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The Coming Judgment on Judah

I will utterly sweep away everything
    from the face of the earth, says the Lord.(A)
I will sweep away humans and animals;
    I will sweep away the birds of the air
    and the fish of the sea.
I will make the wicked stumble.[a]
    I will cut off humanity
    from the face of the earth, says the Lord.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.3 Cn: Heb and those who cause the wicked to stumble

“I’ll utterly sweep away everything from[a] the land,”
    declares the Lord.
“I’ll consume both human beings and animals—
    I’ll consume the birds of the sky,
the fish in the sea,
    and the wicked along with their sin,[b]
when I eliminate human beings from the land,”
        declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:2 Lit. from the face of
  2. Zephaniah 1:3 Lit. with the heap of rubble