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)

Judgment on the Whole Earth in the Day of the Lord

“I will sweep away everything
    from the face of the earth,”(A)
declares the Lord.
“I will sweep away both man and beast;(B)
    I will sweep away the birds in the sky(C)
    and the fish in the sea—
    and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.”[a]

“When I destroy all mankind
    on the face of the earth,”(D)
declares the Lord,(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.