Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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:
A
word of Jehovah
that hath
been
unto
Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezikiah
, in the days of Josiah son of Amoz,
king of Judah:
“
I will
completely
sweep
away
everything
from the face of the earth
, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
I utterly
consume
all
from off
the face of the ground
, An
affirmation
of
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 consume
man and beast ,
I consume
fowl
of the heavens
, and fishes
of the sea, And the stumbling-blocks
--
the
wicked ,
And
I have
cut off man
from the face of the ground
, An
affirmation
of
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
stretched
out My hand against Judah ,
And against all inhabiting
Jerusalem ,
And
cut off from this place the
remnant of Baal, The name
of the idolatrous priests ,
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
those bowing
themselves
On the roofs
to the host of the
heavens
, And
those bowing
themselves,
Swearing
to
Jehovah,
and swearing
by Malcham
,
and those who
turn
back
from following
the
LORD
, neither
seeking
the
LORD
nor inquiring
of
Him. ”
And those removing
from after
Jehovah
, And
who
have
not
sought
Jehovah,
nor besought
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
.
Hush!
because
of the Lord Jehovah
, For near
`is'
a
day of Jehovah
, For
prepared hath
Jehovah
a sacrifice ,
He hath
sanctified
His invited
ones
.
“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
hath
come
to
pass,
In
the day of the sacrifice of
Jehovah,
That
I have
laid
a
charge
on
the heads
, And
on
sons of the king, And on
all putting
on
strange
clothing
.
On
that
day
I will
punish
all
who leap
over the threshold, who fill
the house of their master
with violence and deceit.
And
I have
laid
a
charge
on
every
one
Who is
leaping
over the threshold in
that
day
, Who are
filling
the house of their masters
`
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
there
hath
been
in
that day, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, The
noise
of
a cry from the fish -
gate, And
of
a howling
from the Second, And of
great
destruction
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.
Howl
, ye
inhabitants
of the hollow place
, For cut
off
hath
been
all the
merchant
people,
Cut off have
been
all
bearing
silver
.
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
hath
come
to
pass,
at that time ,
I search Jerusalem with lights,
And I
have
laid
a
charge
on
the men Who are
hardened
on
their
preserved
things
, Who
are
saying
in
their
heart:
Jehovah
doth
no
good ,
nor
doth
He
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 hath
been
for
a
spoil,
And their houses for
desolation,
And
they have
built
houses ,
and
do
not inhabit, And they
have
planted
vineyards ,
And
they
do
not
drink their wine.
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
.
Near
`is'
the great day of Jehovah,
Near ,
and hasting
exceedingly
, The noise
of the day
of Jehovah,
Bitterly
shriek
there
doth
a
mighty one
.
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,
A day of wrath `is'
that
day
, A day of adversity
and distress, A day of waste
and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess
, A day of cloud
and thick
darkness.
a day of horn
blast
and battle
cry
against the fortified
cities, and against the high corner
towers
.
A day of trumpet
and shouting
against the fenced
cities, And against the high corners
.
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 have
sent
distress to
men,
And
they have
walked
as
the blind, For
against
Jehovah
they have sinned ,
And
poured out is
their
blood
as
dust ,
And their flesh `is'
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.
Even
their silver ,
even
their gold ,
Is
not
able to deliver them in
a
day of the wrath of
Jehovah,
And
in
the fire of His jealousy consumed
is
the
whole
land
, For
only
a hastened
end doth
He
make
Of all the inhabitants
of
the
land!
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