Berean Standard Bible

Zephaniah 1:4-13

4“I will stretch outH5186 My handH3027 againstH5921 JudahH3063 and againstH5921 allH3605 who dwellH3427 in JerusalemH3389. I will cut offH3772 fromH4480 thisH2088 placeH4725 every remnantH7605 of BaalH1168 , the namesH8034 of the idolatrousH3649 andH5973 pagan priestsH3548—5 those who bowH7812 onH5921 the rooftopsH1406 to worship the hostH6635 of heavenH8064 , those who bow downH7812 and swearH7650 by the LORDH3068 but also swearH7650 by MilcomH4428,16andH853 those who turn backH5472 fromH310 following the LORDH3068 , neitherH3808 seekingH1245 the LORDH3068 norH3808 inquiring of HimH1875.”

7Be silentH2013 in the presenceH6440 of the LordH136 GODH3069,forH3588 the DayH3117 of the LORDH3068 is nearH7138.IndeedH3588, the LORDH3068 has preparedH3559 a sacrificeH2077;He has consecratedH6942 His guestsH7121.

8 “On the DayH3117 of the LORD’sH3068 sacrificeH2077I will punishH6485 H5921 the princesH8269 ,the sonsH1121 of the kingH4428,andH5921 allH3605 who are dressedH3847 in foreignH5237 apparelH4403.9On thatH1931 dayH3117 I will punishH6485allH3605 who leapH1801 H5921 overH5921 the thresholdH4670,2who fillH4390 the houseH1004 of their masterH113 3with violenceH2555 and deceitH4820.10On thatH1931 dayH3117,” declaresH5002 the LORDH3068,“a cryH6963 H6818 will go upH1961 fromH4480 the FishH1709 GateH8179,a wailH3215 from the Second DistrictH4932,4and a loudH1419 crashingH7667 from the hillsH1389.11WailH3213, O dwellersH3427 of the HollowH4389,5forH3588 allH3605 your merchantsH5971 H3667 6 will be silencedH1820;allH3605 who weigh outH5187 silverH3701 will be cut offH3772.

12AndH1961 at thatH1931 timeH6256 I will searchH2664 JerusalemH3389 with lampsH5216and punishH6485 the menH582 settledH7087 inH5921 complacencyH8105,7who sayH559 to themselvesH3824,‘The LORDH3068 H3808 will do nothingH3808,either goodH3190 or badH7489.’13Their wealthH2428 will beH1961 plunderedH4933and their housesH1004 laid wasteH8077.They will buildH1129 housesH1004 but notH3808 inhabitH3427 them,and plantH5193 vineyardsH3754 but neverH3808 drinkH8354 their wineH3196.

Notes

1. Zephaniah 1:5 Or by their king; Milcom is a variant of Molech; see Leviticus 18:21 and 1 Kings 11:7. ↩
2. Zephaniah 1:9 See 1 Samuel 5:5. ↩
3. Zephaniah 1:9 Or the temple of their gods ↩
4. Zephaniah 1:10 Or the Second Quarter, a newer section of Jerusalem; Hebrew the Mishneh ↩
5. Zephaniah 1:11 Or the market district or the Mortar ↩
6. Zephaniah 1:11 Or all the people of Canaan ↩
7. Zephaniah 1:12 Or thickening on the dregs ↩