Zephaniah 1
1:1The word of the lord which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
1:2In want, let all want from the face of the earth, says the lord!
1:3Let man and cattle be wanting; let the birds of the heaven be wanting, and the fishes of the sea. And the impious shall be sickened. And I will lift away the lawless deeds from the face of the land, says the lord.
1:4And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah and upon all the ones dwelling in Jerusalem. And I will remove from out of this place the names of Baal, and the names of the priests with the consecrated things;
1:5even the ones doing obeisance upon the roofs to the military of the heaven, and the ones doing obeisance and the ones swearing by an oath also according to the lord; and the ones swearing an oath according to their king;
1:6and the ones turning aside from the lord; and the ones not seeking the lord; and the ones not holding to him.
1:7Be cautious before the presence of the lord God! for the day of the lord is near! For the lord prepared his sacrifice, and he has sanctified his chosen.
1:8And it will be in the day of the sacrifice of the lord, that I will take vengeance upon the rulers, and upon the house of the king, and upon all the ones putting on alien garments.
1:9And I will visibly take vengeance upon all at the gateways in that day, upon the ones filling the house of the lord their God with impiety and treachery.
1:10And it will be in that day, says the lord, the sound of a cry from the gate of men piercing, and shrieking of women from the second quarter, and great conflict from the hills.
1:11Wail! O ones dwelling the place being cut in pieces, for all the people are like Canaan, and all the ones lifting up silver were utterly destroyed.
1:12And it will be in that day, I will search out Jerusalem with a lamp, and I will take vengeance upon the men, of the ones paying no attention to their injunctions; and the ones saying in their hearts, In no way shall the lord do good, nor shall he inflict evil.
1:13And their power will be for ravaging, and their houses for extinction. And they shall build houses, but in no way shall they dwell in them. And they shall plant vineyards, and in no way shall they drink of their wine.
1:14For the great day of the lord is near, and near very quickly. The sound of the day of the lord is ordered up bitter and harsh.
1:15That day is a mighty day of anger; a day of affliction and distress; a day of misery and extinction; a day of dimness and darkness; a day of cloud and fog;
1:16a day of trumpet and a cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corners.
1:17And I will squeeze out the men, and they shall go as blind men, for against the lord they led into sin, and he shall pour out their blood as dust, and their flesh as dung.
1:18And their silver and their gold in no way shall be able to rescue them in the day of the anger of the lord. And by fire his zeal shall consume all the land. For completion and diligence he will execute it upon all the ones dwelling the land.