Zephaniah 1
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1The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, #Jer. 1:2 in the days of #2 Kgs. 22:1Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
The Coming Judgment on Judah
2 #
Jer. 8:13; [ver. 18; 2 Kgs. 22:16, 17] “I will utterly sweep away everything
from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
3“I will sweep away #Hos. 4:3 man and beast;
I will sweep away the birds of the heavens
and #Hos. 4:3 the fish of the sea,
and #See Ezek. 7:19 the rubble#1:3 Or stumbling blocks (that is, idols) with the wicked.
I will #Ezek. 14:17cut off mankind
from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
4“I will stretch out my hand against Judah
and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
# See 2 Kgs. 23:4 and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal
and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,
5 #
Jer. 19:13 those who bow down on the roofs
to the host of the heavens,
# [1 Kgs. 18:21; 2 Kgs. 17:33, 41] those who bow down and swear to the Lord
and yet swear by #1 Kgs. 11:5, 33Milcom,#1:5 Or their king
6 #
Jer. 2:13, 17; 15:6 those who have turned back from following the Lord,
# [Jer. 5:24; Heb. 11:6] who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”
The Day of the Lord Is Near
7 # [Hab. 2:20] Be silent before the Lord God!
For #[ver. 14]; See Joel 1:15 the day of the Lord is near;
#
Isa. 34:6; Jer. 46:10; Ezek. 39:17, 19 the Lord has prepared a sacrifice
and #1 Sam. 16:5consecrated his guests.
8And on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice—
#
2 Kgs. 24:12, 14; 25:7 “I will punish the officials and the king’s sons
and #[Matt. 22:11]all who array themselves in foreign attire.
9On that day I will punish
everyone #[1 Sam. 5:5]who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master’s#1:9 Or their Lord’s house
with violence and fraud.
10“On that day,” declares the Lord,
“a cry will be heard from #See 2 Chr. 33:14 the Fish Gate,
#
Zech. 11:3 a wail from #2 Kgs. 22:14the Second Quarter,
a loud crash from the hills.
11 #
Zech. 11:2; James 5:1 Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!
For all the traders#1:11 Or all the people of Canaan are no more;
all who weigh out silver are cut off.
12At that time #Amos 9:3 I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
and I will punish the men
#
Jer. 48:11; [Amos 6:1] who are complacent,#1:12 Hebrew are thickening on the dregs [of their wine]
#
Ps. 94:7; Ezek. 8:12; Mal. 2:17; 3:14, 15 those who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do ill.’
13Their goods shall be #Isa. 42:22 plundered,
and their houses laid waste.
# See Amos 5:11 Though they build houses,
they shall not inhabit them;
# See Mic. 6:15 though they plant vineyards,
they shall not drink wine from them.”
14 # [ver. 7; Ezek. 7:7, 12] The great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
# [Isa. 33:7] the mighty man cries aloud there.
15 # See Joel 1:15 A day of wrath is that day,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of #Job 30:3 ruin and devastation,
# See Joel 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom,
# See Joel 2:2 a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 # [Jer. 4:19] a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
# [Isa. 2:15] against the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.
17 #
Jer. 10:18 I will bring distress on mankind,
so that they shall walk #Deut. 28:29; Isa. 59:10 like the blind,
because they have sinned against the Lord;
#
Ps. 79:3 their blood shall be poured out like dust,
and their flesh #[Ps. 83:10]like dung.
18 #
Ezek. 7:19; [Prov. 11:4] Neither their silver nor their gold
shall be able to deliver them
on the day of the wrath of the Lord.
# [ch. 3:8] In the fire of his jealousy,
#
Ezek. 36:5 all the earth shall be consumed;
# [ver. 2, 3] for a full and sudden end
he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
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Zephaniah 1
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Zephaniah’s Prophecy
1This is the word that the Lord spoke to Zephaniah, who was the son of Cushi, the grandson of Gedaliah, and the great-grandson of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. The Lord spoke his word in the days of Judah’s King Josiah, son of Amon.
The LORD Will Judge the Earth
2“I will gather everything on the face of the earth
and put an end to it,” declares the Lord.
3“I will put an end to humans and animals.
I will put an end to
the birds in the sky,
the fish in the sea,
and the sins that make people fall, together with the sinners.
I will remove all people from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
The LORD Will Judge Judah
4“I will use my power against Judah
and against those who live in Jerusalem.
I will remove the faithful few of Baal from this place
and the names of the pagan priests along with my priests.
5I will remove those who worship all the stars in the sky on their rooftops
and those who worship by swearing loyalty to the Lord
while also swearing loyalty to the god Milcom.#1:5 Or “to their king.”
6I will remove those who have turned away from following the Lord
and those who no longer seek the Lord or ask him for help.”
7Be silent in the presence of the Almighty Lord,
because the day of the Lord is near.
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice.
He has invited his special guests.
8“On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice I will punish the officials,
the king’s sons, and all who dress in foreign clothing.#1:8 Wearing foreign clothing was a sign of worshiping foreign gods.
9On that day I will punish all who jump over the doorway
and all who fill their master’s house with violence and deception.
10On that day a loud cry will come from Fish Gate,
a howling from the Second Part of the city,
and a loud crashing sound from the hills,” declares the Lord.
11“Howl, inhabitants of the Mortar,#1:10–11 The Mortar was in the northern part of Jerusalem, the Second Part of the city, which could be entered through the Fish Gate.
because all the merchants will be destroyed
and all who handle money will be killed.
12“At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those
who are satisfied with their hardened lifestyle,
who think that the Lord won’t do anything—good or bad.
13Their wealth will be looted.
Their homes will be demolished.
They will build houses, but they won’t live in them.
They will plant vineyards, but they won’t drink their wine.”
The Day of the LORD
14The frightening day of the Lord is near.
It is near and coming very quickly.
Listen! Warriors will cry out bitterly on the day of the Lord.
15That day will be a day of overflowing fury,
a day of trouble and distress,
a day of devastation and desolation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and overcast skies,
16a day of rams’ horns and battle cries
against the fortified cities
and against the high corner towers.
17“I will bring such distress on humans that they will walk like they are blind,
because they have sinned against the Lord.”
Their blood will be poured out like dust
and their intestines like manure.
18Their silver and their gold will not be able to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s overflowing fury.
The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery anger,
because he will put an end, a frightening end,
to those who live on earth.
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