20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.(A)

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Therefore God exalted him(A) to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,(B)

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29 See, I am beginning to bring disaster(A) on the city that bears my Name,(B) and will you indeed go unpunished?(C) You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword(D) on all(E) who live on the earth,(F) declares the Lord Almighty.’

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Judgment on the Whole Earth in the Day of the Lord

“I will sweep away everything
    from the face of the earth,”(A)
declares the Lord.

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“I will sweep away both man and beast;(A)
    I will sweep away the birds in the sky(B)
    and the fish in the sea—
    and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.”[a]

“When I destroy all mankind
    on the face of the earth,”(C)
declares the Lord,(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;
    he has destroyed(A) his place of meeting.(B)
The Lord has made Zion forget
    her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;(C)
in his fierce anger he has spurned
    both king and priest.(D)

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They are brought to their knees and fall,(A)
    but we rise up(B) and stand firm.(C)

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27 At that time your mouth will be opened; you will speak with him and will no longer be silent.(A) So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.(B)

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