Zephaniah 1:2-3
King James Version
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.
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Zephaniah 1:2-3
Contemporary English Version
Judgment on Judah
2 I, the Lord, now promise
to destroy everything
on this earth—
3 people and animals,
birds and fish.
Everyone who is evil
will crash to the ground,[a]
and I will wipe out
the entire human race.
Footnotes
- 1.3 Everyone … ground: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Zephaniah 1:2-3
Jubilee Bible 2000
2 I will utterly destroy all things from off the face of the earth, saith the LORD.
3 I will destroy the men and the beasts; I will destroy the fowls of the heaven and the fishes of the sea, and the wicked shall stumble; and I will cut off men from upon the face of the earth, saith the LORD.
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Zephaniah 1:2-3
Names of God Bible
The Lord Will Judge the Earth
2 “I will gather everything on the face of the earth
and put an end to it,” declares Yahweh.
3 “I will put an end to humans and animals.
I will put an end to
the birds in the sky,
the fish in the sea,
and the sins that make people fall, together with the sinners.
I will remove all people from the face of the earth,” declares Yahweh.
Zephaniah 1:2-3
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord’s Day for Judging the People
2 The Lord says, “I will destroy everything on earth.[a] 3 I will destroy all the people and all the animals. I will destroy the birds in the air and the fish in the sea. I will destroy the evil people and everything that makes them sin. I will remove all people from the earth.” This is what the Lord said.
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- Zephaniah 1:2 earth Or “the land” or “the country.” Also in verse 18.
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