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World English Bible

Zephaniah 1 (WEBP)

[1] 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.
[2] I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
[3] I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
[4] I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place—the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
[5] those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,
[6] those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.
[7] Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
[8] It will happen in the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
[9] In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
[10] In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
[11] Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
[12] It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.”
[13] Their wealth will become a plunder, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won’t inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won’t drink their wine.
[14] The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.
[15] That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
[16] a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high battlements.
[17] I will bring such distress on men that they will walk like blind men because they have sinned against Yahweh. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
[18] Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.

Zephaniah 1:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Zephaniah 1:7 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Zephaniah 1 (KJVS)

[1] 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.
[2] I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
[3] 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.
[4] 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;
[5] 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;
[6] and them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him.
[7] 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.
[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.
[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.
[10] 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.
[11] Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
[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.
[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.
[14] 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.
[15] 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,
[16] a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
[17] 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.
[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.

Zephaniah 1:2a Heb. by taking away I will make an end
Zephaniah 1:2b Heb. the face of the land
Zephaniah 1:3 Or, idols
Zephaniah 1:5 Or, to the Lord
Zephaniah 1:7 Heb. sanctified or prepared
Zephaniah 1:8 Heb. visit upon
Zephaniah 1:12 Heb. curded, or thickened

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Zephaniah 1 (BYZ)

[1] Λόγος () κυρίου, () ὃς () ἐγενήθη () πρὸς () Σοφονιαν τὸν () τοῦ () Χουσι υἱὸν () Γοδολιου τοῦ () Αμαριου τοῦ () Εζεκιου () ἐν () ἡμέραις () Ιωσιου () υἱοῦ () Αμων () βασιλέως () Ιουδα.
[2] Ἐκλείψει ἐκλιπέτω () πάντα () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῆς () γῆς, () λέγει () κύριος, ()
[3] ἐκλιπέτω () ἄνθρωπος () καὶ () κτήνη, () ἐκλιπέτω () τὰ () πετεινὰ τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () οἱ () ἰχθύες () τῆς () θαλάσσης, () καὶ () ἐξαρῶ () τοὺς () ἀνθρώπους () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῆς () γῆς, () λέγει () κύριος. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐκτενῶ () τὴν () χεῖρά () μου () ἐπὶ () Ιουδαν () καὶ () ἐπὶ () πάντας () τοὺς () κατοικοῦντας () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ἐξαρῶ () ἐκ () τοῦ () τόπου () τούτου () τὰ () ὀνόματα () τῆς () Βααλ () καὶ () τὰ () ὀνόματα () τῶν () ἱερέων ()
[5] καὶ () τοὺς () προσκυνοῦντας () ἐπὶ () τὰ () δώματα () τῇ () στρατιᾷ () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () τοὺς () ὀμνύοντας () κατὰ () τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () τοὺς () ὀμνύοντας () κατὰ () τοῦ () βασιλέως () αὐτῶν ()
[6] καὶ () τοὺς () ἐκκλίνοντας () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () τοὺς () μὴ () ζητήσαντας () τὸν () κύριον () καὶ () τοὺς () μὴ () ἀντεχομένους () τοῦ () κυρίου. ()
[7] Εὐλαβεῖσθε () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () δίοτι () ἐγγὺς () ἡ () ἡμέρα () τοῦ () κυρίου, () ὅτι () ἡτοίμακεν () κύριος () τὴν () θυσίαν () αὐτοῦ, () ἡγίακεν () τοὺς () κλητοὺς () αὐτοῦ. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () θυσίας () κυρίου () καὶ () ἐκδικήσω () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ἄρχοντας () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () βασιλέως () καὶ () ἐπὶ () πάντας () τοὺς () ἐνδεδυμένους () ἐνδύματα () ἀλλότρια· ()
[9] καὶ () ἐκδικήσω () ἐπὶ () πάντας () ἐμφανῶς ἐπὶ () τὰ () πρόπυλα ἐν () ἐκείνῃ () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ, () τοὺς () πληροῦντας () τὸν () οἶκον () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () αὐτῶν () ἀσεβείας () καὶ () δόλου. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () ἐκείνῃ () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ, () λέγει () κύριος, () φωνὴ () κραυγῆς () ἀπὸ () πύλης () ἀποκεντούντων καὶ () ὀλολυγμὸς ἀπὸ () τῆς () δευτέρας () καὶ () συντριμμὸς μέγας () ἀπὸ () τῶν () βουνῶν. ()
[11] Θρηνήσατε, () οἱ () κατοικοῦντες () τὴν () κατακεκομμένην, () ὅτι () ὡμοιώθη () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () Χανααν, () ἐξωλεθρεύθησαν () πάντες () οἱ () ἐπηρμένοι () ἀργυρίῳ. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () ἐκείνῃ () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐξερευνήσω () τὴν () Ιερουσαλημ () μετὰ () λύχνου () καὶ () ἐκδικήσω () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ἄνδρας () τοὺς () καταφρονοῦντας () ἐπὶ () τὰ () φυλάγματα αὐτῶν, () οἱ () λέγοντες () ἐν () ταῖς () καρδίαις () αὐτῶν () Οὐ () μὴ () ἀγαθοποιήσῃ () κύριος () οὐδ’ () οὐ () μὴ () κακώσῃ, ()
[13] καὶ () ἔσται () ἡ () δύναμις () αὐτῶν () εἰς () διαρπαγὴν καὶ () οἱ () οἶκοι () αὐτῶν () εἰς () ἀφανισμόν, () καὶ () οἰκοδομήσουσιν () οἰκίας () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () κατοικήσουσιν () ἐν () αὐταῖς () καὶ () καταφυτεύσουσιν ἀμπελῶνας () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () πίωσιν () τὸν () οἶνον () αὐτῶν. ()
[14] Ὅτι () ἐγγὺς () ἡ () ἡμέρα () κυρίου () ἡ () μεγάλη, () ἐγγὺς () καὶ () ταχεῖα () σφόδρα· () φωνὴ () ἡμέρας () κυρίου () πικρὰ () καὶ () σκληρά, () τέτακται () δυνατή. ()
[15] Ἡμέρα () ὀργῆς () ἡ () ἡμέρα () ἐκείνη, () ἡμέρα () θλίψεως () καὶ () ἀνάγκης, () ἡμέρα () ἀωρίας καὶ () ἀφανισμοῦ, () ἡμέρα () σκότους () καὶ () γνόφου, () ἡμέρα () νεφέλης () καὶ () ὁμίχλης,
[16] ἡμέρα () σάλπιγγος () καὶ () κραυγῆς () ἐπὶ () τὰς () πόλεις () τὰς () ὀχυρὰς καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὰς () γωνίας () τὰς () ὑψηλάς. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἐκθλίψω τοὺς () ἀνθρώπους, () καὶ () πορεύσονται () ὡς () τυφλοί, () ὅτι () τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἐξήμαρτον· καὶ () ἐκχεεῖ () τὸ () αἷμα () αὐτῶν () ὡς () χοῦν () καὶ () τὰς () σάρκας () αὐτῶν () ὡς () βόλβιτα.
[18] Καὶ () τὸ () ἀργύριον () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τὸ () χρυσίον () αὐτῶν () οὐ () μὴ () δύνηται () ἐξελέσθαι () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () ὀργῆς () κυρίου, () καὶ () ἐν () πυρὶ () ζήλους () αὐτοῦ () καταναλωθήσεται () πᾶσα () ἡ () γῆ, () διότι () συντέλειαν () καὶ () σπουδὴν () ποιήσει () ἐπὶ () πάντας () τοὺς () κατοικοῦντας () τὴν () γῆν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.