The Coming Judgment on Judah

(A)“I will utterly sweep away everything
    from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
“I will sweep away (B)man and beast;
    I will sweep away the birds of the heavens
    and (C)the fish of the sea,
and (D)the rubble[a] with the wicked.
    I will (E)cut off mankind
    from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks (that is, idols)

“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