Zephaniah 1
The Day of the LORD's Wrath |
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The word of the LORD which came unto Zephani'ah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedali'ah,
the son of Amari'ah, the son of Hizki'ah, in the days of Josi'ah 2
Kgs. 22.1--23.30 · 2 Chr. 34.1--35.27 the
son of Amon, king of Judah.
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I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
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I will consume man and beast; I will
consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the
stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the
land, saith the LORD.
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I will also stretch out mine hand upon
Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off
the remnant of Ba'al from this place, and the name of the
Chem'arim with the priests;
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and them that worship the host of heaven
upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by
the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
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and them that are turned back from the
LORD; and those that have not sought the
LORD, nor inquired for him.
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Hold thy peace at the presence of the
Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his
guests.
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And it shall come to pass in the day of
the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the
princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with
strange apparel.
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In the same day also will I punish all
those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses
with violence and deceit.
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And it shall come to pass in that day,
saith the LORD, that there shall be the
noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a howling from the second,
and a great crashing from the hills.
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Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all
the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut
off.
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And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men
that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do
evil.
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Therefore, their goods shall become a
booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses,
but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not
drink the wine thereof.
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The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth
greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there
bitterly.
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That 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,
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a day of the trumpet and alarm against
the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
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And I will bring distress upon men,
that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned
against the LORD: and their blood shall be
poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
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Neither their silver nor their gold shall
be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by
the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance
of all them that dwell in the land.
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