Verse 1
Zephaniah 1:1
GOD'S WORD Translation
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Yahweh’s word which came to 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
דְּבַר יְהוָ֣ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֗ה אֶל צְפַנְיָה֙ בֶּן כּוּשִׁ֣י בֶן גְּדַלְיָ֔ה בֶּן אֲמַרְיָ֖ה בֶּן חִזְקִיָּ֑ה בִּ/ימֵ֛י יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בֶן אָמ֖וֹן מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה
English Translation
The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushai, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
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Chapter 1 Context
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Yahweh’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, th...
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I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
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3
I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and t...
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4
I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut o...
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5
those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and al...
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6
those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired a...
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7
Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepa...
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8
It will happen in the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, an...
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9
In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with...
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10
In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the se...
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11
Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded...
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12
It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who...
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13
Their wealth will become a plunder, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but...
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14
The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. Th...
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15
That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkn...
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16
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
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17
I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Y...
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18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but t...
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