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Book 36 Zephaniah
36:001:001 The word of the LORD
which came unto 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.
36:001:002 I will utterly consume
all things from off the land, saith the
LORD.
36:001:003 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.
36:001:004 I will also stretch out
mine hand upon Judah, and upon 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;
36:001:005 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;
36:001:006 And them that are
turned back from the LORD; and those that
have not sought the
LORD, nor enquired for him.
36:001:007 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.
36:001:008 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.
36:001:009 In the same day also
will I punish all those that leap on the
threshold, which fill
their masters' houses with violence and
deceit.
36:001:010 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 an
howling from the
second, and a great crashing from the hills.
36:001:011 Howl, ye inhabitants of
Maktesh, for all the merchant people
are cut down; all they
that bear silver are cut off.
36:001:012 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.
36:001:013 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.
36:001:014 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.
36:001:015 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,
36:001:016 A day of the trumpet
and alarm against the fenced cities, and
against the high
towers.
36:001:017 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.
36:001:018 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.
36:002:001 Gather yourselves
together, yea, gather together, O nation not
desired;
36:002:002 Before the decree bring
forth, before the day pass as the
chaff, before the
fierce anger of the LORD come upon you,
before the day of the
LORD's anger come upon you.
36:002:003 Seek ye the LORD, all
ye meek of the earth, which have wrought
his judgment; seek
righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye
shall be hid in the day
of the LORD's anger.
36:002:004 For Gaza shall be
forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they
shall drive out Ashdod
at the noon day, and Ekron shall be
rooted up.
36:002:005 Woe unto the
inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the
Cherethites! the word
of the LORD is against you; O Canaan,
the land of the
Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that
there shall be no
inhabitant.
36:002:006 And the sea coast shall
be dwellings and cottages for
shepherds, and folds
for flocks.
36:002:007 And the coast shall be
for the remnant of the house of Judah;
they shall feed
thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall
they lie down in the
evening: for the LORD their God shall
visit them, and turn
away their captivity.
36:002:008 I have heard the
reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the
children of Ammon,
whereby they have reproached my people, and
magnified themselves
against their border.
36:002:009 Therefore as I live,
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel, Surely Moab
shall be as Sodom, and the children of
Ammon as Gomorrah, even
the breeding of nettles, and saltpits,
and a perpetual
desolation: the residue of my people shall
spoil them, and the
remnant of my people shall possess them.
36:002:010 This shall they have
for their pride, because they have
reproached and
magnified themselves against the people of the
LORD of hosts.
36:002:011 The LORD will be
terrible unto them: for he will famish all
the gods of the earth;
and men shall worship him, every one
from his place, even
all the isles of the heathen.
36:002:012 Ye Ethiopians also, ye
shall be slain by my sword.
36:002:013 And he will stretch out
his hand against the north, and
destroy Assyria; and
will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry
like a wilderness.
36:002:014 And flocks shall lie
down in the midst of her, all the beasts
of the nations: both
the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge
in the upper lintels of
it; their voice shall sing in the
windows; desolation
shall be in the thresholds; for he shall
uncover the cedar work.
36:002:015 This is the rejoicing
city that dwelt carelessly, that said in
her heart, I am, and
there is none beside me: how is she
become a desolation, a
place for beasts to lie down in! every
one that passeth by her
shall hiss, and wag his hand.
36:003:001 Woe to her that is
filthy and polluted, to the oppressing
city!
36:003:002 She obeyed not the
voice; she received not correction; she
trusted not in the
LORD; she drew not near to her God.
36:003:003 Her princes within her
are roaring lions; her judges are
evening wolves; they
gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
36:003:004 Her prophets are light
and treacherous persons: her priests
have polluted the
sanctuary, they have done violence to the
law.
36:003:005 The just LORD is in the
midst thereof; he will not do
iniquity: every morning
doth he bring his judgment to light,
he faileth not; but the
unjust knoweth no shame.
36:003:006 I have cut off the
nations: their towers are desolate; I made
their streets waste,
that none passeth by: their cities are
destroyed, so that
there is no man, that there is none
inhabitant.
36:003:007 I said, Surely thou
wilt fear me, thou wilt receive
instruction; so their
dwelling should not be cut off,
howsoever I punished
them: but they rose early, and corrupted
all their doings.
36:003:008 Therefore wait ye upon
me, saith the LORD, until the day that
I rise up to the prey:
for my determination is to gather the
nations, that I may
assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them
mine indignation, even
all my fierce anger: for all the earth
shall be devoured with
the fire of my jealousy.
36:003:009 For then will I turn to
the people a pure language, that they
may all call upon the
name of the LORD, to serve him with one
consent.
36:003:010 From beyond the rivers
of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the
daughter of my
dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
36:003:011 In that day shalt thou
not be ashamed for all thy doings,
wherein thou hast
transgressed against me: for then I will
take away out of the
midst of thee them that rejoice in thy
pride, and thou shalt
no more be haughty because of my holy
mountain.
36:003:012 I will also leave in
the midst of thee an afflicted and poor
people, and they shall
trust in the name of the LORD.
36:003:013 The remnant of Israel
shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies;
neither shall a
deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for
they shall feed and lie
down, and none shall make them afraid.
36:003:014 Sing, O daughter of
Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice
with all the heart, O
daughter of Jerusalem.
36:003:015 The LORD hath taken
away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine
enemy: the king of
Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of
thee: thou shalt not
see evil any more.
36:003:016 In that day it shall be
said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and
to Zion, Let not thine
hands be slack.
36:003:017 The LORD thy God in the
midst of thee is mighty; he will save,
he will rejoice over
thee with joy; he will rest in his love,
he will joy over thee
with singing.
36:003:018 I will gather them that
are sorrowful for the solemn assembly,
who are of thee, to
whom the reproach of it was a burden.
36:003:019 Behold, at that time I
will undo all that afflict thee: and I
will save her that
halteth, and gather her that was driven
out; and I will get
them praise and fame in every land where
they have been put to
shame.
36:003:020 At that time will I
bring you again, even in the time that I
gather you: for I will
make you a name and a praise among all
people of the earth,
when I turn back your captivity before
your eyes, saith the LORD.
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