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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• ³⁸Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices,{HR}And drank the wine of their drink-offerings?{HR}Let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. (Deut. 32:38)

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Hos. 2:17• ¹⁷{i}for I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name{/i}. (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 nations [for] thine inheritance,{HR}And the ends of the earth [for] thy possession.
⁹Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;{HR}As a potter's vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces."
¹⁰And now, O ye kings, be wise;{HR}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{HR}When his anger consumeth but a little:{HR}Blessed [are] all who trust in him. (Psa. 2:8‑12)

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Psa. 22:27‑30• ²⁷All the ends of the earth shall remember{HR}And shall turn unto Jehovah,{HR}And all tribes of Gentiles shall bow down before thee.
²⁸For the kingdom is Jehovah's;{HR}And he ruleth among the Gentiles.
²⁹All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and shall bow down;{HR}Before him shall bend all those who go down to the dust,{HR}And he [who] hath not kept alive his soul.
³⁰A seed shall serve him;{HR}It shall be declared by the Lord to the generation; (Psa. 22:27‑30)

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Psa. 72:8‑11,17• ⁸And he shall have dominion from sea to sea{HR}And from the river unto the ends of the earth.
⁹Before him shall bow dwellers in the desert,{HR}And his enemies shall lick the dust.
¹⁰Kings of Tarshish and of the sea-coasts shall bring an offering;{HR}Kings of Sheba and of Seba shall bring near a gift.
¹¹Yea, all kings shall bow before him;{HR}All nations shall serve him.
¹⁷His name shall be forever;{HR}Before the sun shall his name be continued:{HR}And they shall bless themselves in him;{HR}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{HR}And worship before thee, O Lord,{HR}And shall glorify thy name. (Psa. 86:9)

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

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Psa. 117:1‑2• ¹Praise ye Jehovah, all nations;{HR}Laud him, all the Gentiles.
²For his mercy is powerful over us,{HR}And the truth of Jehovah [is] for everlasting.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 117:1‑2)

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Psa. 138:4• ⁴All kings of the earth shall thank thee, Jehovah,{HR}When they have heard the sayings 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 (head) of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it.
³And many peoples will 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 will judge between the nations, and will reprove many peoples; and they will forge their swords into plowshares 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 an ensign or banner of the peoples; it shall the nations seek: and his resting place shall be glory. (Isa. 11:9‑10)

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Mic. 4:1‑3• ¹But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
²{i}And{/i} many nations shall come, 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 the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
³And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, {i}and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.{/i} (Mic. 4:1‑3)

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Zech. 2:11• ¹¹{i}And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be unto me for a people;{/i} 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• ²⁰{i}Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;{/i}
²³{i}Thus saith Jehovah of hosts:{/i} in those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall 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• ⁹{i}And Jehovah shall be king over all the earth:{/i} in that day there shall be one Jehovah, and his name one.
¹⁰All the land shall be turned as into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and it shall be lifted up and inhabited in its place from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate up to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s wine-presses.
¹¹And they shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more curse; and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety.
¹²{i}And 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.{/i}
¹³{i}And 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.{/i}
¹⁴{i}And 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.{/i}
¹⁵{i}And 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.{/i}
¹⁶And it shall come to pass that every one that is left of all the nations which come against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
¹⁷And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
¹⁸And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith Jehovah will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
¹⁹{i}This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to celebrate the feast of tabernacles.{/i}
²⁰{i}In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO JEHOVAH; and the pots in Jehovah's house{/i} shall be like the bowls before the altar.
²¹Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto Jehovah: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts. (Zech. 14:9‑21)

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Mal. 1:11• ¹¹From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 1:11)

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

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1 Tim. 2:8• ⁸I wish then that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting; (1 Tim. 2:8)

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Rev. 11:15• ¹⁵And the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world hath become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 11:15)

the isles.

Gen. 10:5• ⁵From these were separated the isles of the nations in their lands, each 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.
¹⁵Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah the God of Israel in the isles of the west.
¹⁶From the end [wing] of the earth have we heard songs, Glory to the righteous! (Isa. 24:14‑16)

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Isa. 42:4,10• ⁴He shall not faint nor be crushed till he have set judgment 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 the inhabitants thereof. (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."

W. Kelly Translation

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Jehovah will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, everyone from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.