Zephaniah 1:1-3
English Standard Version
1 The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, (A)in the days of (B)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
The Coming Judgment on Judah
2 (C)“I will utterly sweep away everything
from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
3 “I will sweep away (D)man and beast;
I will sweep away the birds of the heavens
and (E)the fish of the sea,
and (F)the rubble[a] with the wicked.
I will (G)cut off mankind
from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks (that is, idols)
Zephaniah 1:14-18
English Standard Version
14 (A)The great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
(B)the mighty man cries aloud there.
15 (C)A day of wrath is that day,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of (D)ruin and devastation,
(E)a day of darkness and gloom,
(F)a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 (G)a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
(H)against the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.
17 (I)I will bring distress on mankind,
so that they shall walk (J)like the blind,
because they have sinned against the Lord;
(K)their blood shall be poured out like dust,
and their flesh (L)like dung.
18 (M)Neither their silver nor their gold
shall be able to deliver them
on the day of the wrath of the Lord.
(N)In the fire of his jealousy,
(O)all the earth shall be consumed;
(P)for a full and sudden end
he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Zephaniah 2:10-11
English Standard Version
10 This shall be their lot in return (A)for their pride,
because they taunted and boasted
against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome against them;
(B)for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and (C)to him shall bow down,
each in its place,
all (D)the lands of the nations.
Zephaniah 3:8
English Standard Version
8 “Therefore (A)wait for me,” declares the Lord,
“for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.
For my decision is (B)to gather nations,
to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
all my burning anger;
for in the fire of my jealousy
(C)all the earth shall be consumed.
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
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