“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. 2 I will utterly consume all
[things] from off the land, saith the LORD. 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. 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; 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; 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and
[those] that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.”
“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. 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. 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. 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. 11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant
people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. 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. 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.”
“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. 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, 16 A day of the trumpet
and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 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. 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.” (Zephaniah 1:1-18 AV)
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