Zephaniah 1:7-13
English Standard Version
The Day of the Lord Is Near
7 (A)Be silent before the Lord God!
For (B)the day of the Lord is near;
(C)the Lord has prepared a sacrifice
and (D)consecrated his guests.
8 And on the day of the Lord's sacrifice—
(E)“I will punish the officials and the king's sons
and (F)all who array themselves in foreign attire.
9 On that day I will punish
everyone (G)who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master's[a] house
with violence and fraud.
10 “On that day,” declares the Lord,
“a cry will be heard from (H)the Fish Gate,
(I)a wail from (J)the Second Quarter,
a loud crash from the hills.
11 (K)Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!
For all the traders[b] are no more;
all who weigh out silver are cut off.
12 At that time (L)I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
and I will punish the men
(M)who are complacent,[c]
(N)those who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do ill.’
13 Their goods shall be (O)plundered,
and their houses laid waste.
(P)Though they build houses,
they shall not inhabit them;
(Q)though they plant vineyards,
they shall not drink wine from them.”
Footnotes
- 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 1:7-13
Common English Bible
The day of the Lord
7 Hush before the Lord God,
for the day of the Lord is near!
The Lord has established a sacrifice;
he has made holy those he has summoned.
8 On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice,
I will punish the princes, the king’s sons,
and all those wearing foreign clothes.
9 I will punish the one leaping on the threshold on that day,
those filling the house of their master with violence and deceit.
10 On that day—says the Lord—
an outcry will resound from the Fish Gate,
wailing from the second quarter,
a loud crash from the hills.
11 The ones who grind the grain[a] will wail;
all the merchants will be silenced.
I will eliminate all those weighing out silver.
12 At that time, I will search Jerusalem with lamps;
I will punish the men growing fat on the sediment in their wine,
those saying to themselves, The Lord won’t do good or evil.
13 Their wealth will be looted and their houses destroyed.
They will rebuild houses, but not live in them;
they will plant vineyards, but not drink the wine.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:11 Or keeper of the mortar
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