Zephaniah 1:10-18

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰ On that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate,^(A)
a wailing from the Second District,^(B)
and a loud crashing from the hills.
¹¹ Wail, you residents of the Hollow,^[a]
for all the merchants^[b] 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,^[c](C)
who say to themselves:
The Lord will do nothing—good or bad.^(D)
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.^(E)

¹⁴ The great day of the Lord is near,^(F)
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^(G) and gloom,
a day of clouds and total darkness,^(H)
16 a day of ram’s horn and battle cry
against the fortified cities,
and against the high corner towers.
¹⁷ I will bring distress on mankind,
and they will walk like the blind^(I)
because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out like dust
and their flesh like dung.
¹⁸ Their silver and their gold
will be unable to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.^(J)
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of his jealousy,^(K)
for he will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.