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The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will θfamish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

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make lean.

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Deut. 32:38• ³⁸Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, That there may be a protection over you. (Deut. 32:38)

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Hos. 2:17• ¹⁷for I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. (Hos. 2:17)

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Zech. 13:2• ²And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. (Zech. 13:2)

famish.

Heb. make lean.

and men.

Psa. 2:8‑12• ⁸Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the ends of the earth:
⁹Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.
¹⁰And now, O kings, be ye wise, be admonished, ye judges of the earth.
¹¹Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
¹²Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, though his anger burn but a little. Blessed are all who have their trust in him. (Psa. 2:8‑12)

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Psa. 22:27‑30• ²⁷All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee:
²⁸For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.
²⁹All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.
³⁰A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. (Psa. 22:27‑30)

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Psa. 72:8‑11,17• ⁸And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
⁹The dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute:
¹¹Yea, all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him.
¹⁷His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed. (Psa. 72:8‑11,17)

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Psa. 86:9• ⁹All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name. (Psa. 86:9)

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Psa. 97:6‑8• ⁶The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
⁷Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols. Worship him, all ye gods.
⁸Zion heard, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Jehovah. (Psa. 97:6‑8)

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Psa. 117:1‑2• ¹Praise Jehovah, all ye nations; laud him, all ye peoples;
²For his loving-kindness is great toward us, and the truth of Jehovah endureth for ever. Hallelujah! (Psa. 117:1‑2)

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Psa. 138:4• ⁴All the kings of the earth shall celebrate thee, Jehovah, when they have heard the words of thy mouth; (Psa. 138:4)

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Isa. 2:2‑4• ²And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it.
³And many peoples shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem.
⁴And he shall judge among the nations, and shall reprove many peoples; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. (Isa. 2:2‑4)

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Isa. 11:9‑10• ⁹They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
¹⁰And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, standing as a banner of the peoples: the nations shall seek it; and his resting-place shall be glory. (Isa. 11:9‑10)

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Mic. 4:1‑3• ¹But it shall come to pass in the end of days that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and the peoples shall flow unto it.
²And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem.
³And he shall judge among many peoples, and reprove strong nations, even afar off; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. (Mic. 4:1‑3)

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Zech. 2:11• ¹¹And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be unto me for a people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto thee. (Zech. 2:11)

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Zech. 8:20,23• ²⁰Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
²³Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days shall ten men take hold, out of all languages of the nations, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you. (Zech. 8:20,23)

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Zech. 14:9‑21• ⁹And Jehovah shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Jehovah, and his name one.
¹⁰All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem shall be turned as the Arabah; and Jerusalem shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her own place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner-gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
¹¹And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; and Jerusalem shall dwell safely.
¹²And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
¹³And it shall come to pass in that day that a great panic from Jehovah shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
¹⁴And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together--gold, and silver, and garments, in great abundance.
¹⁵And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in those camps, as this plague.
¹⁶And it shall come to pass, that all that are left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to celebrate the feast of tabernacles.
¹⁷And it shall be, that whoso goeth not up of the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, upon them shall be no rain.
¹⁸And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, neither shall it be upon them; there shall be the plague, wherewith Jehovah will smite the nations that go not up to celebrate the feast of tabernacles.
¹⁹This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to celebrate the feast of tabernacles.
²⁰In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO JEHOVAH; and the pots in Jehovah's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
²¹And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto Jehovah of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein. And in that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts. (Zech. 14:9‑21)

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Mal. 1:11• ¹¹For from the rising of the sun even unto its setting my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure oblation: for my name shall be great among the nations, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 1:11)

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John 4:21‑23• ²¹Jesus says to her, Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when ye shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father.
²²Ye worship ye know not what; we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews.
²³But the hour is coming and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for also the Father seeks such as his worshippers. (John 4:21‑23)

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1 Tim. 2:8• ⁸I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning. (1 Tim. 2:8)

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Rev. 11:15• ¹⁵And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet: and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world of our Lord and of his Christ is come, and he shall reign to the ages of ages. (Rev. 11:15)

the isles.

Gen. 10:5• ⁵From these came the distribution of the isles of the nations, according to their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. (Gen. 10:5)

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Isa. 24:14‑16• ¹⁴These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
¹⁵Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west.
¹⁶From the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously. (Isa. 24:14‑16)

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Isa. 42:4,10• ⁴He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
¹⁰Sing unto Jehovah a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles and their inhabitants. (Isa. 42:4,10)

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Isa. 49:1• ¹Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isa. 49:1)

• That the great change for the earth—the full putting down of idolatry—awaits the execution of divine judgment is plain everywhere. (“Zephaniah 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famisha all the gods of the earth; and all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place.

JND Translation Notes

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Or, "will annihilate."