Zephaniah 1
1 The word of Jehovah which came unto 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.
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith
Jehovah.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the
fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off
man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
4 And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, [and] the
name of the Chemarim with the priests;
5 and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that
worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam;
6 and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not
sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is
at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath consecrated his guests.
8 And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah's sacrifice, that I will
punish the princes, and the king's sons, and all such as are clothed with
foreign apparel.
9 And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that
fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
10 And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the
fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the
hills.
11 Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are undone; all
they that were laden with silver are cut off.
12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with
lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in
their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.
13 And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation: yea,
they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.
14 The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, [even] the
voice of the day of Jehovah; the mighty man crieth there bitterly.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness
and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick
darkness,
16 a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the
high battlements.
17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men,
because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as
dust, and their flesh as dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day
of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his
jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell
in the land.