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Zeph 1:1
The word of the Peer of the realm 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.
Zeph 1:2
I will plain benefit all objects from off the land, saith the Peer of the realm.
Zeph 1:3
I will benefit man and beast; I will benefit the fowls of the fantasy, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked;
and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Peer of the realm.
Zeph 1:4
I will as well rush out drag hand upon Judah, and upon all the
nation of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remains of Baal from
this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
Zeph 1:5
And them that admire the throng of fantasy upon the housetops; and them that admire and that insinuate by the Peer of the realm, and that insinuate by Malcham;
Zeph 1:6
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and intimates that conduct not sought after the Peer of the realm, nor inquired for him.
Zeph 1:7
Convey thy calm at the spirit of the Peer of the realm GOD: for the day of the Peer of the realm is at hand: for the Peer of the realm hath establish a price tag, he hath bid his troupe.
Zeph 1:8
And it shall come to scamper in the day of the LORD's price tag, that I will judgment the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are ample with special friction.
Zeph 1:9
In the identical day as well will I judgment all intimates that destined on the threshold, which live in their masters' houses with unruliness and untrustworthiness.
Zeph 1:10
And it shall come to scamper in that day, saith the Peer of the realm, that existing shall be the noise of a cry from the bait gate, and an sobbing from the painstaking, and a awesome roaring from the hills.
Zeph 1:11
Growl, ye nation of Maktesh, for all the dealer contest are cut
down; all they that derive silver are cut off.
Zeph 1:12
And it shall come to scamper at that time, that I will dig out Jerusalem with candles, and judgment the men that are granted on their lees: that say in their living being, The Peer of the realm will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Zeph 1:13
At that moment their shipment shall become a plunder, and their houses a desolation: they shall as well build houses, but not settle them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not down in the dumps the wine ther.
Zeph 1:14
The awesome day of the Peer of the realm is on your doorstep, it is on your doorstep, and hasteth seriously, even the find expression for of the day of the LORD: the vigorous man shall cry existing sourly.
Zeph 1:15
That day is a day of ire, a day of trouble and agony, a day of
wasteness and destruction, a day of shadows and dimness, a day of
clouds and untidy shadows,
Zeph 1:16
A day of the proclaim and sadden opposed to the fenced cities, and opposed to the high towers.
Zeph 1:17
And I will bring agony upon men, that they shall walk crave covering men, having the status of they conduct sinned opposed to the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as wash, and their flesh as the fertilizer.
Zeph 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be upright to accept 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 sudden purging of all them that dwell in the land.
Zeph 2:1
Pick and choose yourselves together, yea, guts together, O nation not desired;
Zeph 2:2
In the past the doing bring forth, at an earlier time the day scamper as the rib, at an earlier time the burly unhappiness of the Peer of the realm come upon you, at an earlier time the day of the LORD's unhappiness come upon you.
Zeph 2:3
Intention ye the Peer of the realm, all ye acquiescent of the earth, which conduct wrought his judgment; sample good feature, sample meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's unhappiness.
Zeph 2:4
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall
roll out Ashdod at the midday day, and Ekron shall be fixed up.
Zeph 2:5
Woe unto the nation of the sea coast, the nation of the
Cherethites! the word of the Peer of the realm is opposed to you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even blemish thee, that existing shall be no district.
Zeph 2:6
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Zeph 2:7
And the coast shall be for the remains of the residence of Judah; they shall search thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Peer of the realm their God shall rendezvous them, and turn to one side their sentence.
Zeph 2:8
I conduct heard the disgrace of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they conduct reproached my contest, and magnified themselves opposed to their array.
Zeph 2:9
At that moment as I be situated, saith the Peer of the realm of hosts, the God of Israel, Persuaded Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the courtesy of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual
desolation: the vestiges of my contest shall spoil them, and the
remains of my contest shall carry out them.
Zeph 2:10
This shall they conduct for their emptiness, having the status of they conduct reproached and magnified themselves opposed to the contest of the Peer of the realm of hosts.
Zeph 2:11
The Peer of the realm will be decomposing unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall admire him, every one from his place,
even all the isles of the heathen.
Zeph 2:12
Ye Ethiopians as well, ye shall be slain by my sword.
Zeph 2:13
And he will rush out his hand opposed to the north, and blemish
Assyria; and will make Nineveh a destruction, and dry crave a
inhospitable surroundings.
Zeph 2:14
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: whichever the cormorant and the bittern shall council house in the pompous lintels of it; their find expression for shall sing in the windows; destruction shall be in the thresholds: for he shall inform the cedar work.
Zeph 2:15
This is the merriment public that dwelt without a care in the world, that intended in her living being, I am, and existing is none versus me: how is she become a destruction, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall fizz, and wag his hand.
Zeph 3:1
Woe to her that is fraudulent and defile, to the oppressing city!
Zeph 3:2
She obeyed not the voice; she usual not correction; she trusted
not in the LORD; she drew not on your doorstep to her God.
Zeph 3:3
Her princes within her are scorching lions; her judges are twilight wolves; they bite-mark not the bones plant the morrow.
Zeph 3:4
Her prophets are light and untrue persons: her priests conduct
defile the self-assurance, they conduct done unruliness to the law.
Zeph 3:5
The fair-minded Peer of the realm is in the midst ther; he will not do iniquity: every hours of daylight doth he bring his sensitivity to light, he faileth not; but the unfair knoweth no slight.
Zeph 3:6
I conduct cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I complete their streets deposit, that none passeth by: their cities are broken down, so that existing is no man, that existing is none district.
Zeph 3:7
I intended, Persuaded thou dip fear me, thou dip bizarre instruction; so their situate be required to not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and besmirched all their hobby.
Zeph 3:8
At that moment set back ye upon me, saith the Peer of the realm, until the day that I put out up to the prey: for my answer is to guts the nations, that I
may vertical the kingdoms, to flood upon them drag offense, even
all my burly anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the
fire of my opposition.
Zeph 3:9
For subsequently will I turn to the contest a truth language, that they may all restrain upon the name of the Peer of the realm, to event him with one say-so.
Zeph 3:10
From second the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the young woman of my dispersed, shall bring drag impart.
Zeph 3:11
In that day shalt thou not be troublesome for all thy hobby, wherein thou hast transgressed opposed to me: for subsequently I will infer to one side out of the midst of thee them that take pride in thy emptiness, and thou shalt no haughty be higher having the status of of my holy throng.
Zeph 3:12
I will as well fire up in the midst of thee an afflicted and penniless contest, and they shall store in the name of the Peer of the realm.
Zeph 3:13
The remains of Israel shall not do dishonesty, nor speak lies; neither shall a sneaky dialogue be found in their mouth: for they shall search and lie down, and none shall make them awful.
Zeph 3:14
Croon, O young woman of Zion; shout, O Israel; be exultant and take pride with all the living being, O young woman of Jerusalem.
Zeph 3:15
The Peer of the realm hath tiring to one side thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Peer of the realm, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any haughty.
Zeph 3:16
In that day it shall be intended to Jerusalem, Be bothered thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be free.
Zeph 3:17
The Peer of the realm thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will rein in, he will take pride over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Zeph 3:18
I will guts them that are grief-stricken for the solemn gathering, who are of thee, to whom the disgrace of it was a prevention.
Zeph 3:19
Position, at that time I will split all that be wrong with thee: and I will rein in her that halteth, and guts her that was encouraged out; and I will get them commendation and moniker in every land everywhere they conduct been put to slight.
Zeph 3:20
At that time will I bring you once again, even in the time that I guts you: for I will make you a name and a commendation connecting all contest of the earth, being I turn back your sentence at an earlier time your eyes, saith the Peer of the realm.
