Zephaniah 1

1The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, #Jer. 1:2 in the days of #2 Kgs. 22:1Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

The Coming Judgment on Judah

2 # Jer. 8:13; [ver. 18; 2 Kgs. 22:16, 17 ] “I will utterly sweep away everything

from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

3“I will sweep away #Hos. 4:3 man and beast;

I will sweep away the birds of the heavens

and #Hos. 4:3 the fish of the sea,

and #See Ezek. 7:19 the rubble#1:3 Or stumbling blocks (that is, idols) with the wicked.

I will #Ezek. 14:17cut off mankind

from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

4“I will stretch out my hand against Judah

and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

# See 2 Kgs. 23:4 and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal

and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,

5 # Jer. 19:13 those who bow down on the roofs

to the host of the heavens,

# [ 1 Kgs. 18:21; 2 Kgs. 17:33, 41 ] those who bow down and swear to the Lord

and yet swear by #1 Kgs. 11:5, 33Milcom,#1:5 Or their king

6 # Jer. 2:13, 17; 15:6 those who have turned back from following the Lord,

# [ Jer. 5:24; Heb. 11:6 ] who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

The Day of the Lord Is Near

7 # [ Hab. 2:20 ] Be silent before the Lord God!

For #[ver. 14]; See Joel 1:15 the day of the Lord is near;

# Isa. 34:6; Jer. 46:10; Ezek. 39:17, 19 the Lord has prepared a sacrifice

and #1 Sam. 16:5consecrated his guests.

8And on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice—

# 2 Kgs. 24:12, 14; 25:7 “I will punish the officials and the king’s sons

and #[Matt. 22:11]all who array themselves in foreign attire.

9On that day I will punish

everyone #[1 Sam. 5:5]who leaps over the threshold,

and those who fill their master’s#1:9 Or their Lord’s house

with violence and fraud.

10“On that day,” declares the Lord,

“a cry will be heard from #See 2 Chr. 33:14 the Fish Gate,

# Zech. 11:3 a wail from #2 Kgs. 22:14the Second Quarter,

a loud crash from the hills.

11 # Zech. 11:2; James 5:1 Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!

For all the traders#1:11 Or all the people of Canaan are no more;

all who weigh out silver are cut off.

12At that time #Amos 9:3 I will search Jerusalem with lamps,

and I will punish the men

# Jer. 48:11; [ Amos 6:1 ] who are complacent,#1:12 Hebrew are thickening on the dregs [of their wine]

# Ps. 94:7; Ezek. 8:12; Mal. 2:17; 3:14, 15 those who say in their hearts,

‘The Lord will not do good,

nor will he do ill.’

13Their goods shall be #Isa. 42:22 plundered,

and their houses laid waste.

# See Amos 5:11 Though they build houses,

they shall not inhabit them;

# See Mic. 6:15 though they plant vineyards,

they shall not drink wine from them.”

14 # [ver. 7; Ezek. 7:7, 12 ] The great day of the Lord is near,

near and hastening fast;

the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;

# [ Isa. 33:7 ] the mighty man cries aloud there.

15 # See Joel 1:15 A day of wrath is that day,

a day of distress and anguish,

a day of #Job 30:3 ruin and devastation,

# See Joel 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom,

# See Joel 2:2 a day of clouds and thick darkness,

16 # [ Jer. 4:19 ] a day of trumpet blast and battle cry

# [ Isa. 2:15 ] against the fortified cities

and against the lofty battlements.

17 # Jer. 10:18 I will bring distress on mankind,

so that they shall walk #Deut. 28:29; Isa. 59:10 like the blind,

because they have sinned against the Lord;

# Ps. 79:3 their blood shall be poured out like dust,

and their flesh #[Ps. 83:10]like dung.

18 # Ezek. 7:19; [ Prov. 11:4 ] Neither their silver nor their gold

shall be able to deliver them

on the day of the wrath of the Lord.

# [ch. 3:8 ] In the fire of his jealousy,

# Ezek. 36:5 all the earth shall be consumed;

# [ver. 2, 3 ] for a full and sudden end

he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Zephaniah 1

1The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, #Jer. 1:2 in the days of #2 Kgs. 22:1Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

The Coming Judgment on Judah

2 # Jer. 8:13; [ver. 18; 2 Kgs. 22:16, 17 ] “I will utterly sweep away everything

from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

3“I will sweep away #Hos. 4:3 man and beast;

I will sweep away the birds of the heavens

and #Hos. 4:3 the fish of the sea,

and #See Ezek. 7:19 the rubble#1:3 Or stumbling blocks (that is, idols) with the wicked.

I will #Ezek. 14:17cut off mankind

from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

4“I will stretch out my hand against Judah

and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

# See 2 Kgs. 23:4 and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal

and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,

5 # Jer. 19:13 those who bow down on the roofs

to the host of the heavens,

# [ 1 Kgs. 18:21; 2 Kgs. 17:33, 41 ] those who bow down and swear to the Lord

and yet swear by #1 Kgs. 11:5, 33Milcom,#1:5 Or their king

6 # Jer. 2:13, 17; 15:6 those who have turned back from following the Lord,

# [ Jer. 5:24; Heb. 11:6 ] who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

The Day of the Lord Is Near

7 # [ Hab. 2:20 ] Be silent before the Lord God!

For #[ver. 14]; See Joel 1:15 the day of the Lord is near;

# Isa. 34:6; Jer. 46:10; Ezek. 39:17, 19 the Lord has prepared a sacrifice

and #1 Sam. 16:5consecrated his guests.

8And on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice—

# 2 Kgs. 24:12, 14; 25:7 “I will punish the officials and the king’s sons

and #[Matt. 22:11]all who array themselves in foreign attire.

9On that day I will punish

everyone #[1 Sam. 5:5]who leaps over the threshold,

and those who fill their master’s#1:9 Or their Lord’s house

with violence and fraud.

10“On that day,” declares the Lord,

“a cry will be heard from #See 2 Chr. 33:14 the Fish Gate,

# Zech. 11:3 a wail from #2 Kgs. 22:14the Second Quarter,

a loud crash from the hills.

11 # Zech. 11:2; James 5:1 Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!

For all the traders#1:11 Or all the people of Canaan are no more;

all who weigh out silver are cut off.

12At that time #Amos 9:3 I will search Jerusalem with lamps,

and I will punish the men

# Jer. 48:11; [ Amos 6:1 ] who are complacent,#1:12 Hebrew are thickening on the dregs [of their wine]

# Ps. 94:7; Ezek. 8:12; Mal. 2:17; 3:14, 15 those who say in their hearts,

‘The Lord will not do good,

nor will he do ill.’

13Their goods shall be #Isa. 42:22 plundered,

and their houses laid waste.

# See Amos 5:11 Though they build houses,

they shall not inhabit them;

# See Mic. 6:15 though they plant vineyards,

they shall not drink wine from them.”

14 # [ver. 7; Ezek. 7:7, 12 ] The great day of the Lord is near,

near and hastening fast;

the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;

# [ Isa. 33:7 ] the mighty man cries aloud there.

15 # See Joel 1:15 A day of wrath is that day,

a day of distress and anguish,

a day of #Job 30:3 ruin and devastation,

# See Joel 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom,

# See Joel 2:2 a day of clouds and thick darkness,

16 # [ Jer. 4:19 ] a day of trumpet blast and battle cry

# [ Isa. 2:15 ] against the fortified cities

and against the lofty battlements.

17 # Jer. 10:18 I will bring distress on mankind,

so that they shall walk #Deut. 28:29; Isa. 59:10 like the blind,

because they have sinned against the Lord;

# Ps. 79:3 their blood shall be poured out like dust,

and their flesh #[Ps. 83:10]like dung.

18 # Ezek. 7:19; [ Prov. 11:4 ] Neither their silver nor their gold

shall be able to deliver them

on the day of the wrath of the Lord.

# [ch. 3:8 ] In the fire of his jealousy,

# Ezek. 36:5 all the earth shall be consumed;

# [ver. 2, 3 ] for a full and sudden end

he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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