13 Therefore he who is prudent will (A)keep silent in such a time,
    (B)for it is an evil time.

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Godlessness in the Last Days

But understand this, that (A)in the last days there will come times of difficulty.

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15 (A)Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 (B)making the best use of the time, because (C)the days are evil.

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(A)before the decree takes effect[a]
    —before the day passes away (B)like chaff—
(C)before there comes upon you
    the burning anger of the Lord,
before there comes upon you
    the day of the anger of the Lord.
(D)Seek the Lord, (E)all you humble of the land,
    who do his just commands;[b]
(F)seek righteousness; seek humility;
    (G)perhaps (H)you may be hidden
    on the day of the anger of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:2 Hebrew gives birth
  2. Zephaniah 2:3 Or who carry out his judgment

Therefore thus says the Lord:
behold, against (A)this family I am devising disaster,[a]
    from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you (B)shall not walk haughtily,
    (C)for it will be a time of disaster.

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  1. Micah 2:3 The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context

(A)Yet let no one contend,
    and let none accuse,
    for with you is (B)my contention, O priest.[a]

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  1. Hosea 4:4 Or for your people are like those who contend with the priest

a time to (A)tear, and a time to sew;
a time to (B)keep silence, and a time to speak;

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13 Therefore (A)take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in (B)the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.

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12 (A)But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate said to him, (B)“Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?” 14 But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

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16 (A)I hear, and (B)my body trembles;
    my lips quiver at the sound;
(C)rottenness enters into my bones;
    my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet (D)I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
    to come upon people who invade us.

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(A)Put no trust in a neighbor;
    have no confidence in a friend;
guard (B)the doors of your mouth
    from her who lies in your arms;[a]
for (C)the son treats the father with contempt,
    the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
    (D)a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
    (E)I will wait for the God of my salvation;
    my God will hear me.

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  1. Micah 7:5 Hebrew bosom

10 And when one's relative, (A)the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, (B)“Silence! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

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They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a (A)day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; (B)children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.

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21 But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him.”

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12 For man (A)does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and (B)like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are (C)snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

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