Zephaniah
1:1The word of Jehovah which came unto
Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the
son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 1:2I
will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith
Jehovah. 1:3I will consume man and beast; I will
consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the
stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face
of the ground, saith Jehovah. 1:4And I will stretch out my 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 Chemarim with
the priests; 1:5and them that worship the host of
heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah
and swear by Malcam; 1:6and them that are turned back from
following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired
after him. 1:7Hold thy peace at the presence of the
Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared
a sacrifice, he hath consecrated his guests. 1:8And it shall come to
pass in the day of Jehovah's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes,
and the king's sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel. 1:9And
in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that
fill their master's house with violence and deceit. 1:10And in that day, saith
Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a
wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills. 1:11Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for
all the people of Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver
are cut off. 1:12And it shall come to pass at that
time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men
that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not
do good, neither will he do evil. 1:13And their wealth shall become a spoil,
and their houses a desolation: yea, they shall build houses, but shall not
inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine
thereof. 1:14The great day of Jehovah is near, it
is near and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of Jehovah;
the mighty man crieth there bitterly. 1:15That 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, 1:16a
day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against
the high battlements. 1:17And I will bring distress upon men,
that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against
Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as
dung. 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold
shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole
land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an
end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
2:1Gather yourselves together, yea, gather
together, O nation that hath no shame; 2:2before the decree bring
forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of
Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you. 2:3Seek
ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek
righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of
Jehovah's anger. 2:4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and
Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron
shall be rooted up. 2:5Woe unto the inhabitants of the
sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against
you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will destroy thee, that
there shall be no inhabitant. 2:6And the sea-coast shall be pastures,
with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks. 2:7And the coast shall be
for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks
thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening;
for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity. 2:8I
have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of
Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves
against their border. 2:9Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of
hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children
of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a
perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them,
and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them. 2:10This shall they have
for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves
against the people of Jehovah of hosts. 2:11Jehovah 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
nations. 2:12Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain
by my sword. 2:13And he will stretch out his hand
against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a
desolation, and dry like the wilderness. 2:14And herds shall lie
down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican
and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice
shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he
hath laid bare the cedar-work. 2:15This is the joyous city that dwelt
carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides 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.
3:1Woe to her that is rebellious and
polluted! to the oppressing city! 3:2She obeyed not the voice; she received
not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.
3:3Her princes in the midst of her are
roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the
morrow. 3:4Her prophets are light and treacherous
persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence
to the law. 3:5Jehovah in the midst of her is
righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his
justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. 3:6I
have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their
streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so
that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant. 3:7I said, Only fear thou
me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according
to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and
corrupted all their doings. 3:8Therefore wait ye for me, saith
Jehovah, 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. 3:9For then will I turn to
the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of
Jehovah, to serve him with one consent. 3:10From beyond the rivers
of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring
mine offering. 3:11In that day shalt thou not be put to
shame for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for
then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones,
and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain. 3:12But
I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they
shall take refuge in the name of Jehovah. 3:13The remnant of Israel
shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be
found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall
make them afraid. 3:14Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O
Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
3:15Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments,
he hath cast out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even Jehovah, is in the
midst of thee; thou shalt not fear evil any more. 3:16In that day it shall
be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not; O Zion, let not thy hands be slack.
3:17Jehovah thy God is in the midst of
thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he
will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing. 3:18I
will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee;
to whom the burden upon her was a reproach. 3:19Behold, at that time I
will deal with all them that afflict thee; and I will save that which is
lame, and gather that which was driven away; and I will make them a praise
and a name, whose shame hath been in all the earth. 3:20At that time will I
bring you in, and at that time will I gather you; for I will make you a
name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I bring back
your captivity before your eyes, saith Jehovah.
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