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Zephaniah 1

18 aligned verses; 18 with wording or punctuation differences .

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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 :
The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah , in the days of Josiah the son of Amon , king of Judah .
I utterly consume all from off the face of the ground , An affirmation of Jehovah .
I will utterly consume all things from off the land , saith 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 consume man and beast ; I will consume the fowls of the heaven , and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked : and I will cut off man from off the land , saith the LORD.
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 ,
I will also stretch out mine 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 Chemarims with the priests ;
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 them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD , and that swear by Malcham ;
And those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah , nor besought Him.
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD , nor enquired for him.
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 .
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests .
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 .
And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes , and the king's children , and all such as are clothed with strange apparel .
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.
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
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.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD , that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
Howl, ye inhabitants of the hollow place , For cut off hath been all the merchant people , Cut off have been all bearing silver.
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh , for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off .
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.
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles , and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart , The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
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.
Therefore their goods shall become a booty , and their houses a desolation : they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof .
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 .
The great day of the LORD is near , it is near, and hasteth greatly , even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly .
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 .
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 trumpet and shouting against the fenced cities, And against the high corners .
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers .
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.
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men , because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
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 !
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath ; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy : for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land .

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