New American Standard Bible 2020

Zephaniah 1:1-6

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 7 8ruins 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 16 17Milcom,6And those who have 18turned back from following the Lord, And those who have 19not sought the Lord nor inquired of Him.”

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Notes

1. Zephaniah 1:1 2 Kin 22:1, 2; 2 Chr 34:1-33; Jer 1:2; 22:11 ↩
2. Zephaniah 1:1 2 Kin 21:18-26; 2 Chr 33:20-25 ↩
3. Zephaniah 1:2 Gen 6:7; Jer 7:20; Ezek 33:27, 28 ↩
4. Zephaniah 1:2 Lit ground ↩
5. Zephaniah 1:3 Is 6:11, 12 ↩
6. Zephaniah 1:3 Jer 4:25; 9:10 ↩
7. Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks ↩
8. Zephaniah 1:3 Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 8 ↩
9. Zephaniah 1:3 Lit ground ↩
10. Zephaniah 1:4 Jer 6:12; Ezek 6:14 ↩
11. Zephaniah 1:4 Mic 5:13 ↩
12. Zephaniah 1:4 2 Kin 23:5; Hos 10:5 ↩
13. Zephaniah 1:5 2 Kin 23:12; Jer 19:13 ↩
14. Zephaniah 1:5 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc. ↩
15. Zephaniah 1:5 Jer 5:2, 7; 7:9, 10 ↩
16. Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom, the Ammonite god ↩
17. Zephaniah 1:5 1 Kin 11:5, 33; Jer 49:1 ↩
18. Zephaniah 1:6 Is 1:4; Hos 7:10 ↩
19. Zephaniah 1:6 Is 9:13 ↩

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