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1:1 The word of the LORD 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.
1:2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land,
saith
the LORD.
1:3 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 the LORD.
1:4 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;
1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops;
and them
that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear
by
Malcham;
1:6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those
that have not
sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.
1:7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for
the day of the LORD
is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a
sacrifice,
he hath bid his
guests.
1:8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice,
that I
will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such
as are
clothed with strange apparel.
1:9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on
the threshold,
which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
1:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, 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.
1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people
are cut
down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will
search
Jerusalem
with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their
lees:
that say
in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do
evil.
1:13 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.
1:14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is
near, and hasteth
greatly,
even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty
man
shall cry there
bitterly.
1:15 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,
1:16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities,
and against
the high towers.
1:17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk
like blind
men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their
blood shall be
poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver
them in
the day of the LORD'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.
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2:1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation
not desired;
2:2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as
the
chaff,
before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the
day of the
LORD'S anger come upon you.
2:3 Seek ye the LORD, 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 the LORD'S anger.
2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation:
they shall drive
out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
2:5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of
the
Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you;
O
Canaan, the land of
the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall
be no
inhabitant.
2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for
shepherds,
and
folds for flocks.
2:7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah;
they shall
feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie
down in the
evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and
turn away their
captivity.
2:8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the
children of
Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves
against their border.
2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God
of
Israel,
Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as
Gomorrah,
even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a
perpetual
desolation:
the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of
my people
shall possess them.
2:10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have
reproached and
magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of
hosts.
2:11 The LORD 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.
2:12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my
sword.
2:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and
destroy
Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry
like
a wilderness.
2:14 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.
2:15 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.
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3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing
city!
3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she
trusted not
in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are
evening
wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
3:4 Her prophets are light and treacherous
persons:
her priests have
polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the
law.
3:5 The just LORD 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.
3:6 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.
3:7 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.
3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, 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.
3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that
they may all
call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one
consent.
3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even
the daughter
of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
3:11 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.
3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and
poor people,
and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
3:13 The 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.
3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and
rejoice
with all
the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
3:15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out
thine enemy:
the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the
midst of thee:
thou shalt
not see evil any more.
3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou
not: and to
Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
3:17 The LORD 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.
3:18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn
assembly, who
are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a
burden.
3:19 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.
3:20 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
the LORD.
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