Zephaniah 1:10-18

New King James Version

¹⁰ “And there shall be on that day,” says the Lord,
“The sound of a mournful cry from ^(A)the Fish Gate,
A wailing from the Second Quarter,
And a loud crashing from the hills.
^11 (B)Wail, you inhabitants of ^[a]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 ^(C)settled^[b] in complacency,
^(D)Who say in their heart,
‘The Lord will not do good,
Nor will He do evil.’
¹³ Therefore their goods shall become booty,
And their houses a desolation;
They shall build houses, but not inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards, but ^(E)not drink their wine.”

^14 (F)The great day of the Lord is near;
It is near and hastens quickly.
The noise of the day of the Lord is bitter;
There the mighty men shall cry out.
^15 (G)That day is a day of wrath,
A day of trouble and distress,
A day of devastation and desolation,
A day of darkness and gloominess,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,
¹⁶ A day of ^(H)trumpet and alarm
Against the fortified cities
And against the high towers.

¹⁷ “I will bring distress upon men,
And they shall ^(I)walk like blind men,
Because they have sinned against the Lord;
Their blood shall be poured out like dust,
And their flesh like refuse.”

^18 (J)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 will make speedy riddance
Of all those who dwell in the land.