New American Standard Bible 1995

Zephaniah 1:10-18

10On that day,” declares the Lord, “There will be the sound of a cry from the 1Fish Gate, A wail from the 2 3Second Quarter, And a loud crash from the 4hills.11Wail, O inhabitants of the 5Mortar, For all the 6people of 7Canaan will be silenced; All who weigh out 8silver will be cut off.12It will come about at that time That I will 9search Jerusalem with lamps, And I will punish the men Who are 10 11stagnant in spirit, Who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will 12not do good or evil!’13Moreover, their wealth will become 13plunder And their houses desolate; Yes, 14they will build houses but not inhabit them, And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”

14Near is the 15great 16day of the Lord, Near and coming very quickly; Listen, the day of the Lord! 17In it the warrior 18cries out bitterly.15A day of wrath is that day, A day of 19trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of 20darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness,16A day of 21trumpet and battle cry Against the 22fortified cities And the high corner towers.17I will bring 23distress on men So that they will walk 24like the blind, Because they have sinned against the Lord; And their 25blood will be poured out like dust And their 26flesh like dung.18Neither their 27silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the Lord’s wrath; And 28all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will 29make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Notes

1. Zephaniah 1:10 2 Chr 33:14; Neh 3:3; 12:39 ↩
2. Zephaniah 1:10 I.e. a district of Jerusalem ↩
3. Zephaniah 1:10 2 Chr 34:22 ↩
4. Zephaniah 1:10 Ezek 6:13 ↩
5. Zephaniah 1:11 I.e. a district of Jerusalem ↩
6. Zephaniah 1:11 Or merchant people will ↩
7. Zephaniah 1:11 Zeph 2:5; Zech 14:21 ↩
8. Zephaniah 1:11 Job 27:16, 17; Hos 9:6 ↩
9. Zephaniah 1:12 Jer 16:16, 17; Ezek 9:4-11; Amos 9:1-3 ↩
10. Zephaniah 1:12 Lit thickening on their lees ↩
11. Zephaniah 1:12 Jer 48:11; Amos 6:1 ↩
12. Zephaniah 1:12 Ezek 8:12; 9:9 ↩
13. Zephaniah 1:13 Jer 15:13; 17:3 ↩
14. Zephaniah 1:13 Amos 5:11; Mic 6:15 ↩
15. Zephaniah 1:14 Jer 30:7; Joel 2:11; Mal 4:5 ↩
16. Zephaniah 1:14 Ezek 7:7, 12; 30:3; Joel 1:15; 3:14; Zeph 1:7 ↩
17. Zephaniah 1:14 Lit There ↩
18. Zephaniah 1:14 Ezek 7:16-18 ↩
19. Zephaniah 1:15 Is 22:5 ↩
20. Zephaniah 1:15 Joel 2:2, 31; Amos 5:18-20 ↩
21. Zephaniah 1:16 Is 27:13; Jer 4:19 ↩
22. Zephaniah 1:16 Is 2:12-15 ↩
23. Zephaniah 1:17 Jer 10:18 ↩
24. Zephaniah 1:17 Deut 28:29 ↩
25. Zephaniah 1:17 Ezek 24:7, 8 ↩
26. Zephaniah 1:17 Jer 8:2; 9:22 ↩
27. Zephaniah 1:18 Ezek 7:19 ↩
28. Zephaniah 1:18 Zeph 3:8 ↩
29. Zephaniah 1:18 Gen 6:7; Ezek 7:5-7 ↩

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