Zephaniah 1:2-3
English Standard Version
The Coming Judgment on Judah
2 (A)“I will utterly sweep away everything
from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
3 “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.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks (that is, idols)
Zephaniah 1:2-3
New Living Translation
Coming Judgment against Judah
2 “I will sweep away everything
from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.
3 “I will sweep away people and animals alike.
I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish in the sea.
I will reduce the wicked to heaps of rubble,[a]
and I will wipe humanity from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- 1:3 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
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