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New American Standard Bible 2020

Zephaniah 1:2-18

2“I will completely 1remove all things From the face of the 2earth,” declares the Lord.3“I will remove 3human and animal life; I will remove the 4birds of the sky And the fish of the sea, And the 56ruins along with the wicked; And I will eliminate mankind from the face of the 7earth,” declares the Lord.4“So I will 8stretch out My hand against Judah And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will 9eliminate the remnant of Baal from this place, And the names of the 10idolatrous priests along with the other priests.5And those who bow down on the 11housetops to the heavenly 12lights, And those who bow down and 13swear to the Lord, but also swear by 1415Milcom,6And those who have 16turned back from following the Lord, And those who have 17not sought the Lord nor inquired of Him.”

71819Be silent before the Lord 20God! For the 21day of the Lord is near, Because the Lord has prepared a 22sacrifice, He has 23consecrated His guests.8“Then it will come about on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice That I will 24punish the princes, the king’s sons, And all who clothe themselves with 25foreign garments.9And on that day I will punish all who leap on the temple threshold, Who fill the house of their 26lord with 27violence and deceit.10And on that day,” declares the Lord, “There will be the sound of a cry from the 28Fish Gate, Wailing from the 2930Second Quarter, And a loud crash from the 31hills.11Wail, you inhabitants of the 32Mortar, Because all the 33people of 34Canaan will be destroyed; All who weigh out 35silver will be eliminated.12And it will come about at that time That I will 36search Jerusalem with lamps, And I will punish the people Who are 3738stagnant in spirit, Who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will 39not do good nor harm!’13Their wealth will become 40plunder, And their houses desolate; Yes, 41they will build houses but not inhabit them, And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”

14The 42great 43day of the Lord is near, Near and coming very quickly; Listen, the day of the Lord! 44In it the warrior 45cries out bitterly.15That day is a day of anger, A day of 46trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of 47darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness,16A day of 48trumpet and battle cry Against the 49fortified cities And the high corner towers.17I will bring 50distress on mankind So that they will walk 51like those who are blind, Because they have sinned against the Lord; And their 52blood will be poured out like dust, And their 53flesh like dung.18Neither their 54silver nor their gold Will be able to save them On the day of the Lord’s anger; And 55all the earth will be devoured By the fire of His jealousy, For He will 56make a complete end, Indeed a horrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Notes

  1. 1. Zephaniah 1:2 Gen 6:7; Jer 7:20; Ezek 33:27, 28 ↩
  2. 2. Zephaniah 1:2 Lit ground ↩
  3. 3. Zephaniah 1:3 Is 6:11, 12 ↩
  4. 4. Zephaniah 1:3 Jer 4:25; 9:10 ↩
  5. 5. Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks ↩
  6. 6. Zephaniah 1:3 Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 8 ↩
  7. 7. Zephaniah 1:3 Lit ground ↩
  8. 8. Zephaniah 1:4 Jer 6:12; Ezek 6:14 ↩
  9. 9. Zephaniah 1:4 Mic 5:13 ↩
  10. 10. Zephaniah 1:4 2 Kin 23:5; Hos 10:5 ↩
  11. 11. Zephaniah 1:5 2 Kin 23:12; Jer 19:13 ↩
  12. 12. Zephaniah 1:5 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc. ↩
  13. 13. Zephaniah 1:5 Jer 5:2, 7; 7:9, 10 ↩
  14. 14. Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom, the Ammonite god ↩
  15. 15. Zephaniah 1:5 1 Kin 11:5, 33; Jer 49:1 ↩
  16. 16. Zephaniah 1:6 Is 1:4; Hos 7:10 ↩
  17. 17. Zephaniah 1:6 Is 9:13 ↩
  18. 18. Zephaniah 1:7 Lit Hush ↩
  19. 19. Zephaniah 1:7 Hab 2:20; Zech 2:13 ↩
  20. 20. Zephaniah 1:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
  21. 21. Zephaniah 1:7 Zeph 1:14 ↩
  22. 22. Zephaniah 1:7 Is 34:6; Jer 46:10 ↩
  23. 23. Zephaniah 1:7 1 Sam 16:5; Is 13:3 ↩
  24. 24. Zephaniah 1:8 Is 24:21; Hab 1:10 ↩
  25. 25. Zephaniah 1:8 Is 2:6 ↩
  26. 26. Zephaniah 1:9 Or Lord ↩
  27. 27. Zephaniah 1:9 Jer 5:27; Amos 3:10 ↩
  28. 28. Zephaniah 1:10 2 Chr 33:14; Neh 3:3; 12:39 ↩
  29. 29. Zephaniah 1:10 I.e., a district of Jerusalem ↩
  30. 30. Zephaniah 1:10 2 Chr 34:22 ↩
  31. 31. Zephaniah 1:10 Ezek 6:13 ↩
  32. 32. Zephaniah 1:11 I.e., a district of Jerusalem ↩
  33. 33. Zephaniah 1:11 Or merchant people will ↩
  34. 34. Zephaniah 1:11 Zeph 2:5; Zech 14:21 ↩
  35. 35. Zephaniah 1:11 Job 27:16, 17; Hos 9:6 ↩
  36. 36. Zephaniah 1:12 Jer 16:16, 17; Ezek 9:4-11; Amos 9:1-3 ↩
  37. 37. Zephaniah 1:12 Lit thickening on their dregs ↩
  38. 38. Zephaniah 1:12 Jer 48:11; Amos 6:1 ↩
  39. 39. Zephaniah 1:12 Ezek 8:12; 9:9 ↩
  40. 40. Zephaniah 1:13 Jer 15:13; 17:3 ↩
  41. 41. Zephaniah 1:13 Amos 5:11; Mic 6:15 ↩
  42. 42. Zephaniah 1:14 Jer 30:7; Joel 2:11; Mal 4:5 ↩
  43. 43. Zephaniah 1:14 Ezek 7:7, 12; 30:3; Joel 1:15; 3:14; Zeph 1:7 ↩
  44. 44. Zephaniah 1:14 Lit There ↩
  45. 45. Zephaniah 1:14 Ezek 7:16-18 ↩
  46. 46. Zephaniah 1:15 Is 22:5 ↩
  47. 47. Zephaniah 1:15 Joel 2:2, 31; Amos 5:18-20 ↩
  48. 48. Zephaniah 1:16 Is 27:13; Jer 4:19 ↩
  49. 49. Zephaniah 1:16 Is 2:12-15 ↩
  50. 50. Zephaniah 1:17 Jer 10:18 ↩
  51. 51. Zephaniah 1:17 Deut 28:29 ↩
  52. 52. Zephaniah 1:17 Ezek 24:7, 8 ↩
  53. 53. Zephaniah 1:17 Jer 8:2; 9:22 ↩
  54. 54. Zephaniah 1:18 Ezek 7:19 ↩
  55. 55. Zephaniah 1:18 Zeph 3:8 ↩
  56. 56. Zephaniah 1:18 Gen 6:7; Ezek 7:5-7 ↩

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