1 The word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. Compare verse2 commentaries
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, said the LORD. Compare verse1 commentary
4 I will also stretch out my hand on Judah, and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; Compare verse2 commentaries
5 And them that worship the host of heaven on the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; Compare verse2 commentaries
6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him. Compare verse1 commentary
7 Hold your peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, he has bid his guests. Compare verse1 commentary
8 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. Compare verse1 commentary
9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. Compare verse1 commentary
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. Compare verse2 commentaries
11 Howl, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. Compare verse2 commentaries
12 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. Compare verse3 commentaries
13 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. Compare verse4 commentaries
14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. Compare verse4 commentaries
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, Compare verse2 commentaries
16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. Compare verse2 commentaries
17 And I will bring distress on 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. Compare verse1 commentary
18 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. Compare verse2 commentaries