Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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 .
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 :
I will utterly
sweep away everything off
of
the surface
of the earth, says
Yahweh
.
“
I will completely
sweep away everything from
the face
of the earth, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
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
.
“
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 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 ,
“
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 —
those who worship the host of the
sky
on
the
housetops
, those who worship
and swear by Yahweh
and
also swear by Malcam
,
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
,
those who have
turned
back from following Yahweh
, and
those
who
haven't
sought
Yahweh
nor inquired
after
him.
and
those who turn
back from following the
LORD
, neither
seeking
the
LORD
nor inquiring
of
Him. ”
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.
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.
It
will
happen
in
the day of Yahweh's
sacrifice ,
that
I will punish the princes, the king's
sons, and all those
who as
are clothed
with
foreign clothing
.
“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
.
In
that day ,
I will punish all those
who leap over the threshold, who fill their
master's
house with violence and deceit.
On
that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the
house of
their
master
with violence and deceit.
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.
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.
Wail, you
inhabitants
of Maktesh
, for all the
people
of
Canaan
are
undone!
All those
who were
loaded
with
silver are
cut off.
Wail, O
dwellers
of the
Hollow
, for all your
merchants
will
be
silenced;
all who weigh
out
silver will
be
cut off.
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
. "
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
. ’
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.
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.
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
.
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
.
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,
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 the
trumpet
and alarm,
against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements
.
a day of horn
blast
and battle
cry
against the fortified cities, and against the high corner
towers
.
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.
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.
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
.
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
.
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