Zephaniah 1:7-13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord God,(A)
for the Day of the Lord is near.(B)
Indeed, the Lord has prepared a sacrifice;(C)
He has consecrated His guests.(D)
8 On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice
I will punish the officials, the king’s sons,
and all who are dressed in foreign clothing.
9 On that day(E) I will punish
all who skip over the threshold,[a](F)
who fill their master’s house
with violence and deceit.
10 On that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate,(G)
a wailing from the Second District,(H)
and a loud crashing from the hills.
11 Wail, you residents of the Hollow,[b]
for all the merchants[c] will be silenced;
all those loaded with silver will be cut off.
12 And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish the men who settle down comfortably,[d](I)
who say to themselves:
The Lord will not do good or evil.
13 Their wealth will become plunder
and their houses a ruin.
They will build houses but never live in them,
plant vineyards but never drink their wine.(J)
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:9 Hb obscure
- Zephaniah 1:11 Or the market district
- Zephaniah 1:11 Or Canaanites
- Zephaniah 1:12 Lit who thicken on their dregs
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