God's severe judgment against Judah for divers sins.
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The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah{gr.Sophonias} the son of Hushai{gr.Chusi}, the son of Gedaliah{gr.Godolias}, the son of Amorias, the son of Hezekiah{gr.Ezekias}, in the days of Josiah{gr.Josias} son of Amon, king of Judah{gr.Juda}. |
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The wordº
of Yahwehº
whichº
cameº
untoº
Zephaniahº
the sonº
of Cushi,º
the sonº
of Gedaliah,º
the sonº
of Amariah,º
the sonº
of Hizkiah,º
in the daysº
of Josiahº
the sonº
of Amon,º
kingº
of Judah.º |
 1:2
Let there be an utter cutting off from the face of the land, saith the Lord. |
 1:2
I will utterlyºº
consumeººº
allº
[things] from offººº
the land,ºº
saithºº
Yahweh.º |
 1:3
Let man and cattle be cut off; let the birds of the air and the fishes of the sea be cut off; and the ungodly shall fail, and I will take away the transgressors from the face of the land, saith the Lord. |
 1:3
I will consumeºº
manº
and beast;º
I will consumeºº
the fowlsº
of the heaven,º
and the fishesº
of the sea,º
and the stumblingblocksº
withº
the wicked;º
and I will cut offººº
manº
from offººº
the land,º
saithºº
Yahweh.º |
 1:4
And I will stretch out mine hand upon Judah{gr.Juda}, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will remove the names of Baal out of this place, and the names of the priests; |
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I will also stretch outºº
mine handº
uponº
Judah,º
and uponº
allº
the inhabitantsºº
of Jerusalem;º
and I will cut offººº
the remnantº
of Baalº
fromº
thisº
place,º
[and]º
the nameº
of the Chemarimsº
withº
the priests;º |
 1:5
and them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and swear by the Lord, and them that swear by their king; |
 1:5
And them that worshipºº
the hostº
of heavenº
uponº
the housetops;º
and them that worshipºº
[and] that swearºº
by Yahweh,º
and that swearºº
by Malcham;ºº |
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and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord. |
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And them that are turned backºº
fromºº
Yahweh;º
and [those] thatº
have notº
soughtººº
Yahweh,º
norº
enquiredºº
for him. |
 1:7
Fear ye before the Lord God; for the day of the Lord is near; for the Lord has prepared his sacrifice, and has sanctified his guests. |
 1:7
Hold thy peaceºº
at the presenceºº
of Adonaiº
Yahweh:º
forº
the dayº
of Yahwehº
[is] at hand:º
forº
Yahwehº
hath preparedºº
a sacrifice,º
he hath bidºº
his guests.ºº |
 1:8
And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord's sacrifice, that I will take vengeance on the princes, and on the king's house, and upon all that wear strange apparel. |
 1:8
And it shall come to passº
in the dayº
of Yahweh'sº
sacrifice,º
that I will punishººº
the princes,º
and the king'sº
children,º
and allº
such as are clothedºº
with strangeº
apparel.º |
 1:9
And I will openly take vengeance on the porches in that day, [on the men] that fill the house of the Lord their God with ungodliness and deceit. |
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In the sameº
dayº
also will I punishººº
allº
those that leapºº
onº
the threshold,º
which fillºº
their adonim'sº
housesº
with violenceº
and deceit.º |
 1:10
And there shall be in that day, saith the Lord, the sound of a cry from the gate of men slaying, and a howling from the second [gate], and a great crashing from the hills. |
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And it shall come to passº
in thatº
day,º
saithºº
Yahweh,º
[that there shall be] the noiseº
of a cryº
from the fishº
gate,ºº
and an howlingº
fromº
the second,º
and a greatº
crashingº
from the hills.ºº |
 1:11
Lament, ye that inhabit the [city] that has been broken down, for all the people has become like Canaan{gr.Chanaan}; and all that were exalted by silver have been utterly destroyed. |
 1:11
Howl,ºº
ye inhabitantsºº
of Maktesh,º
forº
allº
the merchantº
peopleº
are cut down;ºº
allº
they that bearº
silverº
are cut off.ºº |
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And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will search Jerusalem with a candle, and will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will he do any evil. |
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And it shall come to passº
at thatº
time,º
[that] I will searchººº
Jerusalemº
with candles,º
and punishººº
the menºº
that are settledºº
onº
their lees:º
that sayºº
in their heart,º
Yahwehº
will notº
do good,ºº
neitherº
will he do evil.ºº |
 1:13
And their power shall be for a spoil, and their houses for utter desolation; and they shall build houses, but shall not dwell in them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine of them. |
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Therefore their goodsº
shall becomeº
a booty,º
and their housesº
a desolation:º
they shall also buildºº
houses,º
but notº
inhabitºº
[them]; and they shall plantºº
vineyards,º
but notº
drinkººº
the wineº
thereof. |
 1:14
For the great day of the Lord [is] near, [it is] near, and very speedy; the sound of the day of the Lord is made bitter and harsh. |
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The greatº
dayº
of Yahwehº
[is] near,º
[it is] near,º
and hastethº
greatly,º
[even] the voiceº
of the dayº
of Yahweh:º
the mighty manº
shall cryºº
thereº
bitterly.º |
 1:15
A mighty day of wrath is that day, a day of affliction and distress, a day of desolation and destruction, a day of gloominess and darkness, a day of cloud and vapour, |
 1:15
Thatº
dayº
[is] a dayº
of wrath,º
a dayº
of troubleº
and distress,º
a dayº
of wastenessº
and desolation,º
a dayº
of darknessº
and gloominess,º
a dayº
of cloudsº
and thick darkness,º |
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a day of the trumpet and cry against the strong cities, and against the high towers. |
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A dayº
of the trumpetº
and alarmº
againstº
the fencedºº
cities,º
and againstº
the highº
towers.º |
 1:17
And I will greatly afflict the men, and they shall walk as blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; therefore he shall pour out their blood as dust, and their flesh as dung. |
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And I will bring distressºº
upon men,º
that they shall walkºº
like blind men,º
becauseº
they have sinnedºº
against Yahweh:º
and their bloodº
shall be poured outºº
as dust,º
and their fleshº
as the dung.º |
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And their silver and their gold shall in nowise be able to rescue them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealously; for he will bring a speedy destruction on all them that inhabit the land. |
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Neitherºº
their silverº
norº
their goldº
shall be ableºº
to deliverºº
them in the dayº
of Yahweh'sº
wrath;º
but the wholeº
landº
shall be devouredºº
by the fireº
of his jealousy:º
forº
he shall makeºº
evenº
a speedyºº
riddanceº
ofº
allº
them that dwellºº
in the land.º |