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Zephaniah 1
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1This is the message that the LORD gave to Zephaniah during the time that Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah. (Zephaniah was descended from King Hezekiah through Amariah, Gedaliah, and Cushi.)H1697H3068H6846H1121H3570H1121H1436H1121H568H1121H2396H3117H2977H1121H526H4428H3063

The Day of the Lord’s Judgment

2The LORD said, "I am going to destroy everything on earth,H622H5486H6440H127H5002H3068
3all human beings and animals, birds and fish. I will bring about the downfall of the wicked. I will destroy everyone, and no survivors will be left. I, the LORD, have spoken.H5486H120H929H5486H5775H8064H1709H3220H4384H7563H3772H120H6440H127H5002H3068
4"I will punish the people of Jerusalem and of all Judah. I will destroy the last trace of the worship of Baal there, and no one will even remember the pagan priests who serve him.H5186H3027H3063H3427H3389H3772H7605H1168H4725H8034H3649H3548
5I will destroy anyone who goes up on the roof and worships the sun, the moon, and the stars. I will also destroy those who worship me and swear loyalty to me, but then take oaths in the name of the god Molech.H7812H6635H8064H1406H7812H7650H3068H7650H4428
6I will destroy those who have turned back and no longer follow me, those who do not come to me or ask me to guide them."H5472H310H3068H1245H3068H1875
7The day is near when the LORD will sit in judgment; so be silent in his presence. The LORD is preparing to sacrifice his people and has invited enemies to plunder Judah.H2013H6440H136H3069H3117H3068H7138H3068H3559H2077H6942H7121
8"On that day of slaughter," says the LORD, "I will punish the officials, the king's sons, and all who practice foreign customs.H3117H3068H2077H6485H8269H4428H1121H3847H5237H4403
9I will punish all who worship like pagans and who steal and kill in order to fill their master's house with loot.H3117H6485H1801H4670H4390H113H1004H2555H4820
10"On that day," says the LORD, "you will hear the sound of crying at the Fish Gate in Jerusalem. You will hear wailing in the newer part of the city and a great crashing sound in the hills.H3117H5002H3068H6963H6818H1709H8179H3215H4932H1419H7667H1389
11Wail and cry when you hear this, you that live in the lower part of the city, because all the merchants will be dead!H3213H3427H4389H3667H5971H1820H5187H3701H3772
12"At that time I will take a lamp and search Jerusalem. I will punish the people who are self-satisfied and confident, who say to themselves, 'The LORD never does anything, one way or the other.'H6256H2664H3389H5216H6485H582H7087H8105H559H3824H3068H3190H7489
13Their wealth will be looted and their houses destroyed. They will never live in the houses they are building or drink wine from the vineyards they are planting."H2428H4933H1004H8077H1129H1004H3427H5193H3754H8354H3196
14The great day of the LORD is near - very near and coming fast! That day will be bitter, for even the bravest soldiers will cry out in despair!H1419H3117H3068H7138H7138H4118H3966H6963H3117H3068H1368H6873H4751
15It will be a day of fury, a day of trouble and distress, a day of ruin and destruction, a day of darkness and gloom, a black and cloudy day,H3117H3117H5678H3117H6869H4691H3117H7722H4875H3117H2822H653H3117H6051H6205
16a day filled with the sound of war trumpets and the battle cry of soldiers attacking fortified cities and high towers.H3117H7782H8643H1219H5892H1364H6438
17The LORD says, "I will bring such disasters on the human race that everyone will grope about like someone blind. They have sinned against me, and now their blood will be poured out like water, and their dead bodies will lie rotting on the ground."H6887H120H1980H5787H2398H3068H1818H8210H6083H3894H1561
18On the day when the LORD shows his fury, not even all their silver and gold will save them. The whole earth will be destroyed by the fire of his anger. He will put an end - a sudden end - to everyone who lives on earth.H3701H2091H3201H5337H3117H3068H5678H776H398H784H7068H6213H926H3617H3427H776


Good News Translation. Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. More details.
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