Contradiction with Jeremiah 4:8
While Zephaniah 3:14 encourages rejoicing, Jeremiah 4:8 calls for lamentation and mourning.
Jeremiah 4:8: For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Contradiction with Amos 5:16-17
These verses describe wailing and lamentation, contrasting with the call to joy in Zephaniah 3:14.
Amos 5:16-17: Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Contradiction with Lamentations 1:1-4
Lamentations speaks of sorrow and desolation, opposing the joy and gladness of Zephaniah 3:14.
Lamentations 1:1-4: How doth the city sit solitary, [that was] full of people! [how] is she become as a widow! she [that was] great among the nations, [and] princess among the provinces, [how] is she become tributary!
Contradiction with Isaiah 24:11
Isaiah talks about a lack of joy and gloom, contradicting the joyous proclamation of Zephaniah 3:14.
Isaiah 24:11: [There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Contradiction with Joel 1:12
Joel describes the withering away of joy and gladness, conflicting with the rejoicing urged in Zephaniah 3:14.
Joel 1:12: The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, [even] all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
Contradiction with Ezekiel 7:27
Ezekiel foretells mourning and despair, which stands in contrast to the celebration in Zephaniah 3:14.
Ezekiel 7:27: The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD. [according...: Heb. with their judgments]