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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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