Zephaniah 1:14-18

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁴ The great day of the Lord is near,^(A)
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^(B) and gloom,
a day of clouds and total darkness,^(C)
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^(D)
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.^(E)
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of his jealousy,^(F)
for he will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.