New American Standard Bible 1995

Zephaniah 1:7-18

7 1 2Be silent before the Lord 3God! For the 4day of the Lord is near, For the Lord has prepared a 5sacrifice, He has 6consecrated His guests.8“Then it will come about on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice That I will 7punish the princes, the king’s sons And all who clothe themselves with 8foreign garments.9And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold, Who fill the house of their 9lord with 10violence and deceit.10On that day,” declares the Lord, “There will be the sound of a cry from the 11Fish Gate, A wail from the 12 13Second Quarter, And a loud crash from the 14hills.11Wail, O inhabitants of the 15Mortar, For all the 16people of 17Canaan will be silenced; All who weigh out 18silver will be cut off.12It will come about at that time That I will 19search Jerusalem with lamps, And I will punish the men Who are 20 21stagnant in spirit, Who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will 22not do good or evil!’13Moreover, their wealth will become 23plunder And their houses desolate; Yes, 24they will build houses but not inhabit them, And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”

14Near is the 25great 26day of the Lord, Near and coming very quickly; Listen, the day of the Lord! 27In it the warrior 28cries out bitterly.15A day of wrath is that day, A day of 29trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of 30darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness,16A day of 31trumpet and battle cry Against the 32fortified cities And the high corner towers.17I will bring 33distress on men So that they will walk 34like the blind, Because they have sinned against the Lord; And their 35blood will be poured out like dust And their 36flesh like dung.18Neither their 37silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the Lord’s wrath; And 38all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will 39make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Notes

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

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