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Zephaniah Chapter 1 (NKJV Bible)

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Introduction

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 Hezekiah, in the days of [1†]Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

² “I will utterly consume everything From the face of the land,” Says the LORD;

³ “I [2†] will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, The fish of the sea, And the stumbling blocks along with the wicked. I will cut off man from the face of the land,” Says the LORD.

⁴ “I will stretch out My hand against Judah, And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place, The names of the [3†]idolatrous priests with the pagan priests—

⁵ Those [4†]who worship the host of heaven on the housetops; Those who worship and swear oaths by the LORD, But who also swear [5†]by Milcom;

⁶ [6†]Those who have turned back from following the LORD, And [7†]have not sought the LORD, nor inquired of Him.”

⁷ [8†]Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD; [9†]For the day of the LORD is at hand, For [10†]the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His guests.

⁸ “And it shall be, In the day of the LORD’s sacrifice, That I will punish [11†]the princes and the king’s children, And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.

⁹ In the same day I will punish All those who [12†]leap over the threshold, Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

¹⁰ “And there shall be on that day,” says the LORD, “The sound of a mournful cry from [13†]the Fish Gate, A wailing from the Second Quarter, And a loud crashing from the hills.

¹¹ [14†]Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh! For all the merchant people are cut down; All those who handle money are cut off.

¹² “And it shall come to pass at that time That I will search Jerusalem with lamps, And punish the men Who are [15†]settled in complacency, [16†]Who say in their heart, ‘The LORD will not do good, Nor will He do evil.’

¹³ Therefore their goods shall become booty, And their houses a desolation; They shall build houses, but not inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards, but [17†]not drink their wine.”

¹⁴ [18†]The great day of the LORD is near; It is near and hastens quickly. The noise of the day of the LORD is bitter; There the mighty men shall cry out.

¹⁵ [19†]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,

¹⁶ A day of [20†]trumpet and alarm Against the fortified cities And against the high towers.

¹⁷ “I will bring distress upon men, And they shall [21†]walk like blind men, Because they have sinned against the LORD; Their blood shall be poured out like dust, And their flesh like refuse.”

¹⁸ [22†]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 will make speedy riddance Of all those who dwell in the land.

#	NKJV Bible
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 Hezekiah, in the days of [1†]Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2	“I will utterly consume everything From the face of the land,” Says the LORD;
3	“I [2†] will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, The fish of the sea, And the stumbling blocks along with the wicked. I will cut off man from the face of the land,” Says the LORD.
4	“I will stretch out My hand against Judah, And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place, The names of the [3†]idolatrous priests with the pagan priests—
5	Those [4†]who worship the host of heaven on the housetops; Those who worship and swear oaths by the LORD, But who also swear [5†]by Milcom;
6	[6†]Those who have turned back from following the LORD, And [7†]have not sought the LORD, nor inquired of Him.”
7	[8†]Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD; [9†]For the day of the LORD is at hand, For [10†]the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His guests.
8	“And it shall be, In the day of the LORD’s sacrifice, That I will punish [11†]the princes and the king’s children, And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
9	In the same day I will punish All those who [12†]leap over the threshold, Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
10	“And there shall be on that day,” says the LORD, “The sound of a mournful cry from [13†]the Fish Gate, A wailing from the Second Quarter, And a loud crashing from the hills.
11	[14†]Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh! For all the merchant people are cut down; All those who handle money are cut off.
12	“And it shall come to pass at that time That I will search Jerusalem with lamps, And punish the men Who are [15†]settled in complacency, [16†]Who say in their heart, ‘The LORD will not do good, Nor will He do evil.’
13	Therefore their goods shall become booty, And their houses a desolation; They shall build houses, but not inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards, but [17†]not drink their wine.”
14	[18†]The great day of the LORD is near; It is near and hastens quickly. The noise of the day of the LORD is bitter; There the mighty men shall cry out.
15	[19†]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,
16	A day of [20†]trumpet and alarm Against the fortified cities And against the high towers.
17	“I will bring distress upon men, And they shall [21†]walk like blind men, Because they have sinned against the LORD; Their blood shall be poured out like dust, And their flesh like refuse.”
18	[22†]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 will make speedy riddance Of all those who dwell in the land.