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New American Standard Bible 1995

Zephaniah 1

Day of Judgment on Judah

1The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of 1Josiah son of 2Amon, king of Judah:

2“I will completely 3remove all things From the face of the 4earth,” declares the Lord.3“I will remove 5man and beast; I will remove the 6birds of the sky And the fish of the sea, And the 78ruins along with the wicked; And I will cut off man from the face of the 9earth,” declares the Lord.4“So I will 10stretch out My hand against Judah And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will 11cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, And the names of the 12idolatrous priests along with the priests.5And those who bow down on the 13housetops to the host of heaven, And those who bow down and 14swear to the Lord and yet swear by 1516Milcom,6And those who have 17turned back from following the Lord, And those who have 18not sought the Lord or inquired of Him.”

71920Be silent before the Lord 21God! For the 22day of the Lord is near, For the Lord has prepared a 23sacrifice, He has 24consecrated His guests.8“Then it will come about on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice That I will 25punish the princes, the king’s sons And all who clothe themselves with 26foreign garments.9And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold, Who fill the house of their 27lord with 28violence and deceit.10On that day,” declares the Lord, “There will be the sound of a cry from the 29Fish Gate, A wail from the 3031Second Quarter, And a loud crash from the 32hills.11Wail, O inhabitants of the 33Mortar, For all the 34people of 35Canaan will be silenced; All who weigh out 36silver will be cut off.12It will come about at that time That I will 37search Jerusalem with lamps, And I will punish the men Who are 3839stagnant in spirit, Who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will 40not do good or evil!’13Moreover, their wealth will become 41plunder And their houses desolate; Yes, 42they will build houses but not inhabit them, And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”

14Near is the 43great 44day of the Lord, Near and coming very quickly; Listen, the day of the Lord! 45In it the warrior 46cries out bitterly.15A day of wrath is that day, A day of 47trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of 48darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness,16A day of 49trumpet and battle cry Against the 50fortified cities And the high corner towers.17I will bring 51distress on men So that they will walk 52like the blind, Because they have sinned against the Lord; And their 53blood will be poured out like dust And their 54flesh like dung.18Neither their 55silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the Lord’s wrath; And 56all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will 57make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Notes

  1. 1. Zephaniah 1:1 2 Kin 22:1, 2; 2 Chr 34:1-33; Jer 1:2; 22:11 ↩
  2. 2. Zephaniah 1:1 2 Kin 21:18-26; 2 Chr 33:20-25 ↩
  3. 3. Zephaniah 1:2 Gen 6:7; Jer 7:20; Ezek 33:27, 28 ↩
  4. 4. Zephaniah 1:2 Lit ground ↩
  5. 5. Zephaniah 1:3 Is 6:11, 12 ↩
  6. 6. Zephaniah 1:3 Jer 4:25; 9:10 ↩
  7. 7. Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks ↩
  8. 8. Zephaniah 1:3 Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 8 ↩
  9. 9. Zephaniah 1:3 Lit ground ↩
  10. 10. Zephaniah 1:4 Jer 6:12; Ezek 6:14 ↩
  11. 11. Zephaniah 1:4 Mic 5:13 ↩
  12. 12. Zephaniah 1:4 2 Kin 23:5; Hos 10:5 ↩
  13. 13. Zephaniah 1:5 2 Kin 23:12; Jer 19:13 ↩
  14. 14. Zephaniah 1:5 Jer 5:2, 7; 7:9, 10 ↩
  15. 15. Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; M.T. Malcam, probably a variant spelling of Milcom ↩
  16. 16. Zephaniah 1:5 1 Kin 11:5, 33; Jer 49:1 ↩
  17. 17. Zephaniah 1:6 Is 1:4; Hos 7:10 ↩
  18. 18. Zephaniah 1:6 Is 9:13 ↩
  19. 19. Zephaniah 1:7 Lit Hush ↩
  20. 20. Zephaniah 1:7 Hab 2:20; Zech 2:13 ↩
  21. 21. Zephaniah 1:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
  22. 22. Zephaniah 1:7 Zeph 1:14 ↩
  23. 23. Zephaniah 1:7 Is 34:6; Jer 46:10 ↩
  24. 24. Zephaniah 1:7 1 Sam 16:5; Is 13:3 ↩
  25. 25. Zephaniah 1:8 Is 24:21; Hab 1:10 ↩
  26. 26. Zephaniah 1:8 Is 2:6 ↩
  27. 27. Zephaniah 1:9 Or Lord ↩
  28. 28. Zephaniah 1:9 Jer 5:27; Amos 3:10 ↩
  29. 29. Zephaniah 1:10 2 Chr 33:14; Neh 3:3; 12:39 ↩
  30. 30. Zephaniah 1:10 I.e. a district of Jerusalem ↩
  31. 31. Zephaniah 1:10 2 Chr 34:22 ↩
  32. 32. Zephaniah 1:10 Ezek 6:13 ↩
  33. 33. Zephaniah 1:11 I.e. a district of Jerusalem ↩
  34. 34. Zephaniah 1:11 Or merchant people will ↩
  35. 35. Zephaniah 1:11 Zeph 2:5; Zech 14:21 ↩
  36. 36. Zephaniah 1:11 Job 27:16, 17; Hos 9:6 ↩
  37. 37. Zephaniah 1:12 Jer 16:16, 17; Ezek 9:4-11; Amos 9:1-3 ↩
  38. 38. Zephaniah 1:12 Lit thickening on their lees ↩
  39. 39. Zephaniah 1:12 Jer 48:11; Amos 6:1 ↩
  40. 40. Zephaniah 1:12 Ezek 8:12; 9:9 ↩
  41. 41. Zephaniah 1:13 Jer 15:13; 17:3 ↩
  42. 42. Zephaniah 1:13 Amos 5:11; Mic 6:15 ↩
  43. 43. Zephaniah 1:14 Jer 30:7; Joel 2:11; Mal 4:5 ↩
  44. 44. Zephaniah 1:14 Ezek 7:7, 12; 30:3; Joel 1:15; 3:14; Zeph 1:7 ↩
  45. 45. Zephaniah 1:14 Lit There ↩
  46. 46. Zephaniah 1:14 Ezek 7:16-18 ↩
  47. 47. Zephaniah 1:15 Is 22:5 ↩
  48. 48. Zephaniah 1:15 Joel 2:2, 31; Amos 5:18-20 ↩
  49. 49. Zephaniah 1:16 Is 27:13; Jer 4:19 ↩
  50. 50. Zephaniah 1:16 Is 2:12-15 ↩
  51. 51. Zephaniah 1:17 Jer 10:18 ↩
  52. 52. Zephaniah 1:17 Deut 28:29 ↩
  53. 53. Zephaniah 1:17 Ezek 24:7, 8 ↩
  54. 54. Zephaniah 1:17 Jer 8:2; 9:22 ↩
  55. 55. Zephaniah 1:18 Ezek 7:19 ↩
  56. 56. Zephaniah 1:18 Zeph 3:8 ↩
  57. 57. Zephaniah 1:18 Gen 6:7; Ezek 7:5-7 ↩

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1

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