Zephaniah 3:9 Cross References - ISV

⁹ Indeed, then I will return my people to a pure language so that they all may call upon the name of the LORD, serving him with a united will.

¹ The Tower in BabylonThere was a time when the entire earth spoke a common language with an identical vocabulary.

⁴¹ “Now concerning the foreigner who is not from your people Israel, when he comes from a land far away for the sake of your name ⁴² (for people will hear of your great name, your mighty acts, and your obvious power), when he comes and prays facing this Temple, ⁴³ then hear in heaven where you reside, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the people of the earth may know your name, fear you as do your people Israel, and so they may know that this Temple that I have built is called by your name.

²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD; all the families of the nations will bow in submission to the LORD.

⁹ All the nations that you have established will come and worship you, my Lord. They will honor your name. ¹⁰ For you are great, and you are doing awesome things; you alone are God.

³ From rising to setting sun, may the name of the LORD be praised.

¹⁸ At that time, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

¹⁹ LORD, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in a time of difficulty, to you the nations will come, and from the ends of the earth they’ll say, “Surely our ancestors inherited deception, things that are worthless, and in which there is no profit.”

¹⁴ Indeed, the earth will be filled with knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as water fills the sea.”

¹¹ The LORD will incite them to terror, because he will cause all the gods of the earth to waste away. They will worship him, every person in his own home, including even the coastlands of the nations.”
The LORD’s Rebuke to Cush and Nineveh

¹¹ “Many nations will cling to the LORD at that time and will become my people. I will live in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sent me to you.

²⁰ Future Visits by Nations to Jerusalem“This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: ‘In the future, people will come, including residents of many cities, ²¹ and they will travel from one place to another place and say, “Let’s go quickly to pray in the presence of the LORD and to inquire of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.’ And I will go, too. ²² Many people and powerful nations will come to inquire of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies in Jerusalem, and to pray in the presence of the LORD.”’”
²³ “This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: ‘In the future, ten men speaking all the languages of the nations will grab hold of one Jewish person by the hem of his garment and say, “Let us go up to Jerusalem with you, because we heard that God is with you.”’”

⁹ The LORD will be king over all the earth at that time. There will be one LORD, and his name the only one.

³⁵ A good person brings good things out of a good treasure house, and an evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure house.

⁴ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit gave them that ability.
⁵ Now devout Jews from every nation on earth were living in Jerusalem. ⁶ When that sound came, a crowd quickly gathered, startled because each one heard the disciples speaking in his own language. ⁷ Stunned and amazed, they asked, “All of these people who are speaking are Galileans, aren’t they? ⁸ So how is it that each one of us hears them speaking in his own native language: ⁹ Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the district of Libya near Cyrene, Jewish and proselyte visitors from Rome, ¹¹ Cretans, and Arabs, listening to them talk in our own languages about the great deeds of God?”
¹² All of them continued to be stunned and puzzled, and they kept asking one another, “What can this mean?”
¹³ But others kept saying in derision, “They’re drunk on sweet wine!”

⁶ so that with one mind and one voice you might glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.
⁷ Therefore, accept one another, just as the Messiah accepted you, for the glory of God. ⁸ For I tell you that the Messiah became a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth in order to confirm the promises given to our ancestors, ⁹ so that the gentiles may glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “That is why I will praise you among the gentiles; I will sing praises to your name.”
¹⁰ Again he says, “Rejoice, you gentiles, with his people!”
¹¹ And again, “Praise the Lord, all you gentiles! Let all the nations praise him.”

²⁹ Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.

¹⁵ The Vision of the Seventh Angel Blowing His TrumpetWhen the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The world’s kingdom has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever.”