Zephaniah 1:2

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.

Cross-references

Zephaniah 1:18 reinforces the same total destruction — no wealth can save, all earth consumed — continuing the judgment theme.

2 Kings 22:16 Historical context

2 Kings 22:16 records Huldah's prophecy of disaster on this place — the same judgment context as Zephaniah's sweeping declaration during Josiah's reign.

2 Kings 22:17 Historical context

2 Kings 22:17 specifies the reason for judgment — idolatry — grounding Zephaniah's sweeping statement in the same historical sin that provoked God's wrath.

Isaiah 6:11 Parallel

Isaiah 6:11 describes the same total desolation — 'cities waste, land utterly desolate' — matching Zephaniah's 'I will sweep away everything'.

Ezekiel 33:27-29 depicts complete desolation with no survivors, closely matching the total annihilation.

Jeremiah 4:25 shows no man and all birds fled—a vision of complete devastation mirroring the sweeping away of everything.

2 Chronicles 36:21 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Chronicles 36:21 shows the fulfillment of judgment in exile — the 'sweeping away' Zephaniah predicted led to the land's desolation for seventy years.

In Jeremiah 6:9, the gleaning metaphor conveys the same thoroughness of divine judgment, leaving nothing behind.

Micah 7:13 Related theme

In Micah 7:13, the land's desolation due to its inhabitants is a parallel to the judgment on the earth.