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Zephaniah 1

1. The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> which < 0834> came
<01961> unto Zephaniah <06846> the son <01121> of Cushi <03569>,
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>.

2 I will utterly consume <05486> all <03605> [things] from off
the land <0127>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

3 I will consume <05486> man <0120> and beast < 0929>; I will
consume <05486> the fowls <05775> of the heaven < 08064>, and the
fishes <01709> of the sea <03220>, and the stumblingblocks
<04384> with the wicked; and I will cut <03772> off man <0120>
from off the land <0127>, saith <05002> the LORD < 03068>.

4 I will also stretch <05186> out mine hand <03027> upon Judah
<03063>, and upon all <03605> the inhabitants < 03427> of
Jerusalem <03389>; and I will cut <03772> off the remnant
<07605> of Baal <01168> from this place <04725>, [and] the name
<08034> of the Chemarims <03649> with the priests < 03548>;

5 And them that worship <07812> the host <06635> of heaven
<08064> upon the housetops <01406>; and them that worship
<07812> [and] that swear <07650> by the LORD < 03068>, and that
swear <07650> by Malcham <04445>;

6 And them that are turned <05472> back <05253> from the LORD
<03068>; and [those] that have not sought <01245> the LORD
<03068>, nor <03808> enquired <01875> for him.

7. Hold thy peace <02013> 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> a
sacrifice <02077>, he hath bid <06942> his guests < 07121>.

8 And it shall come <01961> to pass in the day < 03117> of the
LORD'S <03068> sacrifice <02077>, that I will punish <06485> the
princes <08269>, and the king's <04428> children < 01121>, and
all <03605> such as are clothed <03847> with strange <05237>
apparel <04403>.

9 In the same <01931> day <03117> also will I punish <06485>
all <03605> those that leap <01801> on <05921> the threshold
<04670>, which fill <04390> their masters <0113> ' houses <01004>
with violence <02555> and deceit <04820>.

10 And it shall come <01961> to pass in that day < 03117>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>, [that there shall be] the noise
<06963> of a cry <06818> from the fish <01709> gate <08179>, and
an howling <03213> from the second <04932>, and a great <01419>
crashing <07667> from the hills <01389>.

11 Howl <03213>, ye inhabitants <03427> of Maktesh <04389>, for
all <03605> the merchant <03667> people <05971> are cut <01820>
down; all <03605> they that bear <05187> silver < 03701> are cut
<03772> off.

12 And it shall come <01961> to pass at that time < 06256>,
[that] I will search <02664> Jerusalem <03389> with candles
<05216>, and punish <06485> the men <0582> that are settled
<07087> on <05921> their lees <08105>: that say <0559> in their
heart <03824>, The LORD <03068> will not do good < 03190>,
neither <03808> will he do evil <07489>.

13 Therefore their goods <02428> shall become <01961> a booty
<04953>, and their houses <01004> a desolation < 08047>: they
shall also build <01129> houses <01004>, but not inhabit <03427>
[them]; and they shall plant <05193> vineyards <03754> , but not
drink <08354> the wine <03196> thereof.

14. The great <01419> day <03117> of the LORD < 03068> [is] near
<07138>, [it is] near <07138>, and hasteth < 04116> greatly
<03966>, [even] the voice <06963> of the day < 03117> of the LORD
<03068>: the mighty <01368> man shall cry < 06873> there <08033>
bitterly <04751>.

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>,

16 A day <03117> of the trumpet <07782> and alarm <08643>
against <05921> the fenced <01219> cities < 05892>, and against
<05921> the high <01364> towers <06438>.

17 And I will bring distress <06887> upon men <0120>, that they
shall walk <01980> like blind <05787> men, because <03588> they
have sinned <02398> against the LORD <03068>: and their blood
<01818> shall be poured <08210> out as dust < 06083>, and their
flesh <03894> as the dung <01561>.

18 Neither <03808> their silver <03701> nor < 01571> their gold
<02091> shall be able <03201> to deliver <05337> them in the day
<03117> of the LORD'S <03068> wrath <05678>; but the whole
<03605> land <0776> shall be devoured <0398> by the fire <0784>
of his jealousy <07068>: for he shall make <06213> even a speedy
<0926> riddance <03617> of all <03605> them that dwell <03427>
in the land <0776>.

Zephaniah 2

1. Gather <07197> yourselves together, yea, gather < 07197>
together, O nation <01471> not desired <03700>;

2 Before <06440> the decree <02706> bring < 03205> forth <03205>,
[before <06440>] the day <03117> pass <05674> as the chaff
<04671>, before <06440> the fierce <02740> anger <0639> of the
LORD <03068> come <0935> upon you, before < 06440> the day
<03117> of the LORD'S <03068> anger <0639> come <0935> upon you.

3 Seek <01245> ye the LORD <03068>, all <03605> ye meek <06035>
of the earth <0776>, which <0834> have wrought < 06466> his
judgment <04941>; seek <01245> righteousness < 06664>, seek
<01245> meekness <06038>: it may <0194> be ye shall be hid
<05641> in the day <03117> of the LORD'S <03068> anger <0639>.

4. For Gaza <05804> shall be forsaken <05800>, and Ashkelon
<0831> a desolation <08077>: they shall drive < 01644> out Ashdod
<0795> at the noon <06672> day, and Ekron < 06138> shall be
rooted <06131> up.

5 Woe <01945> unto the inhabitants <03427> of the sea <03220>
coast <02256>, the nation <01471> of the Cherethites <03774>!
the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> [is] against < 05921> you; O
Canaan <03667>, the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>, I
will even destroy <06> thee, that there shall be no < 0369>
inhabitant <03427>.

6 And the sea <03220> coast <02256> shall be dwellings <05116>
[and] cottages <03741> for shepherds <07462>, and folds <01448>
for flocks <06629>.

7 And the coast <02256> shall be for the remnant < 07611> of the
house <01004> of Judah <03063>; they shall feed < 07462>
thereupon: in the houses <01004> of Ashkelon <0831> shall they
lie <07257> down <07257> in the evening <06153>: for the LORD
<03068> their God <0430> shall visit <06485> them, and turn
<07725> away their captivity <07622>.

8. I have heard <08085> the reproach <02781> of Moab <04124>,
and the revilings <01421> of the children <01121> of Ammon
<05983>, whereby <0834> they have reproached < 02778> my people
<05971>, and magnified <01431> [themselves] against <05921>
their border <01366>.

9 Therefore <03651> [as] I live <02416>, saith < 05002> the LORD
<03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>,
Surely <03588> Moab <04124> shall be as Sodom < 05467>, and the
children <01121> of Ammon <05983> as Gomorrah < 06017>, [even]
the breeding <04476> of nettles <02738>, and saltpits <04417>,
and a perpetual <05769> desolation <08077>: the residue <07611>
of my people <05971> shall spoil <07998> them, and the remnant
<03499> of my people <01471> shall possess < 05157> them.

10 This <02063> shall they have for their pride < 01347>,
because <03588> they have reproached <02778> and magnified
<01431> [themselves] against <05921> the people < 05971> of the
LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

11 The LORD <03068> [will be] terrible <03372> unto them: for
he will famish <07329> all <03605> the gods < 0430> of the earth
<0776>; and [men] shall worship <07812> him, every <0376> one
<0376> from his place <04725>, [even] all < 03605> the isles
<0339> of the heathen <01471>.

12. Ye Ethiopians <03569> also <01571>, ye [shall be] slain
<02491> by my sword <02719>.

13 And he will stretch <05186> out his hand <03027> against
<05921> the north <06828>, and destroy <06> Assyria <0804>; and
will make <07760> Nineveh <05210> a desolation < 08077>, [and]
dry <06723> like a wilderness <04057>.

14 And flocks <05739> shall lie <07257> down < 07257> in the
midst <08432> of her, all <03605> the beasts < 02416> of the
nations <01471>: both <01571> the cormorant < 06893> and the
bittern <07090> shall lodge <03885> in the upper < 03730> lintels
<03730> of it; [their] voice <06963> shall sing < 07891> in the
windows <02474>; desolation <02721> [shall be] in the thresholds
<05592>: for he shall uncover <06168> the cedar < 0731> work
<0731>.

15 This <02063> [is] the rejoicing <05947> city < 05892> that
dwelt <03427> carelessly <0983>, that said < 0559> in her heart
<03824>, I [am], and [there is] none <0657> beside <0657> me:
how <0349> is she become <01961> a desolation < 08047>, a place
for beasts <02416> to lie <04769> down <04769> in! every <03605>
one that passeth <05674> by her shall hiss <08319>, [and] wag
<05128> his hand <03027>.

Zephaniah 3

1. Woe <01945> to her that is filthy <04754> and polluted
<01351>, to the oppressing <03238> city <05892>!

2 She obeyed <08085> not the voice <06963>; she received
<03947> not correction <04148>; she trusted < 0982> not in the
LORD <03068>; she drew not near <07126> to her God <0430>.

3 Her princes <08269> within <07130> her [are] roaring lions
<0738>; her judges <08199> [are] evening <06153> wolves <02061>;
they gnaw <01633> not the bones <01633> till the morrow <01242>.

4 Her prophets <05030> [are] light <06348> [and] treacherous
<0900> persons <0582>: her priests <03548> have polluted <02490>
the sanctuary <06944>, they have done violence <02554> to the
law <08451>.

5 The just <06662> LORD <03068> [is] in the midst <07130>
thereof; he will not do <06213> iniquity <05766>: every morning
<01242> doth he bring <05414> his judgment < 04941> to light
<0216>, he faileth <05737> not; but the unjust < 05767> knoweth
<03045> no <03808> shame <01322>.

6 I have cut <03772> off the nations <01471>: their towers
<06438> are desolate <08074>; I made their streets <02351> waste
<02717>, that none <01097> passeth <05674> by: their cities
<05892> are destroyed <06658>, so that there is no <01097> man
<0376>, that there is none <0369> inhabitant < 03427>.

7 I said <0559>, Surely thou wilt fear <03372> me, thou wilt
receive <03947> instruction <04148>; so their dwelling <04583>
should not be cut <03772> off, howsoever I punished < 06485> them:
but they rose <07925> early <07925>, [and] corrupted <07843>
all <03605> their doings <05949>.

8. Therefore <03651> wait <02442> ye upon me, saith <05002> the
LORD <03068>, until the day <03117> that I rise < 06965> up to
the prey <05706>: for my determination <04941> [is] to gather
<0622> the nations <01471>, that I may assemble < 06908> the
kingdoms <04467>, to pour <08210> upon them mine indignation
<02195>, [even] all <03605> my fierce <02740> anger <0639>: for
all <03605> the earth <0776> shall be devoured < 0398> with the
fire <0784> of my jealousy <07068>.

9 For then <0227> will I turn <02015> to the people <05971> a
pure <01305> language <08193>, that they may all < 03605> call
<07121> upon the name <08034> of the LORD < 03068>, to serve
<05647> him with one <0259> consent <07926>.

10 From beyond <05676> the rivers <05104> of Ethiopia <03568>
my suppliants <06282>, [even] the daughter <01323> of my
dispersed <06327>, shall bring <02986> mine offering <04503>.

11 In that day <03117> shalt thou not be ashamed < 0954> for all
<03605> thy doings <05949>, wherein <0834> thou hast
transgressed <06586> against me: for then <0227> I will take
<05493> away <05493> out of the midst <07130> of thee them that
rejoice <05947> in thy pride <01346>, and thou shalt no <03808>
more be haughty <01361> because of my holy <06944> mountain
<02022>.

12 I will also leave <07604> in the midst <07130> of thee an
afflicted <06041> and poor <01800> people < 05971>, and they
shall trust <02620> in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>.

13 The remnant <07611> of Israel <03478> shall not do <06213>
iniquity <05766>, nor <03808> speak <01696> lies <03576>;
neither <03808> shall a deceitful <08649> tongue < 03956> be
found <04672> in their mouth <06310>: for they shall feed
<07462> and lie <07257> down <04769>, and none <0369> shall make
[them] afraid <02729>.

14. Sing <07442>, O daughter <01323> of Zion < 06726>; shout
<07321>, O Israel <03478>; be glad <08056> and rejoice <05937>
with all <03605> the heart <03820>, O daughter < 01323> of
Jerusalem <03389>.

15 The LORD <03068> hath taken <05493> away < 05493> thy
judgments <04941>, he hath cast <06437> out thine enemy <0341>:
the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, [even] the LORD <03068>,
[is] in the midst <07130> of thee: thou shalt not see < 07200>
evil <07451> any more <05750>.

16 In that day <03117> it shall be said <0559> to Jerusalem
<03389>, Fear <03372> thou not: [and to] Zion < 06726>, Let not
thine hands <03027> be slack <07503>.

17 The LORD <03068> thy God <0430> in the midst < 07130> of thee
[is] mighty <01368>; he will save <03467>, he will rejoice
<07797> over <05921> thee with joy <08057>; he will rest <02790>
in his love <0160>, he will joy <01523> over < 05921> thee with
singing <07440>.

18 I will gather <0622> [them that are] sorrowful < 03013> for
the solemn <04150> assembly <04150>, [who] are of thee, [to whom
<05921>] the reproach <02781> of it [was] a burden <04864>.

19 Behold <02005>, at that time <06256> I will undo <06213> all
<03605> that afflict <06031> thee: and I will save <03467> her
that halteth <06761>, and gather <06908> her that was driven
<05080> out; and I will get <0776> them praise < 08416> and fame
<08034> in every <03605> land <0776> where they have been put to
shame <01322>.

20 At that time <06256> will I bring <0935> you [again], even
in the time <06256> that I gather <06908> you: for I will make
<05414> you a name <08034> and a praise <08416> among all
<03605> people <05971> of the earth <0776>, when I turn <07725>
back <07725> your captivity <07622> before your eyes <05869>,
saith <0559> the LORD <03068>.

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