And I will strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast. They shall die of a great pestilence.

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I will strike(A) down those who live in this city—both man and beast—and they will die of a terrible plague.(B)

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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)

“I will sweep away both man and beast;(A)
    I will sweep away the birds in the sky(B)
    and the fish in the sea—
    and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.”[a]

“When I destroy all mankind
    on the face of the earth,”(C)
declares the Lord,(D)

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  1. Zephaniah 1:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

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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Because of this the land dries up,(A)
    and all who live in it waste away;(B)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the fish in the sea are swept away.(C)

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21 “For thus says the Lord God: How much more (A)when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, (B)sword, (C)famine, (D)wild beasts, and (E)pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

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21 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments(A)—sword(B) and famine(C) and wild beasts and plague(D)—to kill its men and their animals!(E)

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19 “Or (A)if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, to cut off from it man and beast,

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19 “Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath(A) on it through bloodshed,(B) killing its people and their animals,(C)

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17 “Or (A)if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, (B)and I cut off from it man and beast,

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17 “Or if I bring a sword(A) against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’ and I kill its people and their animals,(B)

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13 (A)“Son of man, when a land sins against me (B)by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and (C)break its supply[a] of bread and send famine upon it, and (D)cut off from it man and beast,

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  1. Ezekiel 14:13 Hebrew staff

13 “Son of man, if a country sins(A) against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply(B) and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals,(C)

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12 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be (B)habitations of shepherds (C)resting their flocks.

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12 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In this place, desolate(A) and without people or animals(B)—in all its towns there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.(C)

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24 Behold, (A)the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and (B)because of sword and famine and pestilence (C)the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it.

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24 “See how the siege ramps(A) are built up to take the city. Because of the sword, famine and plague,(B) the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you said(C) has happened,(D) as you now see.

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(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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Yet you know me, Lord;
    you see me and test(A) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep(B) to be butchered!
    Set them apart for the day of slaughter!(C)
How long will the land lie parched(D)
    and the grass in every field be withered?(E)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
    the animals and birds have perished.(F)
Moreover, the people are saying,
    “He will not see what happens to us.”

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11 Then I said, (A)“How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until (B)cities lie waste
    without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
    and the land is a desolate waste,

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11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”(A)

And he answered:

“Until the cities lie ruined(B)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted(C)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,(D)

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24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and (A)be led captive among all nations, and (B)Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, (C)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled(A) on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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12 Therefore because of you
    (A)Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem (B)shall become a heap of ruins,
    and (C)the mountain of the house (D)a wooded height.

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12 Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(A)
    the temple(B) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.(C)

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