01 : 01 . The word <01697 +dabar > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah
> which <00834 +>aher > came <01961 +hayah > unto Zephaniah
<06846 +Ts@phanyah > the son <01121 +ben > of Cushi <03569
+Kuwshiy > , the son <01121 +ben > of Gedaliah <01436 +G@dalyah
> , the son <01121 +ben > of Amariah <00568 +>Amaryah > , the
son <01121 +ben > of Hizkiah <02396 +Chizqiyah > , in the days
<03117 +yowm > of Josiah <02977 +Yo>shiyah > the son <01121 +ben
> of Amon <00526 +>Amown > , king <04428 +melek > of Judah
<03063 +Y@huwdah > .
01 : 02 I will utterly consume <05486 +cuwph > all <03605 +kol >
[ things ] from off the land <00127 +>adamah > , saith <05002
+n@>um > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > .
01 : 03 I will consume <05486 +cuwph > man <00120 +>adam > and
beast <00929 +b@hemah > ; I will consume <05486 +cuwph > the
fowls <05775 + of the heaven <08064 +shamayim > , and the
fishes <01709 +dag > of the sea <03220 +yam > , and the
stumblingblocks <04384 +makshelah > with the wicked ; and I will
cut <03772 +karath > off man <00120 +>adam > from off the land
<00127 +>adamah > , saith <05002 +n@>um > the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > .
01 : 04 I will also stretch <05186 +natah > out mine hand <03027
+yad > upon Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > , and upon all <03605 +kol
> the inhabitants <03427 +yashab > of Jerusalem <03389
+Y@ruwshalaim > ; and I will cut <03772 +karath > off the
remnant <07605 +sh@>ar > of Baal <01168 +Ba from this place
<04725 +maqowm > , [ and ] the name <08034 +shem > of the
Chemarims <03649 +kamar > with the priests <03548 +kohen > ;
01 : 05 And them that worship <07812 +shachah > the host <06635
+tsaba> > of heaven <08064 +shamayim > upon the housetops <01406
+gag > ; and them that worship <07812 +shachah > [ and ] that
swear <07650 +shaba< > by the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and that
swear <07650 +shaba< > by Malcham <04445 +Malkam > ;
01 : 06 And them that are turned <05472 +cuwg > back <05253
+nacag > from the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ; and [ those ] that
have not sought <01245 +baqash > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ,
nor <03808 +lo> > enquired <01875 +darash > for him .
01 : 07 . Hold thy peace <02013 +hacah > at the presence <06440
+paniym > of the Lord <00136 +>Adonay > GOD <03069 +Y@hovih > :
for the day <03117 +yowm > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > [ is ]
at hand <07138 +qarowb > : for the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath
prepared <03559 +kuwn > a sacrifice <02077 +zebach > , he hath
bid <06942 +qadash > his guests <07121 +qara> > .
01 : 08 And it shall come <01961 +hayah > to pass in the day
<03117 +yowm > of the LORD S <03068 +Y@hovah > sacrifice <02077
+zebach > , that I will punish <06485 +paqad > the princes
<08269 +sar > , and the king s <04428 +melek > children <01121
+ben > , and all <03605 +kol > such as are clothed <03847
+labash > with strange <05237 +nokriy > apparel <04403 +malbuwsh
> .
01 : 09 In the same <01931 +huw> > day <03117 +yowm > also will
I punish <06485 +paqad > all <03605 +kol > those that leap
<01801 +dalag > on <05921 + the threshold <04670 +miphtan >
, which fill <04390 +male> > their masters <00113 +>adown >
houses <01004 +bayith > with violence <02555 +chamac > and
deceit <04820 +mirmah > .
01 : 10 And it shall come <01961 +hayah > to pass in that day
<03117 +yowm > , saith<05002 +n@>um > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah >
, [ that there shall be ] the noise <06963 +qowl > of a cry
<06818 +tsa from the fish <01709 +dag > gate <08179
+sha , and an howling <03213 +yalal > from the second
<04932 +mishneh > , and a great <01419 +gadowl > crashing <07667
+sheber > from the hills <01389 +gib .
01 : 11 Howl <03213 +yalal > , ye inhabitants <03427 +yashab >
of Maktesh <04389 +Maktesh > , for all <03605 +kol > the
merchant <03667 +K@na people <05971 + are cut <01820
+damah > down ; all <03605 +kol > they that bear <05187 +n@tiyl
> silver <03701 +keceph > are cut <03772 +karath > off .
01 : 12 And it shall come <01961 +hayah > to pass at that time
<06256 + , [ that ] I will search <02664 +chaphas >
Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > with candles <05216 +niyr > ,
and punish <06485 +paqad > the men <00582 +>enowsh > that are
settled <07087 +qapha> > on <05921 + their lees <08105
+shemer > : that say <00559 +>amar > in their heart <03824
+lebab > , The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > will not do good <03190
+yatab > , neither <03808 +lo> > will he do evil <07489 +ra
.
01 : 13 Therefore their goods <02428 +chayil > shall become
<01961 +hayah > a booty <04953 +mashrowqiy > , and their houses
<01004 +bayith > a desolation <08047 +shammah > : they shall
also build <01129 +banah > houses <01004 +bayith > , but not
inhabit <03427 +yashab > [ them ] ; and they shall plant <05193
+nata< > vineyards <03754 +kerem > , but not drink <08354
+shathah > the wine <03196 +yayin > thereof .
01 : 14 . The great <01419 +gadowl > day <03117 +yowm > of the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > [ is ] near <07138 +qarowb > , [ it is ]
near <07138 +qarowb > , and hasteth <04116 +mahar > greatly
<03966 +m@ , [ even ] the voice <06963 +qowl > of the day
<03117 +yowm > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > : the mighty <01368
+gibbowr > man shall cry <06873 +tsarach > there <08033 +sham >
bitterly <04751 +mar > .
01 : 15 That day <03117 +yowm > [ is ] a day <03117 +yowm > of
wrath <05678 + , a day <03117 +yowm > of trouble <06869
+tsarah > and distress <04691 +m@tsuwqah > , a day <03117 +yowm
> of wasteness <07722 +show> > and desolation <04875 +m@show>ah
> , a day <03117 +yowm > of darkness <02822 +choshek > and
gloominess <00653 +>aphelah > , a day <03117 +yowm > of clouds
<06051 + and thick darkness <06205 + ,
01 : 16 A day <03117 +yowm > of the trumpet <07782 +showphar >
and alarm <08643 +t@ruw against <05921 + the fenced
<01219 +batsar > cities <05892 + , and against <05921 + the high <01364 +gaboahh > towers <06438 +pinnah > .
01 : 17 And I will bring distress <06887 +tsarar > upon men
<00120 +>adam > , that they shall walk <01980 +halak > like
blind <05787 + men , because <03588 +kiy > they have
sinned <02398 +chata> > against the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > : and
their blood <01818 +dam > shall be poured <08210 +shaphak > out
as dust <06083 + , and their flesh <03894 +lachuwm > as
the dung <01561 +gelel > .
01 : 18 Neither <03808 +lo> > their silver <03701 +keceph > nor
<01571 +gam > their gold <02091 +zahab > shall be able <03201
+yakol > to deliver <05337 +natsal > them in the day <03117
+yowm > of the LORD S <03068 +Y@hovah > wrath <05678 + ;
but the whole <03605 +kol > land <00776 +>erets > shall be
devoured <00398 +>akal > by the fire <00784 +>esh > of his
jealousy <07068 +qin>ah > : for he shall make <06213 +
even a speedy <00926 +bahal > riddance <03617 +kalah > of all
<03605 +kol > them that dwell <03427 +yashab > in the land
<00776 +>erets > .
02 : 01 . Gather <07197 +qashash > yourselves together , yea ,
gather <07197 +qashash > together , O nation <01471 +gowy > not
desired <03700 +kacaph > ;
02 : 02 Before <06440 +paniym > the decree <02706 +choq > bring
<03205 +yalad > forth <03205 +yalad > , [ before <06440 +paniym
> ] the day <03117 +yowm > pass <05674 + as the chaff
<04671 +mots > , before <06440 +paniym > the fierce <02740
+charown > anger <00639 +>aph > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah >
come <00935 +bow> > upon you , before <06440 +paniym > the day
<03117 +yowm > of the LORD S <03068 +Y@hovah > anger <00639
+>aph > come <00935 +bow> > upon you .
02 : 03 Seek <01245 +baqash > ye the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ,
all <03605 +kol > ye meek <06035 + of the earth <00776
+>erets > , which <00834 +>aher > have wrought <06466 +pa
his judgment <04941 +mishpat > ; seek <01245 +baqash >
righteousness <06664 +tsedeq > , seek <01245 +baqash > meekness
<06038 + : it may <00194 +>uwlay > be ye shall be hid
<05641 +cathar > in the day <03117 +yowm > of the LORD S <03068
+Y@hovah > anger <00639 +>aph > .
02 : 04 . For Gaza <05804 + shall be forsaken <05800
+ , and Ashkelon <00831 +>Ashq@lown > a desolation <08077
+sh@mamah > : they shall drive <01644 +garash > out Ashdod
<00795 +>Ashdowd > at the noon <06672 +tsohar > day , and Ekron
<06138 + shall be rooted <06131 + up .
02 : 05 Woe <01945 +howy > unto the inhabitants <03427 +yashab >
of the sea <03220 +yam > coast <02256 +chebel > , the nation
<01471 +gowy > of the Cherethites <03774 +K@rethiy > ! the word
<01697 +dabar > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > [ is ] against
<05921 + you ; O Canaan <03667 +K@na , the land <00776
+>erets > of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > , I will even
destroy <6> thee , that there shall be no <00369 +>ayin >
inhabitant <03427 +yashab > .
02 : 06 And the sea <03220 +yam > coast <02256 +chebel > shall
be dwellings <05116 +naveh > [ and ] cottages <03741 +karah >
for shepherds <07462 +ra , and folds <01448 +g@derah > for
flocks <06629 +tso>n > .
02 : 07 And the coast <02256 +chebel > shall be for the remnant
<07611 +sh@>eriyth > of the house <01004 +bayith > of Judah
<03063 +Y@huwdah > ; they shall feed <07462 +ra thereupon :
in the houses <01004 +bayith > of Ashkelon <00831 +>Ashq@lown >
shall they lie <07257 +rabats > down <07257 +rabats > in the
evening <06153 + : for the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > their
God <00430 +>elohiym > shall visit <06485 +paqad > them , and
turn <07725 +shuwb > away their captivity <07622 +sh@buwth > .
02 : 08 . I have heard <08085 +shama< > the reproach <02781
+cherpah > of Moab <04124 +Mow>ab > , and the revilings <01421
+gidduwph > of the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983
+ , whereby <00834 +>aher > they have reproached <02778
+charaph
. > my people <05971 + , and magnified <01431 +gadal >
[
themselves ] against <05921 + their border <01366 +g@buwl >
.
02 : 09 Therefore <03651 +ken > [ as ] I live <02416 +chay > ,
saith <05002 +n@>um > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts <06635
+tsaba> > , the God <00430 +>elohiym > of Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > , Surely <03588 +kiy > Moab <04124 +Mow>ab > shall
be as Sodom <05467 +C@dom > , and the children <01121 +ben > of
Ammon <05983 + as Gomorrah <06017 + , [ even ]
the breeding <04476 +mimshaq > of nettles <02738 +charuwl > ,
and saltpits <04417 +melach > , and a perpetual <05769 +
desolation <08077 +sh@mamah > : the residue <07611 +sh@>eriyth >
of my people <05971 + shall spoil <07998 +shalal > them ,
and the remnant <03499 +yether > of my people <01471 +gowy >
shall possess <05157 +nachal > them .
02 : 10 This <02063 +zo>th > shall they have for their pride
<01347 +ga>own > , because <03588 +kiy > they have reproached
<02778 +charaph . > and magnified <01431 +gadal > [ themselves
] against <05921 + the people <05971 + of the LORD
<03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts <06635 +tsaba> > .
02 : 11 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > [ will be ] terrible <03372
+yare> > unto them : for he will famish <07329 +razah > all
<03605 +kol > the gods <00430 +>elohiym > of the earth <00776
+>erets > ; and [ men ] shall worship <07812 +shachah > him ,
every <00376 +>iysh > one <00376 +>iysh > from his place <04725
+maqowm > , [ even ] all <03605 +kol > the isles <00339 +>iy >
of the heathen <01471 +gowy > .
02 : 12 . Ye Ethiopians <03569 +Kuwshiy > also <01571 +gam > ,
ye [ shall be ] slain <02491 +chalal > by my sword <02719
+chereb > .
02 : 13 And he will stretch <05186 +natah > out his hand <03027
+yad > against <05921 + the north <06828 +tsaphown > , and
destroy <6> Assyria <00804 +>Ashshuwr > ; and will make <07760
+suwm > Nineveh <05210 +Niyn@veh > a desolation <08077 +sh@mamah
> , [ and ] dry <06723 +tsiyah > like a wilderness <04057
+midbar > .
02 : 14 And flocks <05739 + shall lie <07257 +rabats >
down <07257 +rabats > in the midst <08432 +tavek > of her , all
<03605 +kol > the beasts <02416 +chay > of the nations <01471
+gowy > : both <01571 +gam > the cormorant <06893 +qa>ath > and
the bittern <07090 +qippowd > shall lodge <03885 +luwn > in the
upper <03730 +kaphtor > lintels <03730 +kaphtor > of it ; [
their ] voice <06963 +qowl > shall sing <07891 +shiyr > in the
windows <02474 +challown > ; desolation <02721 +choreb > [ shall
be ] in the thresholds <05592 +caph > : for he shall uncover
<06168 + the cedar <00731 +>arzah > work <00731 +>arzah >
.
02 : 15 This <02063 +zo>th > [ is ] the rejoicing <05947
+ city <05892 + that dwelt <03427 +yashab >
carelessly <00983 +betach > , that said <00559 +>amar > in her
heart <03824 +lebab > , I [ am ] , and [ there is ] none <00657
+>ephec > beside <00657 +>ephec > me : how <00349 +>eyk > is she
become <01961 +hayah > a desolation <08047 +shammah > , a place
for beasts <02416 +chay > to lie <04769 +marbets > down <04769
+marbets > in ! every <03605 +kol > one that passeth <05674
+ by her shall hiss <08319 +sharaq > , [ and ] wag <05128
+nuwa< > his hand <03027 +yad > .
03 : 01 . Woe <01945 +howy > to her that is filthy <04754
+mara> > and polluted <01351 +ga>al > , to the oppressing <03238
+yanah > city <05892 + !
03 : 02 She obeyed <08085 +shama< > not the voice <06963 +qowl >
; she received <03947 +laqach > not correction <04148 +muwcar > ;
she trusted <00982 +batach > not in the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ;
she drew not near <07126 +qarab > to her God <00430 +>elohiym >
.
03 : 03 Her princes <08269 +sar > within <07130 +qereb > her [
are ] roaring lions <00738 +>ariy > ; her judges <08199 +shaphat
> [ are ] evening <06153 + wolves <02061 +z@>eb > ; they
gnaw <01633 +garam > not the bones <01633 +garam > till the
morrow <01242 +boqer > .
03 : 04 Her prophets <05030 +nabiy> > [ are ] light <06348
+pachaz > [ and ] treacherous <00900 +bog@dowth > persons <00582
+>enowsh > : her priests <03548 +kohen > have polluted <02490
+chalal > the sanctuary <06944 +qodesh > , they have done
violence <02554 +chamac > to the law <08451 +towrah > .
03 : 05 The just <06662 +tsaddiyq > LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > [ is
] in the midst <07130 +qereb > thereof ; he will not do <06213
+ iniquity <05766 + : every morning <01242 +boqer
> doth he bring <05414 +nathan > his judgment <04941 +mishpat >
to light <00216 +>owr > , he faileth <05737 + not ; but
the unjust <05767 + knoweth <03045 +yada< > no <03808
+lo> > shame <01322 +bosheth > .
03 : 06 I have cut <03772 +karath > off the nations <01471 +gowy
> : their towers <06438 +pinnah > are desolate <08074 +shamem > ;
I made their streets <02351 +chuwts > waste <02717 +charab > ,
that none <01097 +b@liy > passeth <05674 + by : their
cities <05892 + are destroyed <06658 +tsadah > , so that
there is no <01097 +b@liy > man <00376 +>iysh > , that there is
none <00369 +>ayin > inhabitant <03427 +yashab > .
03 : 07 I said <00559 +>amar > , Surely thou wilt fear <03372
+yare> > me , thou wilt receive <03947 +laqach > instruction
<04148 +muwcar > ; so their dwelling <04583 +ma should not
be cut <03772 +karath > off , howsoever I punished <06485 +paqad
> them : but they rose <07925 +shakam > early <07925 +shakam > ,
[ and ] corrupted <07843 +shachath > all <03605 +kol > their
doings <05949 + .
03 : 08 . Therefore <03651 +ken > wait <02442 +chakah > ye upon
me , saith <05002 +n@>um > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , until
the day <03117 +yowm > that I rise <06965 +quwm > up to the prey
<05706 + : for my determination <04941 +mishpat > [ is ] to
gather <00622 +>acaph > the nations <01471 +gowy > , that I may
assemble <06908 +qabats > the kingdoms <04467 +mamlakah > , to
pour <08210 +shaphak > upon them mine indignation <02195 +za , [ even ] all <03605 +kol > my fierce <02740 +charown > anger
<00639 +>aph > : for all <03605 +kol > the earth <00776 +>erets
> shall be devoured <00398 +>akal > with the fire <00784 +>esh >
of my jealousy <07068 +qin>ah > .
03 : 09 For then <00227 +>az > will I turn <02015 +haphak > to
the people <05971 + a pure <01305 +barar > language <08193
+saphah > , that they may all <03605 +kol > call <07121 +qara> >
upon the name <08034 +shem > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , to
serve <05647 + him with one <00259 +>echad > consent
<07926 +sh@kem > .
03 : 10 From beyond <05676 + the rivers <05104 +nahar >
of Ethiopia <03568 +Kuwsh > my suppliants <06282 + , [
even ] the daughter <01323 +bath > of my dispersed <06327 +puwts
> , shall bring <02986 +yabal > mine offering <04503 +minchah > .
03 : 11 In that day <03117 +yowm > shalt thou not be ashamed
<00954 +buwsh > for all <03605 +kol > thy doings <05949
+ , wherein <00834 +>aher > thou hast transgressed
<06586 +pasha< > against me : for then <00227 +>az > I will take
<05493 +cuwr > away <05493 +cuwr > out of the midst <07130
+qereb > of thee them that rejoice <05947 + in thy
pride <01346 +ga , and thou shalt no <03808 +lo> > more
be haughty <01361 +gabahh > because of my holy <06944 +qodesh >
mountain <02022 +har > .
03 : 12 I will also leave <07604 +sha>ar > in the midst <07130
+qereb > of thee an afflicted <06041 + and poor <01800
+dal > people <05971 + , and they shall trust <02620
+chacah > in the name <08034 +shem > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah
> .
03 : 13 The remnant <07611 +sh@>eriyth > of Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > shall not do <06213 + iniquity <05766 + , nor <03808 +lo> > speak <01696 +dabar > lies <03576 +kazab >
; neither <03808 +lo> > shall a deceitful <08649 +tormah >
tongue <03956 +lashown > be found <04672 +matsa> > in their
mouth <06310 +peh > : for they shall feed <07462 +ra and
lie <07257 +rabats > down <04769 +marbets > , and none <00369
+>ayin > shall make [ them ] afraid <02729 +charad > .
03 : 14 . Sing <07442 +ranan > , O daughter <01323 +bath > of
Zion <06726 +Tsiyown > ; shout <07321 +ruwa< > , O Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > ; be glad <08056 +sameach > and rejoice <05937
+ with all <03605 +kol > the heart <03820 +leb > , O
daughter <01323 +bath > of Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .
03 : 15 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath taken <05493 +cuwr >
away <05493 +cuwr > thy judgments <04941 +mishpat > , he hath
cast <06437 +panah > out thine enemy <00341 +>oyeb > : the king
<04428 +melek > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , [ even ] the LORD
<03068 +Y@hovah > , [ is ] in the midst <07130 +qereb > of thee :
thou shalt not see <07200 +ra>ah > evil <07451 +ra< > any more
<05750 + .
03 : 16 In that day <03117 +yowm > it shall be said <00559
+>amar > to Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > , Fear <03372
+yare> > thou not : [ and to ] Zion <06726 +Tsiyown > , Let not
thine hands <03027 +yad > be slack <07503 +raphah > .
03 : 17 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > thy God <00430 +>elohiym > in
the midst <07130 +qereb > of thee [ is ] mighty <01368 +gibbowr
> ; he will save <03467 +yasha< > , he will rejoice <07797 +suws
> over <05921 + thee with joy <08057 +simchah > ; he will
rest <02790 +charash > in his love <00160 +>ahabah > , he will
joy <01523 +giyl > over <05921 + thee with singing <07440
+rinnah > .
03 : 18 I will gather <00622 +>acaph > [ them that are ]
sorrowful <03013 +yagah > for the solemn <04150 +mow
assembly <04150 +mow , [ who ] are of thee , [ to whom
<05921 + ] the reproach <02781 +cherpah > of it [ was ] a
burden <04864 +mas>eth > .
03 : 19 Behold <02005 +hen > , at that time <06256 + I
will undo <06213 + all <03605 +kol > that afflict <06031
+ thee : and I will save <03467 +yasha< > her that
halteth <06761 +tsela< > , and gather <06908 +qabats > her that
was driven <05080 +nadach > out ; and I will get <00776 +>erets
> them praise <08416 +t@hillah > and fame <08034 +shem > in
every <03605 +kol > land <00776 +>erets > where they have been
put to shame <01322 +bosheth > .
03 : 20 At that time <06256 + will I bring <00935 +bow> >
you [ again ] , even in the time <06256 + that I gather
<06908 +qabats > you : for I will make <05414 +nathan > you a
name <08034 +shem > and a praise <08416 +t@hillah > among all
<03605 +kol > people <05971 + of the earth <00776 +>erets >
, when I turn <07725 +shuwb > back <07725 +shuwb > your
captivity <07622 +sh@buwth > before your eyes <05869 + ,
saith <00559 +>amar > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > .
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