Dual Panel1The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> which came unto Zephaniah <06846> the son <01121> of Cushi <03570>_, the son <01121> of Gedaliah <01436>_, the son <01121> of Amariah <0568>_, the son <01121> of Hizkiah <02396>_, in the days <03117> of Josiah <02977> the son <01121> of Amon <0526>_, king <04428> of Judah <03063>_.
2I will utterly <0622> (8800) consume <05486> (8686) all [things] from off the land <06440> <0127>_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_. {I will...; Heb. By taking away I will make an end} {the land: Heb. the face of the land}
3I will consume <05486> (8686) man <0120> and beast <0929>_; I will consume <05486> (8686) the fowls <05775> of the heaven <08064>_, and the fishes <01709> of the sea <03220>_, and the stumblingblocks <04384> with the wicked <07563>_; and I will cut off <03772> (8689) man <0120> from off <06440> the land <0127>_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_. {stumblingblocks: or, idols}
4I will also stretch out <05186> (8804) mine hand <03027> upon Judah <03063>_, and upon all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389>_; and I will cut off <03772> (8689) the remnant <07605> of Baal <01168> from this place <04725>_, [and] the name <08034> of the Chemarims <03649> with the priests <03548>_;
5And them that worship <07812> (8693) the host <06635> of heaven <08064> upon the housetops <01406>_; and them that worship <07812> (8693) [and] that swear <07650> (8737) by the LORD <03068>_, and that swear <07650> (8737) by Malcham <04428>_; {by the...: or, to the LORD}
6And them that are turned back <05472> (8737) from <0310> the LORD <03068>_; and [those] that have not sought <01245> (8765) the LORD <03068>_, nor enquired <01875> (8804) for him.
7Hold thy peace <02013> (8761) at the presence <06440> of the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_: for the day <03117> of the LORD <03068> [is] at hand <07138>_: for the LORD <03068> hath prepared <03559> (8689) a sacrifice <02077>_, he hath bid <06942> (8689) his guests <07121> (8803)_. {bid: Heb. sanctified, or, prepared}
8And it shall come to pass in the day <03117> of the LORD'S <03068> sacrifice <02077>_, that I will punish <06485> (8804) the princes <08269>_, and the king's <04428> children <01121>_, and all such as are clothed <03847> (8802) with strange <05237> apparel <04403>_. {punish: Heb. visit upon}
9In the same day <03117> also will I punish <06485> (8804) all those that leap <01801> (8802) on the threshold <04670>_, which fill <04390> (8764) their masters <0113>_' houses <01004> with violence <02555> and deceit <04820>_.
10And it shall come to pass in that day <03117>_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_, [that there shall be] the noise <06963> of a cry <06818> from the fish <01709> gate <08179>_, and an howling <03215> from the second <04932>_, and a great <01419> crashing <07667> from the hills <01389>_.
11Howl <03213> (8685)_, ye inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Maktesh <04389>_, for all the merchant <03667> people <05971> are cut down <01820> (8738)_; all they that bear <05187> silver <03701> are cut off <03772> (8738)_.
12And it shall come to pass at that time <06256>_, [that] I will search <02664> (8762) Jerusalem <03389> with candles <05216>_, and punish <06485> (8804) the men <0582> that are settled <07087> (8802) on their lees <08105>_: that say <0559> (8802) in their heart <03824>_, The LORD <03068> will not do good <03190> (8686)_, neither will he do evil <07489> (8686)_. {settled: Heb. curded, or, thickened}
13Therefore their goods <02428> shall become a booty <04933>_, and their houses <01004> a desolation <08077>_: they shall also build <01129> (8804) houses <01004>_, but not inhabit <03427> (8799) [them]; and they shall plant <05193> (8804) vineyards <03754>_, but not drink <08354> (8799) the wine <03196> thereof.
14The great <01419> day <03117> of the LORD <03068> [is] near <07138>_, [it is] near <07138>_, and hasteth <04118> greatly <03966>_, [even] the voice <06963> of the day <03117> of the LORD <03068>_: the mighty man <01368> shall cry <06873> (8802) there bitterly <04751>_.
15That day <03117> [is] a day <03117> of wrath <05678>_, a day <03117> of trouble <06869> and distress <04691>_, a day <03117> of wasteness <07722> and desolation <04875>_, a day <03117> of darkness <02822> and gloominess <0653>_, a day <03117> of clouds <06051> and thick darkness <06205>_,
16A day <03117> of the trumpet <07782> and alarm <08643> against the fenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892>_, and against the high <01364> towers <06438>_.
17And I will bring distress <06887> (8689) upon men <0120>_, that they shall walk <01980> (8804) like blind men <05787>_, because they have sinned <02398> (8804) against the LORD <03068>_: and their blood <01818> shall be poured out <08210> (8795) as dust <06083>_, and their flesh <03894> as the dung <01561>_.
18Neither their silver <03701> nor their gold <02091> shall be able <03201> (8799) to deliver <05337> (8687) them in the day <03117> of the LORD'S <03068> wrath <05678>_; but the whole land <0776> shall be devoured <0398> (8735) by the fire <0784> of his jealousy <07068>_: for he shall make <06213> (8799) even a speedy <0926> (8737) riddance <03617> of all them that dwell <03427> (8802) in the land <0776>_.