TSK · Zephaniah 3:7

God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.

In one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors.

So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.

Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.

He said,“Certainly they will be my people, children who are not disloyal.” He became their deliverer.

If you stop doing these things, I will allow you to continue to live in this land which I gave to your ancestors as a lasting possession.

Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.’

He said through them,‘Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession.

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah,“The LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says,‘You must surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon. If you do, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down. Indeed, you and your whole family will be spared.

Land Robbers Will Lose Their Land Beware wicked schemers, those who devise calamity as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

saying,“If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.