ZEPHANIAH
Zephaniah 1
1 The word of Yahweh which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah,
the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of
Amon, king of Judah.
2 I will utterly consume all [things] from off the land, saith Yahweh.
3 I 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 Yahweh.
4 I 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;
5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that
worship [and] that swear by Yahweh, and that swear by Malcham;
6 And them that are turned back from Yahweh; and [those] that have not sought
Yahweh, nor enquired for Him.
7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Yahweh: for the day of Yahweh [is]
at hand: for Yahweh hath prepared a sacrifice, He hath bid His guests.
8 And it shall come to pass in the day of Yahweh's sacrifice,
that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as
are clothed with strange apparel.
9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold,
which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Yahweh, [that there shall be]
the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling
from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the
merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
12 And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search
13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and
their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit
[them]; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14 The great day of Yahweh [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth
greatly, [even] the voice of the day of Yahweh: the mighty man shall cry there
bitterly.
15 That day [is] a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the
high towers.
17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall
walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh: and their blood
shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day
of Yahweh's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His
jealousy: for He shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in
the land.
1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
2 Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff, before the
fierce anger of Yahweh come upon you, before the day of Yahweh's anger come
upon you.
3 Seek ye Yahweh, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought His judgment;
seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of
Yahweh's anger.
4 For
5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of Yahweh
[is] against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy
thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds
for flocks.
7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of
8 I have heard the reproach of
9 Therefore [as] I live, saith Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab
shall be as
10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and
magnified [themselves] against the people of Yahweh of hosts.
11 Yahweh [will be] terrible unto them: for He will famish all the gods of the
earth; and [men] shall worship Him, every one from his place, [even] all the
isles of the heathen.
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye [shall be] slain by My
sword.
13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and
will make
14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the
nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of
it; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation [shall be] in the
thresholds: for He shall uncover the cedar work.
15 This [is] the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart,
I [am], and [there is] none beside me: how is she become a
desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every
one that passeth by her shall hiss, [and] wag his
hand.
1 Woe to her that is filthy and
polluted, to the oppressing city!
2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in
Yahweh; she drew not near to her God.
3 Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves;
they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
4 Her prophets [are] light [and] treacherous persons: her priests have polluted
the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
5 The just Yahweh [is] in the midst thereof; He will not do iniquity: every
morning doth He bring His judgment to light, He faileth
not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets
waste, that none passeth by: their cities are
destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear Me, thou wilt receive
instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them:
but they rose early, [and] corrupted all their doings.
8 Therefore wait ye upon Me, saith Yahweh, until the day that I rise up to the
prey: for My determination [is] to gather the nations, that I may assemble the
kingdoms, to pour upon them Mine indignation, [even] all My fierce anger: for
all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.
9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that
they may all call upon the name of Yahweh, to serve Him with one consent.
10 From beyond the rivers of
11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast
transgressed against Me: for then I will take away out
of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be
haughty because of My holy mountain.
12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and
they shall trust in the name of Yahweh.
13 The remnant of
14 Sing, O daughter of
15 Yahweh hath taken away thy judgments, He hath cast out thine enemy: the king
of
16 In that day it shall be said to
17 Yahweh thy God in the midst of thee [is] mighty; He will save, He will
rejoice over thee with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee
with singing.
18 I will gather [them that are] sorrowful for the solemn assembly, [who] are
of thee, [to whom] the reproach of it [was] a burden.
19 Behold, at that time I will undo
all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth,
and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in
every land where they have been put to shame.
20 At that time will I bring you [again], even in the time that I gather you:
for I will make you a name and a praise among all
people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith
Yahweh.