Zephaniah 1:7-16

Christian Standard Bible

⁸ On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice
I will punish the officials, the king’s sons,
and all who are dressed in foreign clothing.
⁹ On that day^(E) I will punish
all who skip over the threshold,^[a](F)
who fill their master’s house
with violence and deceit.

¹⁰ On that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate,^(G)
a wailing from the Second District,^(H)
and a loud crashing from the hills.
¹¹ Wail, you residents of the Hollow,^[b]
for all the merchants^[c] will be silenced;
all those loaded with silver will be cut off.

¹² And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish those who settle down comfortably,^[d](I)
who say to themselves:
The Lord will do nothing—good or bad.^(J)
13 Their wealth will become plunder
and their houses a ruin.
They will build houses but never live in them,
plant vineyards but never drink their wine.^(K)

¹⁴ The great day of the Lord is near,^(L)
near and rapidly approaching.
Listen, the day of the Lord—
then the warrior’s cry is bitter.
¹⁵ That day is a day of wrath,
a day of trouble and distress,
a day of destruction and desolation,
a day of darkness^(M) and gloom,
a day of clouds and total darkness,^(N)
16 a day of ram’s horn and battle cry
against the fortified cities,
and against the high corner towers.