Zephaniah 1:1-7
New American Standard Bible 1995
Day of Judgment on Judah
1 The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of (A)Josiah son of (B)Amon, king of Judah:
2 “I will completely (C)remove all things
From the face of the [a]earth,” declares the Lord.
3 “I will remove (D)man and beast;
I will remove the (E)birds of the sky
And the fish of the sea,
And the [b](F)ruins along with the wicked;
And I will cut off man from the face of the [c]earth,” declares the Lord.
4 “So I will (G)stretch out My hand against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will (H)cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
And the names of the (I)idolatrous priests along with the priests.
5 “And those who bow down on the (J)housetops to the host of heaven,
And those who bow down and (K)swear to the Lord and yet swear by [d](L)Milcom,
6 And those who have (M)turned back from following the Lord,
And those who have (N)not sought the Lord or inquired of Him.”
7 [e](O)Be silent before the Lord [f]God!
For the (P)day of the Lord is near,
For the Lord has prepared a (Q)sacrifice,
He has (R)consecrated His guests.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:2 Lit ground
- Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks
- Zephaniah 1:3 Lit ground
- Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; M.T. Malcam, probably a variant spelling of Milcom
- Zephaniah 1:7 Lit Hush
- Zephaniah 1:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
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