Zephaniah 2 in the early church
[Vulgate: Sophonias]
20 passages quote, allude to, or echo Zephaniah 2, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeph 2:3 | On Saint Athanasius 1.36 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–361 |
Zephaniah 2:11
The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.
Zephaniah 2:13
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeph 2:13 | Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Zeph 2:13 | Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 126 · Anonymous | allusion, low confidence | 5th century (disputed) |
Zephaniah 2:14
Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeph 2:14 | Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
Zephaniah 2:15
This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeph 2:15 | Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |