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Zephaniah 1
English Standard Version
Zephaniah 1
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.”
The Day of the Lord Is Near
7 (N)Be silent before the Lord God!
For (O)the day of the Lord is near;
(P)the Lord has prepared a sacrifice
and (Q)consecrated his guests.
8 And on the day of the Lord's sacrifice—
(R)“I will punish the officials and the king's sons
and (S)all who array themselves in foreign attire.
9 On that day I will punish
everyone (T)who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master's[c] house
with violence and fraud.
10 “On that day,” declares the Lord,
“a cry will be heard from (U)the Fish Gate,
(V)a wail from (W)the Second Quarter,
a loud crash from the hills.
11 (X)Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!
For all the traders[d] are no more;
all who weigh out silver are cut off.
12 At that time (Y)I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
and I will punish the men
(Z)who are complacent,[e]
(AA)those who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do ill.’
13 Their goods shall be (AB)plundered,
and their houses laid waste.
(AC)Though they build houses,
they shall not inhabit them;
(AD)though they plant vineyards,
they shall not drink wine from them.”
14 (AE)The great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
(AF)the mighty man cries aloud there.
15 (AG)A day of wrath is that day,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of (AH)ruin and devastation,
(AI)a day of darkness and gloom,
(AJ)a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 (AK)a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
(AL)against the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.
17 (AM)I will bring distress on mankind,
so that they shall walk (AN)like the blind,
because they have sinned against the Lord;
(AO)their blood shall be poured out like dust,
and their flesh (AP)like dung.
18 (AQ)Neither their silver nor their gold
shall be able to deliver them
on the day of the wrath of the Lord.
(AR)In the fire of his jealousy,
(AS)all the earth shall be consumed;
(AT)for a full and sudden end
he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks (that is, idols)
- Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king
- Zephaniah 1:9 Or their Lord's
- Zephaniah 1:11 Or all the people of Canaan
- Zephaniah 1:12 Hebrew are thickening on the dregs [of their wine]
Zephaniah 1
King James Version
Zephaniah 1
King James Version
1 The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.
4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;
6 And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him.
7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.
13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Sofonías 1
Nueva Versión Internacional
Sofonías 1
Nueva Versión Internacional
1 Esta es la palabra del Señor que vino a Sofonías, hijo de Cusí, hijo de Guedalías, hijo de Amarías, hijo de Ezequías, durante el reinado de Josías, hijo de Amón, rey de Judá:
Advertencia sobre la destrucción venidera
2 «Arrasaré por completo
cuanto hay sobre la faz de la tierra»,
afirma el Señor.
3 «Arrasaré con hombres y animales,
con las aves del cielo,
con los peces del mar
y con los ídolos que hacen caer a los malvados.[a]
»Destruiré a toda la humanidad
de sobre la faz de la tierra»,
afirma el Señor.
Juicio contra Judá
4 «Extenderé mi mano contra Judá
y contra todos los habitantes de Jerusalén.
Exterminaré de este lugar todo rastro de Baal
y hasta el nombre de sus sacerdotes idólatras;
5 a los que en las azoteas se postran en adoración
ante al ejército del cielo;
a los que, postrados en adoración,
juran lealtad al Señor
y al mismo tiempo a Moloc;[b]
6 a los que se apartan del Señor
y no lo buscan ni lo consultan.
7 »¡Silencio ante el Señor y Dios,
porque cercano está el día del Señor;
ha preparado el Señor un sacrificio
y ha consagrado a sus invitados!
8 »En el día del sacrificio del Señor
castigaré a los oficiales y los hijos del rey,
y a cuantos se visten según modas extrañas.
9 En aquel día castigaré
a cuantos evitan pisar el umbral,[c]
a los que llenan de violencia y engaño
la casa de sus dioses.[d]
10 »Aquel día se oirán gritos de auxilio,
desde la puerta del Pescado,
quejidos desde el Barrio Nuevo,
y gran quebranto desde las colinas»,
afirma el Señor.
11 «¡Giman, habitantes del Barrio del Mercado![e]
Aniquilados serán todos sus mercaderes,
exterminados cuantos comercian con plata.
12 En aquel tiempo registraré Jerusalén con lámparas
para castigar a los que reposan tranquilos
como vino en su sedimento,
a los que piensan: “El Señor no va a hacer nada,
ni para bien ni para mal”.
13 En botín se convertirán sus riquezas;
sus casas quedarán en ruinas:
“Edificarán casas,
pero no las habitarán;
plantarán viñas,
pero del vino no beberán”.
El gran día del Señor
14 »Ya se acerca el gran día del Señor;
a toda prisa se acerca.
El clamor del día del Señor será amargo
y aun el más valiente gritará.
15 Día de ira será aquel día,
día de aflicción y angustia,
día de ruina y destrucción,
día de tinieblas y penumbra,
día de niebla y densa oscuridad,
16 día de trompeta y grito de batalla
contra las ciudades fortificadas,
contra las torres altas.
17 »Traeré tal angustia a todo el pueblo
que andarán como ciegos,
porque pecaron contra el Señor.
Su sangre será derramada como polvo
y sus entrañas como estiércol.
18 No los podrán librar
ni su plata ni su oro
en el día de la ira del Señor.
»En el fuego de su celo
será toda la tierra consumida;
en un instante reducirá a la nada
a todos los habitantes de la tierra».
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