Zephaniah 1

 1. The word <1697> of the LORD <3068> which <0834> came <1961>

unto Zephaniah <6846> the son <1121> of Cushi <3569>, the son

<1121> of Gedaliah <1436>, the son <1121> of Amariah <0568>, the

son <1121> of Hizkiah <2396>, in the days <3117> of Josiah

<2977> the son <1121> of Amon <0526>, king <4428> of Judah

<3063>.

 2 I will utterly consume <5486> all <3605> [things] from off

the land <0127>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

 3 I will consume <5486> man <0120> and beast <0929>; I will

consume <5486> the fowls <5775> of the heaven <8064>, and the

fishes <1709> of the sea <3220>, and the stumblingblocks <4384>

with the wicked; and I will cut <3772> off man <0120> from off

the land <0127>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

 4 I will also stretch <5186> out mine hand <3027> upon Judah

<3063>, and upon all <3605> the inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem

<3389>; and I will cut <3772> off the remnant <7605> of Baal

<1168> from this place <4725>, [and] the name <8034> of the

Chemarims <3649> with the priests <3548>;

 5 And them that worship <7812> the host <6635> of heaven <8064>

upon the housetops <1406>; and them that worship <7812> [and]

that swear <7650> by the LORD <3068>, and that swear <7650> by

Malcham <4445>;

 6 And them that are turned <5472> back <5253> from the LORD

<3068>; and [those] that have not sought <1245> the LORD <3068>,

nor <3808> enquired <1875> for him.

 7. Hold thy peace <2013> at the presence <6440> of the Lord

<0136> GOD <3069>: for the day <3117> of the LORD <3068> [is] at

hand <7138>: for the LORD <3068> hath prepared <3559> a

sacrifice <2077>, he hath bid <6942> his guests <7121>.

 8 And it shall come <1961> to pass in the day <3117> of the

LORD'S <3068> sacrifice <2077>, that I will punish <6485> the

princes <8269>, and the king's <4428> children <1121>, and all

<3605> such as are clothed <3847> with strange <5237> apparel

<4403>.

 9 In the same <1931> day <3117> also will I punish <6485> all

<3605> those that leap <1801> on <5921> the threshold <4670>,

which fill <4390> their masters <0113>' houses <1004> with

violence <2555> and deceit <4820>.

 10 And it shall come <1961> to pass in that day <3117>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>, [that there shall be] the noise <6963>

of a cry <6818> from the fish <1709> gate <8179>, and an howling

<3213> from the second <4932>, and a great <1419> crashing

<7667> from the hills <1389>.

 11 Howl <3213>, ye inhabitants <3427> of Maktesh <4389>, for

all <3605> the merchant <3667> people <5971> are cut <1820> down;

 all <3605> they that bear <5187> silver <3701> are cut <3772>

off.

 12 And it shall come <1961> to pass at that time <6256>, [that]

I will search <2664> Jerusalem <3389> with candles <5216>, and

punish <6485> the men <0582> that are settled <7087> on <5921>

their lees <8105>: that say <0559> in their heart <3824>, The

LORD <3068> will not do good <3190>, neither <3808> will he do

evil <7489>.

 13 Therefore their goods <2428> shall become <1961> a booty

<4953>, and their houses <1004> a desolation <8047>: they shall

also build <1129> houses <1004>, but not inhabit <3427> [them];

and they shall plant <5193> vineyards <3754>, but not drink

<8354> the wine <3196> thereof.

 14. The great <1419> day <3117> of the LORD <3068> [is] near

<7138>, [it is] near <7138>, and hasteth <4116> greatly <3966>,

[even] the voice <6963> of the day <3117> of the LORD <3068>:

the mighty <1368> man shall cry <6873> there <8033> bitterly

<4751>.

 15 That day <3117> [is] a day <3117> of wrath <5678>, a day

<3117> of trouble <6869> and distress <4691>, a day <3117> of

wasteness <7722> and desolation <4875>, a day <3117> of darkness

<2822> and gloominess <0653>, a day <3117> of clouds <6051> and

thick darkness <6205>,

 16 A day <3117> of the trumpet <7782> and alarm <8643> against

<5921> the fenced <1219> cities <5892>, and against <5921> the

high <1364> towers <6438>.

 17 And I will bring distress <6887> upon men <0120>, that they

shall walk <1980> like blind <5787> men, because <3588> they

have sinned <2398> against the LORD <3068>: and their blood

<1818> shall be poured <8210> out as dust <6083>, and their

flesh <3894> as the dung <1561>.

 18 Neither <3808> their silver <3701> nor <1571> their gold

<2091> shall be able <3201> to deliver <5337> them in the day

<3117> of the LORD'S <3068> wrath <5678>; but the whole <3605>

land <0776> shall be devoured <0398> by the fire <0784> of his

jealousy <7068>: for he shall make <6213> even a speedy <0926>

riddance <3617> of all <3605> them that dwell <3427> in the land

<0776>.

Zephaniah 2

 1. Gather <7197> yourselves together, yea, gather <7197>

together, O nation <1471> not desired <3700>;

 2 Before <6440> the decree <2706> bring <3205> forth <3205>,

[before <6440>] the day <3117> pass <5674> as the chaff <4671>,

before <6440> the fierce <2740> anger <0639> of the LORD <3068>

come <0935> upon you, before <6440> the day <3117> of the LORD'S

<3068> anger <0639> come <0935> upon you.

 3 Seek <1245> ye the LORD <3068>, all <3605> ye meek <6035> of

the earth <0776>, which <0834> have wrought <6466> his judgment

<4941>; seek <1245> righteousness <6664>, seek <1245> meekness

<6038>: it may <0194> be ye shall be hid <5641> in the day

<3117> of the LORD'S <3068> anger <0639>.

 4. For Gaza <5804> shall be forsaken <5800>, and Ashkelon

<0831> a desolation <8077>: they shall drive <1644> out Ashdod

<0795> at the noon <6672> day, and Ekron <6138> shall be rooted

<6131> up.

 5 Woe <1945> unto the inhabitants <3427> of the sea <3220>

coast <2256>, the nation <1471> of the Cherethites <3774>! the

word <1697> of the LORD <3068> [is] against <5921> you; O Canaan

<3667>, the land <0776> of the Philistines <6430>, I will even

destroy <6> thee, that there shall be no <0369> inhabitant

<3427>.

 6 And the sea <3220> coast <2256> shall be dwellings <5116>

[and] cottages <3741> for shepherds <7462>, and folds <1448> for

flocks <6629>.

 7 And the coast <2256> shall be for the remnant <7611> of the

house <1004> of Judah <3063>; they shall feed <7462> thereupon:

in the houses <1004> of Ashkelon <0831> shall they lie <7257>

down <7257> in the evening <6153>: for the LORD <3068> their God

<0430> shall visit <6485> them, and turn <7725> away their

captivity <7622>.

 8. I have heard <8085> the reproach <2781> of Moab <4124>, and

the revilings <1421> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>,

whereby <0834> they have reproached <2778> my people <5971>, and

magnified <1431> [themselves] against <5921> their border <1366>.

 9 Therefore <3651> [as] I live <2416>, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068> of hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, Surely

<3588> Moab <4124> shall be as Sodom <5467>, and the children

<1121> of Ammon <5983> as Gomorrah <6017>, [even] the breeding

<4476> of nettles <2738>, and saltpits <4417>, and a perpetual

<5769> desolation <8077>: the residue <7611> of my people <5971>

shall spoil <7998> them, and the remnant <3499> of my people

<1471> shall possess <5157> them.

 10 This <2063> shall they have for their pride <1347>, because

<3588> they have reproached <2778> and magnified <1431>

[themselves] against <5921> the people <5971> of the LORD <3068>

of hosts <6635>.

 11 The LORD <3068> [will be] terrible <3372> unto them: for he

will famish <7329> all <3605> the gods <0430> of the earth

<0776>; and [men] shall worship <7812> him, every <0376> one

<0376> from his place <4725>, [even] all <3605> the isles <0339>

of the heathen <1471>.

 12. Ye Ethiopians <3569> also <1571>, ye [shall be] slain

<2491> by my sword <2719>.

 13 And he will stretch <5186> out his hand <3027> against

<5921> the north <6828>, and destroy <6> Assyria <0804>; and

will make <7760> Nineveh <5210> a desolation <8077>, [and] dry

<6723> like a wilderness <4057>.

 14 And flocks <5739> shall lie <7257> down <7257> in the midst

<8432> of her, all <3605> the beasts <2416> of the nations

<1471>: both <1571> the cormorant <6893> and the bittern <7090>

shall lodge <3885> in the upper <3730> lintels <3730> of it;

[their] voice <6963> shall sing <7891> in the windows <2474>;

desolation <2721> [shall be] in the thresholds <5592>: for he

shall uncover <6168> the cedar <0731> work <0731>.

 15 This <2063> [is] the rejoicing <5947> city <5892> that dwelt

<3427> carelessly <0983>, that said <0559> in her heart <3824>,

I [am], and [there is] none <0657> beside <0657> me: how <0349>

is she become <1961> a desolation <8047>, a place for beasts

<2416> to lie <4769> down <4769> in! every <3605> one that

passeth <5674> by her shall hiss <8319>, [and] wag <5128> his

hand <3027>.

Zephaniah 3

 1. Woe <1945> to her that is filthy <4754> and polluted <1351>,

to the oppressing <3238> city <5892>!

 2 She obeyed <8085> not the voice <6963>; she received <3947>

not correction <4148>; she trusted <0982> not in the LORD <3068>;

 she drew not near <7126> to her God <0430>.

 3 Her princes <8269> within <7130> her [are] roaring lions

<0738>; her judges <8199> [are] evening <6153> wolves <2061>;

they gnaw <1633> not the bones <1633> till the morrow <1242>.

 4 Her prophets <5030> [are] light <6348> [and] treacherous

<0900> persons <0582>: her priests <3548> have polluted <2490>

the sanctuary <6944>, they have done violence <2554> to the law

<8451>.

 5 The just <6662> LORD <3068> [is] in the midst <7130> thereof;

he will not do <6213> iniquity <5766>: every morning <1242> doth

he bring <5414> his judgment <4941> to light <0216>, he faileth

<5737> not; but the unjust <5767> knoweth <3045> no <3808> shame

<1322>.

 6 I have cut <3772> off the nations <1471>: their towers <6438>

are desolate <8074>; I made their streets <2351> waste <2717>,

that none <1097> passeth <5674> by: their cities <5892> are

destroyed <6658>, so that there is no <1097> man <0376>, that

there is none <0369> inhabitant <3427>.

 7 I said <0559>, Surely thou wilt fear <3372> me, thou wilt

receive <3947> instruction <4148>; so their dwelling <4583>

should not be cut <3772> off, howsoever I punished <6485> them:

but they rose <7925> early <7925>, [and] corrupted <7843> all

<3605> their doings <5949>.

 8. Therefore <3651> wait <2442> ye upon me, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>, until the day <3117> that I rise <6965> up to the

prey <5706>: for my determination <4941> [is] to gather <0622>

the nations <1471>, that I may assemble <6908> the kingdoms

<4467>, to pour <8210> upon them mine indignation <2195>, [even]

all <3605> my fierce <2740> anger <0639>: for all <3605> the

earth <0776> shall be devoured <0398> with the fire <0784> of my

jealousy <7068>.

 9 For then <0227> will I turn <2015> to the people <5971> a

pure <1305> language <8193>, that they may all <3605> call

<7121> upon the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>, to serve <5647>

him with one <0259> consent <7926>.

 10 From beyond <5676> the rivers <5104> of Ethiopia <3568> my

suppliants <6282>, [even] the daughter <1323> of my dispersed

<6327>, shall bring <2986> mine offering <4503>.

 11 In that day <3117> shalt thou not be ashamed <0954> for all

<3605> thy doings <5949>, wherein <0834> thou hast transgressed

<6586> against me: for then <0227> I will take <5493> away

<5493> out of the midst <7130> of thee them that rejoice <5947>

in thy pride <1346>, and thou shalt no <3808> more be haughty

<1361> because of my holy <6944> mountain <2022>.

 12 I will also leave <7604> in the midst <7130> of thee an

afflicted <6041> and poor <1800> people <5971>, and they shall

trust <2620> in the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>.

 13 The remnant <7611> of Israel <3478> shall not do <6213>

iniquity <5766>, nor <3808> speak <1696> lies <3576>; neither

<3808> shall a deceitful <8649> tongue <3956> be found <4672> in

their mouth <6310>: for they shall feed <7462> and lie <7257>

down <4769>, and none <0369> shall make [them] afraid <2729>.

 14. Sing <7442>, O daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>; shout <7321>,

 O Israel <3478>; be glad <8056> and rejoice <5937> with all

<3605> the heart <3820>, O daughter <1323> of Jerusalem <3389>.

 15 The LORD <3068> hath taken <5493> away <5493> thy judgments

<4941>, he hath cast <6437> out thine enemy <0341>: the king

<4428> of Israel <3478>, [even] the LORD <3068>, [is] in the

midst <7130> of thee: thou shalt not see <7200> evil <7451> any

more <5750>.

 16 In that day <3117> it shall be said <0559> to Jerusalem

<3389>, Fear <3372> thou not: [and to] Zion <6726>, Let not

thine hands <3027> be slack <7503>.

 17 The LORD <3068> thy God <0430> in the midst <7130> of thee

[is] mighty <1368>; he will save <3467>, he will rejoice <7797>

over <5921> thee with joy <8057>; he will rest <2790> in his

love <0160>, he will joy <1523> over <5921> thee with singing

<7440>.

 18 I will gather <0622> [them that are] sorrowful <3013> for

the solemn <4150> assembly <4150>, [who] are of thee, [to whom

<5921>] the reproach <2781> of it [was] a burden <4864>.

 19 Behold <2005>, at that time <6256> I will undo <6213> all

<3605> that afflict <6031> thee: and I will save <3467> her that

halteth <6761>, and gather <6908> her that was driven <5080> out;

 and I will get <0776> them praise <8416> and fame <8034> in

every <3605> land <0776> where they have been put to shame

<1322>.

 20 At that time <6256> will I bring <0935> you [again], even in

the time <6256> that I gather <6908> you: for I will make <5414>

you a name <8034> and a praise <8416> among all <3605> people

<5971> of the earth <0776>, when I turn <7725> back <7725> your

captivity <7622> before your eyes <5869>, saith <0559> the LORD

<3068>.

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