“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

Judgment on the world and Judah

I will wipe out everything from the earth, says the Lord.
        I will destroy humanity and the beasts;
        I will destroy the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea.
        I will make the wicked into a heap of ruins;
        I will eliminate humanity from the earth, says the Lord.

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