So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

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“I will sweep away (A)man and beast;
    I will sweep away the birds of the heavens
    and (B)the fish of the sea,
and (C)the rubble[a] with the wicked.
    I will (D)cut off mankind
    from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks (that is, idols)

20 But the wicked will perish;
    the enemies of the Lord are like (A)the glory of the pastures;
    they vanish—like (B)smoke they vanish away.

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20 For (A)by works of the law no human being[a] will be justified in his sight, since (B)through the law comes knowledge of sin.

The Righteousness of God Through Faith

21 But now (C)the righteousness of God (D)has been manifested apart from the law, although (E)the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God (F)through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. (G)For there is no distinction:

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:20 Greek flesh

(A)But you, O Lord, know me;
    (B)you see me, and test my heart toward you.
(C)Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
    and set them apart for (D)the day of slaughter.
(E)How long will the land mourn
    and the grass of every field wither?
(F)For the evil of those who dwell in it
    (G)the beasts and the birds are swept away,
    because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”

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(A)The Lord has made everything for its purpose,
    even (B)the wicked for the day of trouble.

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27 (A)The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
    (B)but the years of the wicked will be short.

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The King of Glory

A Psalm of David.

24 (A)The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof,[a]
    the world and those who dwell therein,
for he has (B)founded it upon (C)the seas
    and established it upon the rivers.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 24:1 Or and all that fills it

Therefore (A)the land mourns,
    and all who dwell in it languish,
(B)and also the beasts of the field
    and the birds of the heavens,
    (C)and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

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22 “For (A)my people are foolish;
    they know me not;
they are stupid children;
    they have no understanding.
(B)They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
    But how to do good they know not.”

23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was (C)without form and void;
    (D)and to the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I looked on (E)the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,
    and all the hills moved to and fro.
25 (F)I looked, and behold, there was no man,
    and all the birds of the air had fled.
26 I looked, and behold, the (G)fruitful land was a desert,
    and all its cities were laid in ruins
    before the Lord, before (H)his fierce anger.

27 For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; (I)yet I will not make a full end.

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