Zephaniah 3:6
I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
Cross-references
Isaiah 15:1 describes Moab's sudden ruin—a concrete instance of the nations cut off in this verse.
Isaiah 37:11-13 lists nations conquered by Assyria—these are the 'cut off' nations God allowed.
Jeremiah 25:9-11 has God using Babylon to make nations a desolation, matching the 'cut off' language.
Jeremiah 25:18-26 lists nations drinking God's wrath—a comprehensive list of those cut off like here.
Psalm 76:12 similarly describes God cutting off princes and being feared by kings, reinforcing God's sovereign judgment on rulers.
Isaiah 14:26 declares God's purpose over all nations, aligning with the comprehensive judgment on nations depicted here.
Jeremiah 2:15 uses identical imagery of land wasted and cities without inhabitants, describing judgment on God's own people.
Ezekiel 6:6 also speaks of cities becoming waste and desolate due to idolatry, matching the language of utter desolation.
In Nahum 2:10, the desolation of Nineveh mirrors the ruined cities in Zephaniah 3:6—divine judgment leaves utter ruin.
Zechariah 7:14 describes the land made desolate by exile, fulfilling the warning pattern in Zephaniah 3:6 for Jerusalem.
In Nahum 3:19, Nineveh's incurable wound and worldwide rejoicing echo the same pattern of divine judgment on a defiant nation.