God's severe judgment against Judah for divers sins.
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  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. |
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1:1 ¶
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.° |
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1:2
I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah. |
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1:2
I will utterly°°
consume°°°
all°
[things] from off°°°
the land,°°
saith°°
the LORD.° |
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1:3
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. |
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1:3
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.° |
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1:4
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; |
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1:4
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;° |
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1:5
and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam; |
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1:5
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;°° |
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1:6
and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him. |
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1:6
And them that are turned back°°
from°°
the LORD;°
and [those] that°
have not°
sought°°°
the LORD,°
nor°
enquired°°
for him. |
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1:7
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. |
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1:7
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.°° |
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1:8
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. |
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1:8
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.° |
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1:9
And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit. |
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1:9
In the same°
day°
also will I punish°°°
all°
those that leap°°
on°
the threshold,°
which fill°°
their masters'°
houses°
with violence°
and deceit.° |
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1:10
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. |
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1:10
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.°° |
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1:11
Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off. |
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1:11
Howl,°°
ye inhabitants°°
of Maktesh,°
for°
all°
the merchant°
people°
are cut down;°°
all°
they that bear°
silver°
are cut off.°° |
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1:12
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. |
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1:12
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.°° |
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1:13
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. |
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1:13
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. |
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1:14
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. |
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1:14
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.° |
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1:15
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, |
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1:15
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,° |
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1:16
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements. |
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1:16
A day°
of the trumpet°
and alarm°
against°
the fenced°°
cities,°
and against°
the high°
towers.° |
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1:17
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. |
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1:17
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.° |
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1:18
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. |
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1:18
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.° |
