1:1 | The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> which came unto Zephaniah <06846> the son <01121> of Cushi <03570>, the son <01121> of Gedaliah <01436>, the son <01121> of Amariah <0568>, the son <01121> of Hizkiah <02396>, in the days <03117> of Josiah <02977> the son <01121> of Amon <0526>, king <04428> of Judah <03063>. |
1:2 | I will utterly <0622> (8800) consume <05486> (8686) all [things] from off the land <06440> <0127>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>. {I will...; Heb. By taking away I will make an end} {the land: Heb. the face of the land} |
1:3 | I will consume <05486> (8686) man <0120> and beast <0929>; I will consume <05486> (8686) the fowls <05775> of the heaven <08064>, and the fishes <01709> of the sea <03220>, and the stumblingblocks <04384> with the wicked <07563>; and I will cut off <03772> (8689) man <0120> from off <06440> the land <0127>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>. {stumblingblocks: or, idols} |
1:4 | I will also stretch out <05186> (8804) mine hand <03027> upon Judah <03063>, and upon all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389>; and I will cut off <03772> (8689) the remnant <07605> of Baal <01168> from this place <04725>, [and] the name <08034> of the Chemarims <03649> with the priests <03548>; |
1:5 | And them that worship <07812> (8693) the host <06635> of heaven <08064> upon the housetops <01406>; and them that worship <07812> (8693) [and] that swear <07650> (8737) by the LORD <03068>, and that swear <07650> (8737) by Malcham <04428>; {by the...: or, to the LORD} |
1:6 | And them that are turned back <05472> (8737) from <0310> the LORD <03068>; and [those] that have not sought <01245> (8765) the LORD <03068>, nor enquired <01875> (8804) for him. |
1:7 | Hold thy peace <02013> (8761) at the presence <06440> of the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>: for the day <03117> of the LORD <03068> [is] at hand <07138>: for the LORD <03068> hath prepared <03559> (8689) a sacrifice <02077>, he hath bid <06942> (8689) his guests <07121> (8803). {bid: Heb. sanctified, or, prepared} |
1:8 | And it shall come to pass in the day <03117> of the LORD'S <03068> sacrifice <02077>, that I will punish <06485> (8804) the princes <08269>, and the king's <04428> children <01121>, and all such as are clothed <03847> (8802) with strange <05237> apparel <04403>. {punish: Heb. visit upon} |
1:9 | In the same day <03117> also will I punish <06485> (8804) all those that leap <01801> (8802) on the threshold <04670>, which fill <04390> (8764) their masters <0113>' houses <01004> with violence <02555> and deceit <04820>. |
1:10 | And it shall come to pass in that day <03117>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>, [that there shall be] the noise <06963> of a cry <06818> from the fish <01709> gate <08179>, and an howling <03215> from the second <04932>, and a great <01419> crashing <07667> from the hills <01389>. |
1:11 | Howl <03213> (8685), ye inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Maktesh <04389>, for all the merchant <03667> people <05971> are cut down <01820> (8738); all they that bear <05187> silver <03701> are cut off <03772> (8738). |
1:12 | And it shall come to pass at that time <06256>, [that] I will search <02664> (8762) Jerusalem <03389> with candles <05216>, and punish <06485> (8804) the men <0582> that are settled <07087> (8802) on their lees <08105>: that say <0559> (8802) in their heart <03824>, The LORD <03068> will not do good <03190> (8686), neither will he do evil <07489> (8686). {settled: Heb. curded, or, thickened} |
1:13 | Therefore their goods <02428> shall become a booty <04933>, and their houses <01004> a desolation <08077>: they shall also build <01129> (8804) houses <01004>, but not inhabit <03427> (8799) [them]; and they shall plant <05193> (8804) vineyards <03754>, but not drink <08354> (8799) the wine <03196> thereof. |
1:14 | The great <01419> day <03117> of the LORD <03068> [is] near <07138>, [it is] near <07138>, and hasteth <04118> greatly <03966>, [even] the voice <06963> of the day <03117> of the LORD <03068>: the mighty man <01368> shall cry <06873> (8802) there bitterly <04751>. |
1:15 | That day <03117> [is] a day <03117> of wrath <05678>, a day <03117> of trouble <06869> and distress <04691>, a day <03117> of wasteness <07722> and desolation <04875>, a day <03117> of darkness <02822> and gloominess <0653>, a day <03117> of clouds <06051> and thick darkness <06205>, |
1:16 | A day <03117> of the trumpet <07782> and alarm <08643> against the fenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892>, and against the high <01364> towers <06438>. |
1:17 | And I will bring distress <06887> (8689) upon men <0120>, that they shall walk <01980> (8804) like blind men <05787>, because they have sinned <02398> (8804) against the LORD <03068>: and their blood <01818> shall be poured out <08210> (8795) as dust <06083>, and their flesh <03894> as the dung <01561>. |
1:18 | Neither their silver <03701> nor their gold <02091> shall be able <03201> (8799) to deliver <05337> (8687) them in the day <03117> of the LORD'S <03068> wrath <05678>; but the whole land <0776> shall be devoured <0398> (8735) by the fire <0784> of his jealousy <07068>: for he shall make <06213> (8799) even a speedy <0926> (8737) riddance <03617> of all them that dwell <03427> (8802) in the land <0776>. |