NASB — Zephaniah 1 — KJV

Day of Judgment on Judah

1 The word° of the LORD° which° came° to Zephaniah° son° of Cushi°, son° of Gedaliah°, son° of Amariah°, son° of Hezekiah°, in the days° of aJosiah° son° of bAmon°, king° of Judah°:

[1] a2K 22:1, 2; 2Ch 34:1-33; Jr 1:2; 22:11 b2K 21:18-26; 2Ch 33:20-25

  2 ¶ “I will completely° aremove° all° [things]
  From the face° of the Iearth°,” declares° the LORD°.
  3 “I will remove° aman° and beast°;
  I will remove° the bbirds° of the sky°
  And the fish° of the sea°,
  And the Icruins° along° with the wicked°;
  And I will cut° off° man° from the face° of the IIearth°,” declares° the LORD°.
  4 “So I will astretch° out My hand° against° Judah°
  And against° all° the inhabitants° of Jerusalem°.
  And I will bcut° off° the remnant° of Baal° from this° place°,
  [And] the names° of the cidolatrous° priests° along° with the priests°.
  5 “And those who bow° down° on the ahousetops° to the host° of heaven°,
  And those who bow° down° [and] bswear° to the LORD° and [yet] swear° by IcMilcom°,
  6 And those who have aturned° back° from following° the LORD°,
  And those who° have bnot sought° the LORD° or inquired° of Him.”

[2] ILit ground aGn 6:7; Jr 7:20; Ezk 33:27, 28
[3] IOr stumbling blocks IILit ground aIs 6:11, 12 bJr 4:25; 9:10 cEzk 7:19; 14:3, 4, 8
[4] aJr 6:12; Ezk 6:14 bMi 5:13 c2K 23:5; Ho 10:5
[5] IOr their king; M.T. Malcam, probably a variant spelling of Milcom a2K 23:12; Jr 19:13 bJr 5:2, 7; 7:9, 10 c1K 11:5, 33; Jr 49:1
[6] aIs 1:4; Ho 7:10 bIs 9:13

  7IaBe silent° before°° the Lord° IIGOD°!
  For the bday° of the LORD° is near°,
  For the LORD° has prepared° a csacrifice°,
  He has dconsecrated° His guests°.
  8 “Then it will come° about on the day° of the LORDS° sacrifice°
  That I will apunish° the princes°, the king’s° sons°
  And all° who clothe° themselves with bforeign° garments°.
  9 “And I will punish° on that day° all° who leap° on the [temple] threshold°,
  Who fill° the house° of their Ilord° with aviolence° and deceit°.
  10 “On that day°,” declares° the LORD°,
  “There will be the sound° of a cry° from the aFish° Gate°,
  A wail° from the IbSecond° Quarter,
  And a loud° crash° from the chills°.
  11 “Wail°, O inhabitants° of the IMortar°,
  For all° the IIpeople° of aCanaan° will be silenced°;
  All° who weigh° out bsilver° will be cut° off°.
  12 “It will come° about at that time°
  That I will asearch° Jerusalem° with lamps°,
  And I will punish° the men°
  Who are Ibstagnant° in spirit°,
  Who say° in their hearts°,
  ‘The LORD° will cnot do° good° or evil°!’
  13 “Moreover, their wealth° will become° aplunder°
  And their houses° desolate°;
  Yes, bthey will build° houses° but not inhabit° [them],
  And plant° vineyards° but not drink° their wine°.”

[7] ILit Hush IIHeb YHWH, usually rendered LORD aHab 2:20; Zc 2:13 bZp 1:14 cIs 34:6; Jr 46:10 d1S 16:5; Is 13:3
[8] aIs 24:21; Hab 1:10 bIs 2:6
[9] IOr Lord aJr 5:27; Am 3:10
[10] II.e. a district of Jerusalem a2Ch 33:14; Ne 3:3; 12:39 b2Ch 34:22 cEzk 6:13
[11] II.e. a district of Jerusalem IIOr merchant people will aZp 2:5; Zc 14:21 bJb 27:16, 17; Ho 9:6
[12] ILit thickening on their lees aJr 16:16, 17; Ezk 9:4-11; Am 9:1-3 bJr 48:11; Am 6:1 cEzk 8:12; 9:9
[13] aJr 15:13; 17:3 bAm 5:11; Mi 6:15

  14 ¶ Near° is the agreat° bday° of the LORD°,
  Near° and coming° very° quickly°;
  Listen°, the day° of the LORD°!
  IIn it the warrior° ccries° out bitterly°.
  15 A day° of wrath° is that day°,
  A day° of atrouble° and distress°,
  A day° of destruction° and desolation°,
  A day° of bdarkness° and gloom°,
  A day° of clouds° and thick° darkness°,
  16 A day° of atrumpet° and battle° cry°
  Against° the bfortified° cities°
  And the high° corner° towers°.
  17 I will bring° adistress° on men°
  So that they will walk° blike the blind°,
  Because° they have sinned° against the LORD°;
  And their cblood° will be poured° out like dust°
  And their dflesh° like dung°.
  18 Neither°° their asilver° nor° their gold°
  Will be able° to deliver° them
  On the day° of the LORDS° wrath°;
  And ball° the earth° will be devoured°
  In the fire° of His jealousy°,
  For He will cmake° a complete° end°,
  Indeed° a terrifying° one,
  Of all° the inhabitants° of the earth°.

[14] ILit There aJr 30:7; Jol 2:11; Mal 4:5 bEzk 7:7, 12; 30:3; Jol 1:15; 3:14; Zp 1:7 cEzk 7:16-18
[15] aIs 22:5 bJol 2:2, 31; Am 5:18-20
[16] aIs 27:13; Jr 4:19 bIs 2:12-15
[17] aJr 10:18 bDt 28:29 cEzk 24:7, 8 dJr 8:2; 9:22
[18] aEzk 7:19 bZp 3:8 cGn 6:7; Ezk 7:5-7


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God's severe judgment against Judah for divers sins.

1 ¶ The wordº of the LORDº which² came² unto² Zephaniahº the sonº of Cushi,º the sonº of Gedaliah,º the sonº of Amariah,º the sonº of Hizkiah,º in the daysº of Josiahº the sonº of Amon,º kingº of Judah.º 2 I will utterly¹ª consumeºª² all² [things] from off²²² the land,º¹ saithºª the LORD.º 3 I will consumeºª manº and beast;º I will consumeºª the fowlsº of the heaven,º and the fishesº of the sea,º and the stumblingblocksº with² the wicked;º and I will cut offºª² manº from offº²² the land,º saithºª the LORD.º 4 I will also stretch outºª mine handº upon² Judah,º and upon² all² the inhabitantsºª of Jerusalem;º and I will cut offºª² the remnantº of Baalº from² this² place,º [and]² the nameº of the Chemarimsº with² the priests;º 5 And them that worshipºª the hostº of heavenº upon² the housetops;º and them that worshipºª [and] that swearºª by the LORD,º and that swearºª by Malcham;¹² 6 And them that are turned backºª fromº² the LORD;º and [those] that² have not² soughtºª² the LORD,º nor² enquiredºª for him. 7 Hold thy peaceºª at the presenceº² of the Lordº GOD:º for² the dayº of the LORDº [is] at hand:º for² the LORDº hath preparedºª a sacrifice,º he hath bidºª his guests.ºª 8 And it shall come to pass² in the dayº of the LORD'Sº sacrifice,º that I will punishºª² the princes,º and the king'sº children,º and all² such as are clothedºª with strangeº apparel.º 9 In the same² dayº also will I punishºª² all² those that leapºª on² the threshold,º which fillºª their masters'º housesº with violenceº and deceit.º 10 And it shall come to pass² in that² day,º saithºª the LORD,º [that there shall be] the noiseº of a cryº from the fishº gate,º² and an howlingº from² the second,º and a greatº crashingº from the hills.º² 11 Howl,ºª ye inhabitantsºª of Maktesh,º for² all² the merchantº peopleº are cut down;ºª all² they that bearº silverº are cut off.ºª 12 And it shall come to pass² at that² time,º [that] I will searchºª² Jerusalemº with candles,º and punishºª² the men¹² that are settledºª on² their lees:º that sayºª in their heart,º The LORDº will not² do good,ºª neither² will he do evil.ºª 13 Therefore their goodsº shall become² a booty,º and their housesº a desolation:º they shall also buildºª houses,º but not² inhabitºª [them]; and they shall plantºª vineyards,º but not² drinkºª² the wineº thereof. 14 The greatº dayº of the LORDº [is] near,º [it is] near,º and hastethº greatly,º [even] the voiceº of the dayº of the LORD:º the mighty manº shall cryºª there² bitterly.º 15 That² dayº [is] a dayº of wrath,º a dayº of troubleº and distress,º a dayº of wastenessº and desolation,º a dayº of darknessº and gloominess,º a dayº of cloudsº and thick darkness,º 16 A dayº of the trumpetº and alarmº against² the fencedºª cities,º and against² the highº towers.º 17 And I will bring distressºª upon men,º that they shall walkºª like blind men,º because² they have sinnedºª against the LORD:º and their bloodº shall be poured outºª as dust,º and their fleshº as the dung.º 18 Neither²² their silverº nor² their goldº shall be ableºª to deliverºª them in the dayº of the LORD'Sº wrath;º but the whole² landº shall be devouredºª by the fireº of his jealousy:º for² he shall makeºª even² a speedyºª riddanceº of² all² them that dwellºª in the land.º

[1] 2K 22:1; 2Ch 34:1; Jr 1:2; 25:3; Ezk 1:3; Ho 1:1; 2Ti 3:16; 2P 1:19.
[2] 2K 22:16; 2Ch 36:21; Is 6:11; Jr 6:8; 24:8; 34:22; 36:29; Ezk 33:27; Mi 7:13.
[3] Is 27:9; Jr 4:23; 12:4; Ezk 7:19; 14:3, 13; 15:6; 44:12; Ho 4:3; 14:3, 8; Mi 5:11; Zc 13:2; Mt 23:39; Rv 2:14.
[4] Ex 15:12; 2K 21:13; 23:4; 2Ch 34:4; Is 14:26; Ho 10:5.
[5] Dt 10:20; Jsh 23:7; 1K 11:33; 18:21; 2K 17:33, 41; 23:12; Is 44:5; 45:23; 48:1; Jr 4:2; 19:13; 32:29; Ho 4:15; Am 5:26; Mt 6:24; Ro 14:11.
[6] 1S 15:11; Ps 10:4; 14:2; 36:3; 125:5; Is 1:4; 43:22; Jr 2:13, 17; 3:10; 15:6; Ezk 3:20; Ho 4:15; 7:7; 11:7; Ro 3:11; He 2:3; 10:38; 2P 2:18.
[7] 1S 2:9; 16:5; 20:26; Jb 40:4; Ps 46:10; 76:8; Pv 9:1; Is 2:12; 6:5; 13:6; 34:6; Jr 46:10; Ezk 7:7, 10; 39:17; Jol 2:1, 11, 31; Am 5:18; 6:10; Hab 2:20; Zp 1:14; Zc 2:13; Mal 4:1; Mt 22:4; Lk 14:16; Ro 3:19; 9:20; Php 4:5; Col 1:12; 2P 3:10; Rv 19:17.
[8] Dt 22:5; 2K 10:22; 23:30; 24:12; 25:6, 19; Is 3:18; 10:12; 24:21; 39:7; Jr 22:11, 24; 39:6.
[9] 1S 2:15; 5:5; 2K 5:20; Ne 5:15; Pv 29:12; Ac 16:19.
[10] 2S 5:7, 9; 2K 22:14; 2Ch 3:1; 32:22; 33:14; Ne 3:3; Is 22:4; 59:11; Jr 4:19, 31; 39:2; Am 8:3; Zp 1:7, 15.
[11] Ne 3:31; Jr 4:8; 25:34; Ezk 21:12; Ho 12:7; Jol 1:5, 13; Zc 11:2; Jn 2:16; Jm 5:1; Rv 18:11.
[12] Jb 21:15; Ps 10:11; 14:1; 94:7; Is 5:19; Jr 10:5; 16:16; 48:11; Ezk 8:12; 9:9; Am 6:1; 9:1; Ob 1:6; Mal 3:14; 2P 3:4; Rv 2:23.
[13] Dt 28:30, 39, 51; Is 5:8; 6:11; 24:1; 65:21; Jr 4:7, 20; 5:17; 9:11, 19; 12:10; Ezk 7:19, 21; 22:31; Am 5:11; Mi 3:12; 6:15; Zp 1:9.
[14] Is 15:4; 22:4; 33:7; 66:6; Jr 25:36; 30:7; 48:41; Ezk 7:6, 12; 12:23; 30:3; Jol 2:1, 11, 31; 3:16; Am 8:2; Zp 1:7, 10; Mal 4:5; Ac 2:20; Php 4:5; 1Th 4:16; He 12:26; Jm 5:9; 2P 2:3; Rv 6:15, 17.
[15] Jb 3:4; Is 22:5; Jr 30:7; Jol 2:2, 11; Am 5:18; Zp 1:18; 2:2; Lk 21:22; Ro 2:5; 2P 3:7; Rv 6:17.
[16] Ps 48:12; Is 2:12; 32:14; 59:10; Jr 4:19; 6:1; 8:16; Ho 5:8; 8:1; Am 3:6; Hab 1:6; 3:6.
[17] Dt 28:28; 2K 9:33; Ps 79:2, 3; 83:10; Is 24:5; 29:10; 50:1; 59:9, 12; Jr 2:17, 19; 4:18; 9:21; 15:3; 16:4; 18:21; Lm 1:8, 14, 18; 2:21; 4:13, 14; 5:16; Ezk 22:25; Dn 9:5; Am 4:10; Mi 3:9; 7:13; Mt 15:14; Jn 9:40; Ro 11:7, 25; 2Co 4:4; 2P 1:9; 1Jn 2:11; Rv 3:17.
[18] Lv 26:33; Dt 29:20; 31:17; 32:21; 1K 14:22; Jb 21:30; Ps 49:6; 52:5; 78:58; 79:5; Pv 11:4; 18:11; Is 1:24; 2:20; 24:1; Jr 4:26; 7:20, 34; 9:11, 23; Ezk 7:19; 8:3; 16:38; 36:5; Zp 1:2, 11, 15; 3:8; Mt 16:26; Lk 12:19; 16:22; 1Co 10:22.


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