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New American Standard Bible 1995

Zephaniah 1:5-18

5And those who bow down on the 1housetops to the host of heaven, And those who bow down and 2swear to the Lord and yet swear by 34Milcom,6And those who have 5turned back from following the Lord, And those who have 6not sought the Lord or inquired of Him.”

778Be silent before the Lord 9God! For the 10day of the Lord is near, For the Lord has prepared a 11sacrifice, He has 12consecrated His guests.8“Then it will come about on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice That I will 13punish the princes, the king’s sons And all who clothe themselves with 14foreign garments.9And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold, Who fill the house of their 15lord with 16violence and deceit.10On that day,” declares the Lord, “There will be the sound of a cry from the 17Fish Gate, A wail from the 1819Second Quarter, And a loud crash from the 20hills.11Wail, O inhabitants of the 21Mortar, For all the 22people of 23Canaan will be silenced; All who weigh out 24silver will be cut off.12It will come about at that time That I will 25search Jerusalem with lamps, And I will punish the men Who are 2627stagnant in spirit, Who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will 28not do good or evil!’13Moreover, their wealth will become 29plunder And their houses desolate; Yes, 30they will build houses but not inhabit them, And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”

14Near is the 31great 32day of the Lord, Near and coming very quickly; Listen, the day of the Lord! 33In it the warrior 34cries out bitterly.15A day of wrath is that day, A day of 35trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of 36darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness,16A day of 37trumpet and battle cry Against the 38fortified cities And the high corner towers.17I will bring 39distress on men So that they will walk 40like the blind, Because they have sinned against the Lord; And their 41blood will be poured out like dust And their 42flesh like dung.18Neither their 43silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the Lord’s wrath; And 44all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will 45make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Notes

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

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