Revised Literal Translation

Zephaniah 1:2-7

2I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith Yhwh.1 2

3I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith Yhwh.3

4I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;

5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by Yhwh, and that swear by Malcham;4

6And them that are turned back from Yhwh; and those that have not sought Yhwh, nor enquired for him.

7Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Yhwh: for the day of Yhwh is at hand: for Yhwh hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.5

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Notes

1. Zephaniah 1:2 I will…: Heb. By taking away I will make an end. ↩
2. Zephaniah 1:2 the land: Heb. the face of the land. ↩
3. Zephaniah 1:3 stumblingblocks: or, idols. ↩
4. Zephaniah 1:5 by the…: or, to the Lord. ↩
5. Zephaniah 1:7 bid: Heb. sanctified, or, prepared. ↩

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