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10 In that day—declares Adonai
there will be the sound of screaming from the Fish Gate,
wailing from the second district
and a loud crash from the heights.
11 Howl, inhabitants of Maktesh![a]
For all the people of Canaan[b] are destroyed.
All who weigh out silver are cut off.
12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish the men whose spirits have hardened,
who say in their hearts,
Adonai will do neither good nor evil.’
13 Their wealth will become plunder,
    their houses a ruin.
They will build houses
    but not live in them.
They will plant vineyards
    but not drink their wine.

14 The great day of Adonai is near—
    near and coming very quickly!
The sound of the day of Adonai is bitter—
    the shouting of the warrior is there.
15 That day is a day of wrath
a day of trouble and distress,
a day of devastating storm and desolation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 a day of shofar and alarm
    against the fortified cities
    and against the high corner towers.
17 I will bring such distress upon mankind
    that they will walk like the blind—
    for they have sinned against Adonai.
Their blood will be poured out like dust,
    and their flesh like dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to rescue them
    on the day of Adonai’s wrath.
With the fire of His passion
    the entire earth will be consumed.
For He will make a total,
    dreadful annihilation of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:11 A district of Jerusalem for beating mortar.
  2. Zephaniah 1:11 Or, merchant people.