Zephaniah 1:7-13
Legacy Standard Bible
The Day of Yahweh Is Near
7 [a](A)Be silent before Lord Yahweh!
For the (B)day of Yahweh is near,
For Yahweh has prepared a (C)sacrifice;
He has (D)set apart His guests.
8 “Then it will be on the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice
That I will (E)punish the princes, the king’s sons,
And all who clothe themselves with (F)foreign garments.
9 And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold,
Who fill the house of their [b]Lord with (G)violence and deceit.
10 And it will be in that day,” declares Yahweh,
“That there will be the sound of a cry from the (H)Fish Gate
And a wail from the [c](I)Second Quarter
And a great destruction from the (J)hills.
11 Wail, O inhabitants of the [d]Mortar,
For all the [e]people of (K)Canaan will be silenced;
All who weigh out (L)silver will be cut off.
12 And it will be at that time
That I will (M)search Jerusalem with lamps,
And I will punish the men
Who are [f](N)stagnant in spirit,
Who say in their hearts,
‘Yahweh will (O)not do good or evil!’
13 And it will be that their wealth will become (P)spoil
And their houses desolate;
Indeed, (Q)they will build houses but not inhabit them,
And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:7 Lit Hush
- Zephaniah 1:9 Or lord
- Zephaniah 1:10 A district of Jerusalem
- Zephaniah 1:11 A district of Jerusalem
- Zephaniah 1:11 Or merchant people will
- Zephaniah 1:12 Lit thickening on their lees
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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