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New American Standard Bible 2020

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 5human and animal life; I will remove the 6birds of the sky And the fish of the sea, And the 78ruins along with the wicked; And I will eliminate mankind 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 11eliminate the remnant of Baal from this place, And the names of the 12idolatrous priests along with the other priests.5And those who bow down on the 13housetops to the heavenly 14lights, And those who bow down and 15swear to the Lord, but also swear by 1617Milcom,6And those who have 18turned back from following the Lord, And those who have 19not sought the Lord nor inquired of Him.”

72021Be silent before the Lord 22God! For the 23day of the Lord is near, Because the Lord has prepared a 24sacrifice, He has 25consecrated His guests.8“Then it will come about on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice That I will 26punish the princes, the king’s sons, And all who clothe themselves with 27foreign garments.9And on that day I will punish all who leap on the temple threshold, Who fill the house of their 28lord with 29violence and deceit.10And on that day,” declares the Lord, “There will be the sound of a cry from the 30Fish Gate, Wailing from the 3132Second Quarter, And a loud crash from the 33hills.11Wail, you inhabitants of the 34Mortar, Because all the 35people of 36Canaan will be destroyed; All who weigh out 37silver will be eliminated.12And it will come about at that time That I will 38search Jerusalem with lamps, And I will punish the people Who are 3940stagnant in spirit, Who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will 41not do good nor harm!’13Their wealth will become 42plunder, And their houses desolate; Yes, 43they will build houses but not inhabit them, And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”

14The 44great 45day of the Lord is near, Near and coming very quickly; Listen, the day of the Lord! 46In it the warrior 47cries out bitterly.15That day is a day of anger, A day of 48trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of 49darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness,16A day of 50trumpet and battle cry Against the 51fortified cities And the high corner towers.17I will bring 52distress on mankind So that they will walk 53like those who are blind, Because they have sinned against the Lord; And their 54blood will be poured out like dust, And their 55flesh like dung.18Neither their 56silver nor their gold Will be able to save them On the day of the Lord’s anger; And 57all the earth will be devoured By the fire of His jealousy, For He will 58make a complete end, Indeed a horrifying 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 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc. ↩
  15. 15. Zephaniah 1:5 Jer 5:2, 7; 7:9, 10 ↩
  16. 16. Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom, the Ammonite god ↩
  17. 17. Zephaniah 1:5 1 Kin 11:5, 33; Jer 49:1 ↩
  18. 18. Zephaniah 1:6 Is 1:4; Hos 7:10 ↩
  19. 19. Zephaniah 1:6 Is 9:13 ↩
  20. 20. Zephaniah 1:7 Lit Hush ↩
  21. 21. Zephaniah 1:7 Hab 2:20; Zech 2:13 ↩
  22. 22. Zephaniah 1:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
  23. 23. Zephaniah 1:7 Zeph 1:14 ↩
  24. 24. Zephaniah 1:7 Is 34:6; Jer 46:10 ↩
  25. 25. Zephaniah 1:7 1 Sam 16:5; Is 13:3 ↩
  26. 26. Zephaniah 1:8 Is 24:21; Hab 1:10 ↩
  27. 27. Zephaniah 1:8 Is 2:6 ↩
  28. 28. Zephaniah 1:9 Or Lord ↩
  29. 29. Zephaniah 1:9 Jer 5:27; Amos 3:10 ↩
  30. 30. Zephaniah 1:10 2 Chr 33:14; Neh 3:3; 12:39 ↩
  31. 31. Zephaniah 1:10 I.e., a district of Jerusalem ↩
  32. 32. Zephaniah 1:10 2 Chr 34:22 ↩
  33. 33. Zephaniah 1:10 Ezek 6:13 ↩
  34. 34. Zephaniah 1:11 I.e., a district of Jerusalem ↩
  35. 35. Zephaniah 1:11 Or merchant people will ↩
  36. 36. Zephaniah 1:11 Zeph 2:5; Zech 14:21 ↩
  37. 37. Zephaniah 1:11 Job 27:16, 17; Hos 9:6 ↩
  38. 38. Zephaniah 1:12 Jer 16:16, 17; Ezek 9:4-11; Amos 9:1-3 ↩
  39. 39. Zephaniah 1:12 Lit thickening on their dregs ↩
  40. 40. Zephaniah 1:12 Jer 48:11; Amos 6:1 ↩
  41. 41. Zephaniah 1:12 Ezek 8:12; 9:9 ↩
  42. 42. Zephaniah 1:13 Jer 15:13; 17:3 ↩
  43. 43. Zephaniah 1:13 Amos 5:11; Mic 6:15 ↩
  44. 44. Zephaniah 1:14 Jer 30:7; Joel 2:11; Mal 4:5 ↩
  45. 45. Zephaniah 1:14 Ezek 7:7, 12; 30:3; Joel 1:15; 3:14; Zeph 1:7 ↩
  46. 46. Zephaniah 1:14 Lit There ↩
  47. 47. Zephaniah 1:14 Ezek 7:16-18 ↩
  48. 48. Zephaniah 1:15 Is 22:5 ↩
  49. 49. Zephaniah 1:15 Joel 2:2, 31; Amos 5:18-20 ↩
  50. 50. Zephaniah 1:16 Is 27:13; Jer 4:19 ↩
  51. 51. Zephaniah 1:16 Is 2:12-15 ↩
  52. 52. Zephaniah 1:17 Jer 10:18 ↩
  53. 53. Zephaniah 1:17 Deut 28:29 ↩
  54. 54. Zephaniah 1:17 Ezek 24:7, 8 ↩
  55. 55. Zephaniah 1:17 Jer 8:2; 9:22 ↩
  56. 56. Zephaniah 1:18 Ezek 7:19 ↩
  57. 57. Zephaniah 1:18 Zeph 3:8 ↩
  58. 58. Zephaniah 1:18 Gen 6:7; Ezek 7:5-7 ↩

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1

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