Day of Judgment on Judah
1 The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of (A)Josiah son of (B)Amon, king of Judah:
2 “I will completely (C)remove all things
From the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
3 “I will remove (D)human and animal life;
I will remove the (E)birds of the sky
And the fish of the sea,
And the (F)ruins along with the wicked;
And I will eliminate mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
4 “So I will (G)stretch out My hand against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will (H)eliminate the remnant of Baal from this place,
And the names of the (I)idolatrous priests along with the other priests.
5 And those who bow down on the (J)housetops to the heavenly lights,
And those who bow down and (K)swear to the Lord, but also swear by (L)Milcom,
6 And those who have (M)turned back from following the Lord,
And those who have (N)not sought the Lord nor inquired of Him.”
7 (O)Be silent before the Lord God!
For the (P)day of the Lord is near,
Because the Lord has prepared a (Q)sacrifice,
He has (R)consecrated His guests.
8 “Then it will come about on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice
That I will (S)punish the princes, the king’s sons,
And all who clothe themselves with (T)foreign garments.
9 And on that day I will punish all who leap on the temple threshold,
Who fill the house of their lord with (U)violence and deceit.
10 And on that day,” declares the Lord,
“There will be the sound of a cry from the (V)Fish Gate,
Wailing from the (W)Second Quarter,
And a loud crash from the (X)hills.
11 Wail, you inhabitants of the Mortar,
Because all the people of (Y)Canaan will be destroyed;
All who weigh out (Z)silver will be eliminated.
12 And it will come about at that time
That I will (AA)search Jerusalem with lamps,
And I will punish the people
Who are (AB)stagnant in spirit,
Who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will (AC)not do good nor harm!’
13 Their wealth will become (AD)plunder,
And their houses desolate;
Yes, (AE)they will build houses but not inhabit them,
And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”
14 The (AF)great (AG)day of the Lord is near,
Near and coming very quickly;
Listen, the day of the Lord!
In it the warrior (AH)cries out bitterly.
15 That day is a day of anger,
A day of (AI)trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and desolation,
A day of (AJ)darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 A day of (AK)trumpet and battle cry
Against the (AL)fortified cities
And the high corner towers.
17 I will bring (AM)distress on mankind
So that they will walk (AN)like those who are blind,
Because they have sinned against the Lord;
And their (AO)blood will be poured out like dust,
And their (AP)flesh like dung.
18 Neither their (AQ)silver nor their gold
Will be able to save them
On the day of the Lord’s anger;
And (AR)all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of His jealousy,
For He will (AS)make a complete end,
Indeed a horrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:2
- Zephaniah 1:3
- Zephaniah 1:3
- Zephaniah 1:5
- Zephaniah 1:5
- Zephaniah 1:7
- Zephaniah 1:7
- Zephaniah 1:9
- Zephaniah 1:10
- Zephaniah 1:11
- Zephaniah 1:11
- Zephaniah 1:12
- Zephaniah 1:14
Cross references
- Zephaniah 1:1 : 2 Kin 22:1, 2; 2 Chr 34:1-33; Jer 1:2; 22:11
- Zephaniah 1:1 : 2 Kin 21:18-26; 2 Chr 33:20-25
- Zephaniah 1:2 : Gen 6:7; Jer 7:20; Ezek 33:27, 28
- Zephaniah 1:3 : Is 6:11, 12
- Zephaniah 1:3 : Jer 4:25; 9:10
- Zephaniah 1:3 : Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 8
- Zephaniah 1:4 : Jer 6:12; Ezek 6:14
- Zephaniah 1:4 : Mic 5:13
- Zephaniah 1:4 : 2 Kin 23:5; Hos 10:5
- Zephaniah 1:5 : 2 Kin 23:12; Jer 19:13
- Zephaniah 1:5 : Jer 5:2, 7; 7:9, 10
- Zephaniah 1:5 : 1 Kin 11:5, 33; Jer 49:1
- Zephaniah 1:6 : Is 1:4; Hos 7:10
- Zephaniah 1:6 : Is 9:13
- Zephaniah 1:7 : Hab 2:20; Zech 2:13
- Zephaniah 1:7 : Zeph 1:14
- Zephaniah 1:7 : Is 34:6; Jer 46:10
- Zephaniah 1:7 : 1 Sam 16:5; Is 13:3
- Zephaniah 1:8 : Is 24:21; Hab 1:10
- Zephaniah 1:8 : Is 2:6
- Zephaniah 1:9 : Jer 5:27; Amos 3:10
- Zephaniah 1:10 : 2 Chr 33:14; Neh 3:3; 12:39
- Zephaniah 1:10 : 2 Chr 34:22
- Zephaniah 1:10 : Ezek 6:13
- Zephaniah 1:11 : Zeph 2:5; Zech 14:21
- Zephaniah 1:11 : Job 27:16, 17; Hos 9:6
- Zephaniah 1:12 : Jer 16:16, 17; Ezek 9:4-11; Amos 9:1-3
- Zephaniah 1:12 : Jer 48:11; Amos 6:1
- Zephaniah 1:12 : Ezek 8:12; 9:9
- Zephaniah 1:13 : Jer 15:13; 17:3
- Zephaniah 1:13 : Amos 5:11; Mic 6:15
- Zephaniah 1:14 : Jer 30:7; Joel 2:11; Mal 4:5
- Zephaniah 1:14 : Ezek 7:7, 12; 30:3; Joel 1:15; 3:14; Zeph 1:7
- Zephaniah 1:14 : Ezek 7:16-18
- Zephaniah 1:15 : Is 22:5
- Zephaniah 1:15 : Joel 2:2, 31; Amos 5:18-20
- Zephaniah 1:16 : Is 27:13; Jer 4:19
- Zephaniah 1:16 : Is 2:12-15
- Zephaniah 1:17 : Jer 10:18
- Zephaniah 1:17 : Deut 28:29
- Zephaniah 1:17 : Ezek 24:7, 8
- Zephaniah 1:17 : Jer 8:2; 9:22
- Zephaniah 1:18 : Ezek 7:19
- Zephaniah 1:18 : Zeph 3:8
- Zephaniah 1:18 : Gen 6:7; Ezek 7:5-7
