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ZEP 01:01 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the
son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son
of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
ZEP 01:02 I will utterly consume all [things] from off the land,
saith the LORD.
ZEP 01:03 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the
fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the
stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off
the land, saith the LORD.
ZEP 01:04 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and
upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the
remnant of Baal from this place, [and] the name of the Chemarims
with the priests;
ZEP 01:05 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the
housetops; and them that worship [and] that swear by the LORD,
and that swear by Malcham;
ZEP 01:06 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and
[those] that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.
ZEP 01:07 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for
the day of the LORD [is] at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a
sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
ZEP 01:08 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S
sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's
children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
ZEP 01:09 In the same day also will I punish all those that
leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with
violence and deceit.
ZEP 01:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD,
[that there shall be] the noise of a cry from the fish gate,
and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the
hills.
ZEP 01:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant
people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
ZEP 01:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will
search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are
settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will
not do good, neither will he do evil.
ZEP 01:13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their
houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not
inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink
the wine thereof.
ZEP 01:14 The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near,
and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD:
the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
ZEP 01:15 That day [is] a day of wrath, a day of trouble and
distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness
and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
ZEP 01:16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced
cities, and against the high towers.
ZEP 01:17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall
walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD:
and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as
the dung.
ZEP 01:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to
deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land
shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make
even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
ZEP 02:01 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O
nation not desired;
ZEP 02:02 Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass
as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you,
before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
ZEP 02:03 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which
have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it
may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
ZEP 02:04 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation:
they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be
rooted up.
ZEP 02:05 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation
of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD [is] against you; O
Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee,
that there shall be no inhabitant.
ZEP 02:06 And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages
for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
ZEP 02:07 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house
of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon
shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall
visit them, and turn away their captivity.
ZEP 02:08 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings
of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people,
and magnified [themselves] against their border.
ZEP 02:09 Therefore [as] I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children
of Ammon as Gomorrah, [even] the breeding of nettles, and
saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people
shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess
them.
ZEP 02:10 This shall they have for their pride, because they
have reproached and magnified [themselves] against the people of
the LORD of hosts.
ZEP 02:11 The LORD [will be] terrible unto them: for he will
famish all the gods of the earth; and [men] shall worship him,
every one from his place, [even] all the isles of the heathen.
ZEP 02:12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye [shall be] slain by my sword.
ZEP 02:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north,
and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, [and]
dry like a wilderness.
ZEP 02:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all
the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern
shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; [their] voice shall sing
in the windows; desolation [shall be] in the thresholds: for he
shall uncover the cedar work.
ZEP 02:15 This [is] the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly,
that said in her heart, I [am], and [there is] none beside me:
how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down
in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, [and] wag his hand.
ZEP 03:01 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the
oppressing city!
ZEP 03:02 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction;
she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
ZEP 03:03 Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her
judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the
morrow.
ZEP 03:04 Her prophets [are] light [and] treacherous persons:
her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence
to the law.
ZEP 03:05 The just LORD [is] in the midst thereof; he will not
do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light,
he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
ZEP 03:06 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate;
I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities
are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none
inhabitant.
ZEP 03:07 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive
instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever
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