!' So Moab shall be a derision and a dismaying to all those around him.

  • Jer 48:24-26
    3 verses
    73%

    24 And upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

    25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the LORD.

    26 Make him drunk, for he magnified himself against the LORD. Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and also he shall be in derision.

  • Isa 16:6
    73%

    6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

  • Ps 108:9
    73%

    9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom I will cast out my shoe; over Philistia I will triumph.

  • Jer 48:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 Moab is plundered, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

    16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hastens quickly.

  • Jer 48:13
    72%

    13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

  • Isa 16:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning Moab since that time.

    14 But now the LORD has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab shall be despised, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

  • Num 22:3
    72%

    3 And Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

  • Deut 2:9
    72%

    9 And the LORD said unto me, Do not distress the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.

  • Jer 48:47
    72%

    47 Yet I will bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    72%

    10 And now, see, the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them;

  • Isa 11:14
    72%

    14 But they shall swoop down upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; together they shall plunder the people of the east: they shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

  • Deut 2:17
    72%

    17 that the LORD spoke unto me, saying,

  • Ezek 25:6
    72%

    6 For thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain against the land of Israel;

  • Mal 1:4
    72%

    4 Though Edom says, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD has indignation forever.

  • Deut 2:19
    72%

    19 And when you come near against the children of Ammon, do not distress them nor meddle with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.

  • Deut 2:29
    72%

    29 (as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did unto me) until I cross over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God gives us.

  • 2 Kgs 3:21
    72%

    21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered all who were able to put on armor, and stood at the border.

  • Amos 6:14
    72%

    14 But behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the river of the wilderness.

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