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 will completely (A)remove all things
From the face of the [a]earth,” declares the Lord.
“I will remove (B)human and animal life;
I will remove the (C)birds of the sky
And the fish of the sea,
And the [b](D)ruins along with the wicked;
And I will eliminate mankind from the face of the [c]earth,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:2 Lit ground
  2. Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks
  3. Zephaniah 1:3 Lit ground