Zephaniah 1:1-6

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.
⁴“I will stretch out my hand against Judah
    and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
^(H)and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal
    and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,
⁵^(I)those who bow down on the roofs
    to the host of the heavens,
^(J)those who bow down and swear to the Lord
    and yet swear by ^(K)Milcom,^[b]
⁶^(L)those who have turned back from following the Lord,
    ^(M)who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”