Zephaniah 1:1-13

New King James Version

The Great Day of the Lord^(A)

1 The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of ^(B)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

The Great Day of the Lord

²“I will ^[a]utterly consume everything
From the face of the land,”
Says the Lord;
³“I^(C) 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 ^(D)idolatrous^[e] priests with the pagan priests—
⁵Those ^(E)who worship the host of heaven on the housetops;
Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,
But who also swear ^(F)by ^[f]Milcom;
⁶^(G)Those who have turned back from following the Lord,
And ^(H)have not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.”

⁷^(I)Be silent in the presence of the Lord God;
^(J)For the day of the Lord is at hand,
For ^(K)the Lord has prepared a sacrifice;
He has ^[g]invited His guests.

⁸“And it shall be,
In the day of the Lord’s sacrifice,
That I will punish ^(L)the princes and the king’s children,
And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
⁹In the same day I will punish
All those who ^(M)leap over the threshold,
Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

¹⁰“And there shall be on that day,” says the Lord,
“The sound of a mournful cry from ^(N)the Fish Gate,
A wailing from the Second Quarter,
And a loud crashing from the hills.
¹¹^(O)Wail, you inhabitants of ^[h]Maktesh!
For all the merchant people are cut down;
All those who handle money are cut off.

¹²“And it shall come to pass at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And punish the men
Who are ^(P)settled^[i] in complacency,
^(Q)Who say in their heart,
‘The Lord will not do good,
Nor will He do evil.’
¹³Therefore their goods shall become booty,
And their houses a desolation;
They shall build houses, but not inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards, but ^(R)not drink their wine.”

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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
Zephaniah 1:11 A market district of Jerusalem, lit. Mortar
Zephaniah 1:12 Lit. on their lees; like the dregs of wine

Romans 1

New King James Version

Greeting

1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, ^(A)called to be an apostle, ^(B)separated to the gospel of God ²^(C)which He promised before ^(D)through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, ³concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who ^[a]was ^(E)born of the seed of David according to the flesh, ⁴and ^(F)declared to be the Son of God with power according ^(G)to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. ⁵Through Him ^(H)we have received grace and apostleship for ^(I)obedience to the faith among all nations ^(J)for His name, ⁶among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;

⁷To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, ^(K)called to be saints:

^(L)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Desire to Visit Rome

⁸First, ^(M)I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that ^(N)your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. ⁹For ^(O)God is my witness, ^(P)whom I serve ^[b]with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that ^(Q)without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers, ¹⁰making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you. ¹¹For I long to see you, that ^(R)I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established— ¹²that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by ^(S)the mutual faith both of you and me.

¹³Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but ^(T)was hindered until now), that I might have some ^(U)fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. ¹⁴I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. ¹⁵So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.

The Just Live by Faith

¹⁶For ^(V)I am not ashamed of the gospel ^[c]of Christ, for ^(W)it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, ^(X)for the Jew first and also for the Greek. ¹⁷For ^(Y)in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ^(Z)“The just shall live by faith.”

God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

¹⁸^(AA)For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and ^(AB)unrighteousness of men, who ^[d]suppress the truth in unrighteousness, ¹⁹because ^(AC)what may be known of God is ^[e]manifest ^[f]in them, for ^(AD)God has shown it to them. ²⁰For since the creation of the world ^(AE)His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and ^[g]Godhead, so that they are without excuse, ²¹because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but ^(AF)became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. ²²^(AG)Professing to be wise, they became fools, ²³and changed the glory of the ^(AH)incorruptible ^(AI)God into an image made like ^[h]corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

²⁴^(AJ)Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, ^(AK)to dishonor their bodies ^(AL)among themselves, ²⁵who exchanged ^(AM)the truth of God ^(AN)for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

²⁶For this reason God gave them up to ^(AO)vile passions. For even their ^[i]women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. ²⁷Likewise also the ^[j]men, leaving the natural use of the ^[k]woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

²⁸And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things ^(AP)which are not fitting; ²⁹being filled with all unrighteousness, ^[l]sexual immorality, wickedness, ^[m]covetousness, ^[n]maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, ³⁰backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, ³¹^[o]undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, ^[p]unforgiving, unmerciful; ³²who, ^(AQ)knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things ^(AR)are deserving of death, not only do the same but also ^(AS)approve of those who practice them.