Zephaniah 1:2-7
New King James Version
The Great Day of the Lord
2 “I will [a]utterly consume everything
From the face of the land,”
Says the Lord;
3 “I(A) will consume man and beast;
I will consume the birds of the heavens,
The fish of the sea,
And the [b]stumbling blocks along with the wicked.
I will cut off man from the face of the [c]land,”
Says the Lord.
4 “I will stretch out My hand against Judah,
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[d]I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place,
The names of the (B)idolatrous[e] priests with the pagan priests—
5 Those (C)who worship the host of heaven on the housetops;
Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,
But who also swear (D)by [f]Milcom;
6 (E)Those who have turned back from following the Lord,
And (F)have not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.”
7 (G)Be silent in the presence of the Lord God;
(H)For the day of the Lord is at hand,
For (I)the Lord has prepared a sacrifice;
He has [g]invited His guests.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:2 Lit. make a complete end of, Jer. 8:13
- Zephaniah 1:3 Idols
- Zephaniah 1:3 ground
- Zephaniah 1:4 Fulfilled in 2 Kin. 23:4, 5
- Zephaniah 1:4 Heb. chemarim
- Zephaniah 1:5 Or Malcam, an Ammonite god, 1 Kin. 11:5; Jer. 49:1; Molech, Lev. 18:21
- Zephaniah 1:7 Lit. set apart, consecrated
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