Zephaniah 1:7-13

7Be quiet! The Lord God is here. It will soon be the day of the Lord. The Lord has made his sacrifice ready. He has made the people ready who will give the sacrifice to him.’

8‘When it is time for the Lord's sacrifice, I will punish the rulers and the king's sons. I will punish everyone who wears clothes like foreign people do.’

9‘I will also punish the people who rush into other people's houses. They do that because they want to rob those people. On that same day, I will also punish other robbers. Those people fill their masters' houses with the things that they take.’

10The Lord says, ‘On that day you will hear the noise of people who are shouting from one gate of the city. It is the gate called the Fish Gate. And there will be sad sounds from the next gate. There will be loud noises from the hills.

11Shout out, you who live near Jerusalem's market! Weep! The Lord will remove the traders from your town. Some people have lots of money there. But all those people will be dead then.’

12‘At that time, I will look in all Jerusalem's dark corners. I will take lights with me. I will find the drunks and I will punish them. These people say in their minds, “The Lord will do neither good things nor bad things to us.”

13So I will take away from them everything that they have. I will take away their houses too. They will build houses, but they will never live in them. They will plant plants to get grapes. But they will never have wine from them.’