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The Coming Judgment on Judah

I will utterly sweep away everything
    from the face of the earth, says the Lord.(A)
I will sweep away humans and animals;
    I will sweep away the birds of the air
    and the fish of the sea.
I will make the wicked stumble.[a]
    I will cut off humanity
    from the face of the earth, says the Lord.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.3 Cn: Heb and those who cause the wicked to stumble

The Coming Judgment on Judah

“I will utterly sweep away everything
    from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.
“I will sweep away man and beast;
    I will sweep away the birds of the air
    and the fish of the sea.
I will overthrow[a] the wicked;
    I will cut off mankind
    from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:3 Cn: Heb the stumbling blocks

Judgment on the Whole Earth in the Day of the Lord

“I will sweep away everything
    from the face of the earth,”(A)
declares the Lord.
“I will sweep away both man and beast;(B)
    I will sweep away the birds in the sky(C)
    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,”(D)
declares the Lord,(E)

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Footnotes

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