Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
This
is
the word of the
LORD
that
came to
Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah :
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 .
“
I will completely
sweep
away
everything
from the face of the earth
, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
I will utterly
consume
all
things
from off
the face of the ground
, saith
Jehovah
.
“
I will sweep
away
man and beast; I will sweep
away
the birds of the air
, and the fish
of the sea, and the idols
with their
wicked worshipers.
I will cut off mankind
from the face of the earth
, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
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
.
“
I will stretch out My hand against
Judah and against
all who
dwell
in
Jerusalem .
I will cut off from
this
place
every
remnant of Baal, the names
of the idolatrous
and
pagan
priests —
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 ;
those
who
bow
on
the
rooftops
to
worship the host of heaven ,
those
who
bow
down
and swear by
the
LORD
but
also
swear by Milcom,
and
them
that
worship the host of heaven upon
the
housetops;
and them
that
worship,
that
swear to
Jehovah
and
swear by Malcam;
and those
who
turn
back from following the
LORD
, neither
seeking
the
LORD
nor inquiring
of
Him. ”
and them
that
are
turned
back from following Jehovah;
and
those
that
have
not
sought
Jehovah
, nor inquired
after
him.
Be
silent
in
the presence of the Lord GOD,
for the Day of the
LORD
is near.
Indeed,
the
LORD
has
prepared a sacrifice ;
He has
consecrated His guests.
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.
“On
the Day of the
LORD’s
sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of
the
king
, and all who
are dressed
in
foreign apparel.
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.
On
that day I will punish all who
leap over the threshold, who
fill the
house
of
their master
with violence and deceit.
And
in
that day I will punish all those
that
leap over the threshold, that
fill their master's
house
with violence and deceit.
On
that day, ”
declares
the
LORD
, “
a cry will
go
up
from the Fish Gate, a wail
from the Second District
, and a loud
crashing from the hills.
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.
Wail, O
dwellers
of the
Hollow,
for all your
merchants
will
be
silenced
; all who
weigh
out
silver will
be
cut off.
Wail, ye
inhabitants
of Maktesh;
for all the
people
of
Canaan
are
undone
; all they
that
were
laden
with
silver are
cut off.
And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in
complacency
, who
say to
themselves
, ‘The
LORD
will do nothing,
either
good or
bad
. ’
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
.
Their wealth will
be
plundered
and their houses laid
waste.
They will
build houses but not inhabit them ,
and plant vineyards but never
drink their
wine.
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
.
The great Day of the
LORD
is near —
near and coming
quickly.
Listen
, the Day
of the LORD!
Then
the
cry
of the mighty will
be
bitter
.
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
.
That day will
be
a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction
and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom
, a day of clouds and blackness
,
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
,
a day of horn
blast
and battle
cry
against the fortified cities, and against the high corner
towers
.
a day of the
trumpet
and alarm,
against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements
.
I will bring such
distress on
mankind
that they will
walk like the
blind, because they have sinned against the
LORD.
Their blood will
be poured out like
dust and their flesh like
dung.
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.
Neither their silver nor their gold will
be able to deliver them on
the Day of the
LORD’s
wrath .
The whole earth
will
be consumed
by the fire of His jealousy .”
For indeed,
He will make a sudden
end of all who
dwell on
the earth
.
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
.
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