Zephaniah 1:4-12

New King James Version

⁴ “I will stretch out My hand against Judah,
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
^[a]I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place,
The names of the ^(A)idolatrous^[b] priests with the pagan priests—
⁵ Those ^(B)who worship the host of heaven on the housetops;
Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,
But who also swear ^(C)by ^[c]Milcom;
^6 (D)Those who have turned back from following the Lord,
And ^(E)have not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.”

^7 (F)Be silent in the presence of the Lord God;
^(G)For the day of the Lord is at hand,
For ^(H)the Lord has prepared a sacrifice;
He has ^[d]invited His guests.

⁸ “And it shall be,
In the day of the Lord’s sacrifice,
That I will punish ^(I)the princes and the king’s children,
And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
⁹ In the same day I will punish
All those who ^(J)leap over the threshold,
Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

¹⁰ “And there shall be on that day,” says the Lord,
“The sound of a mournful cry from ^(K)the Fish Gate,
A wailing from the Second Quarter,
And a loud crashing from the hills.
^11 (L)Wail, you inhabitants of ^[e]Maktesh!
For all the merchant people are cut down;
All those who handle money are cut off.

¹² “And it shall come to pass at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And punish the men
Who are ^(M)settled^[f] in complacency,
^(N)Who say in their heart,
‘The Lord will not do good,
Nor will He do evil.’