Zephaniah Chapter 1 Back Next{1:1} The word of
Yahweh which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of
Gedaliah, the son of
Amariah, the son of
Hezekiah, in the days of
Josiah, the son of Amon,
king of
Judah.
{1:2} I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the
earth, says Yahweh.
{1:3} I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the
birds of the sky, the
fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
{1:4} I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of
Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
{1:5} those who worship the
army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by
Malcam,
{1:6} those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven't sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.
{1:7} Be silent at the presence of the
Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
{1:8} It will happen in the day of Yahweh's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king's sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
{1:9} In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
{1:10} In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the
fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the
hills.
{1:11} Wail, you inhabitants of
Maktesh, for all the people of
Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
{1:12} It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with
lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their
dregs, who say in their
heart, "Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil."
{1:13} Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won't inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won't
drink their wine.
{1:14} The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there
bitterly.
{1:15} That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of
darkness and gloom, a day of
clouds and blackness,
{1:16} a day of the trumpet and
alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high
battlements.
{1:17} I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like
blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their
blood will be poured out like
dust, and their
flesh like
dung.
{1:18} Neither their silver nor their
gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the
fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
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