The word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} which came unto Zephaniah{H6846} the son{H1121} of Cushi,{H3570} the son{H1121} of Gedaliah,{H1436} the son{H1121} of Amariah,{H568} the son{H1121} of Hezekiah,{H2396} in the days{H3117} of Josiah{H2977} the son{H1121} of Amon,{H526} king{H4428} of Judah.{H3063}

I will utterly{H622} consume{H5486} all things from off the face of the ground,{H6440} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

I will consume{H5486} man{H120} and beast;{H929} I will consume{H5486} the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and the fishes{H1709} of the sea,{H3220} and the stumblingblocks{H4384} with the wicked;{H7563} and I will cut off{H3772} man{H120} from off{H6440} the face of the ground,{H127} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

And I will stretch out{H5186} my hand{H3027} upon Judah,{H3063} and upon all the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem;{H3389} and I will cut off{H3772} the remnant{H7605} of Baal{H1168} from this place,{H4725} [and] the name{H8034} of the Chemarim{H3649} with the priests;{H3548}

and them that worship{H7812} the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} upon the housetops;{H1406} and them that worship,{H7812} that swear{H7650} to Jehovah{H3068} and swear{H7650} by Malcam;{H4428}

and them that are turned back{H5472} from{H310} following Jehovah;{H3068} and those that have not sought{H1245} Jehovah,{H3068} nor inquired{H1875} after him.

Hold thy peace{H2013} at the presence{H6440} of the Lord{H136} Jehovah;{H3068} for the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} is at hand:{H7138} for Jehovah{H3068} hath prepared{H3559} a sacrifice,{H2077} he hath consecrated{H6942} his guests.{H7121}

And it shall come to pass in the day{H3117} of Jehovah's{H3068} sacrifice,{H2077} that I will punish{H6485} the princes,{H8269} and the king's{H4428} sons,{H1121} and all such as are clothed{H3847} with foreign{H5237} apparel.{H4403}

And in that day{H3117} I will punish{H6485} all those that leap{H1801} over the threshold,{H4670} that fill{H4390} their master's{H113} house{H1004} with violence{H2555} and deceit.{H4820}

And in that day,{H3117} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} there shall be the noise{H6963} of a cry{H6818} from the fish{H1709} gate,{H8179} and a wailing{H3215} from the second{H4932} quarter, and a great{H1419} crashing{H7667} from the hills.{H1389}

Wail,{H3213} ye inhabitants{H3427} of Maktesh;{H4389} for all the people{H5971} of Canaan{H3667} are undone;{H1820} all they that were laden{H5187} with silver{H3701} are cut off.{H3772}

And it shall come to pass at that time,{H6256} that I will search{H2664} Jerusalem{H3389} with lamps;{H5216} and I will punish{H6485} the men{H582} that are settled{H7087} on their lees,{H8105} that say{H559} in their heart,{H3824} Jehovah{H3068} will not do good,{H3190} neither will he do evil.{H7489}

And their wealth{H2428} shall become a spoil,{H4933} and their houses{H1004} a desolation:{H8077} yea, they shall build{H1129} houses,{H1004} but shall not inhabit{H3427} them; and they shall plant{H5193} vineyards,{H3754} but shall not drink{H8354} the wine{H3196} thereof.

The great{H1419} day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} is near,{H7138} it is near{H7138} and hasteth{H4118} greatly,{H3966} [even] the voice{H6963} of the day{H3117} of Jehovah;{H3068} the mighty man{H1368} crieth{H6873} there bitterly.{H4751}

That day{H3117} is a day{H3117} of wrath,{H5678} a day{H3117} of trouble{H6869} and distress,{H4691} a day{H3117} of wasteness{H7722} and desolation,{H4875} a day{H3117} of darkness{H2822} and gloominess,{H653} a day{H3117} of clouds{H6051} and thick darkness,{H6205}

a day{H3117} of the trumpet{H7782} and alarm,{H8643} against the fortified{H1219} cities,{H5892} and against the high{H1364} battlements.{H6438}

And I will bring distress{H6887} upon men,{H120} that they shall walk{H1980} like blind men,{H5787} because they have sinned{H2398} against Jehovah;{H3068} and their blood{H1818} shall be poured out{H8210} as dust,{H6083} and their flesh{H3894} as dung.{H1561}

Neither their silver{H3701} nor their gold{H2091} shall be able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} them in the day{H3117} of Jehovah's{H3068} wrath;{H5678} but the whole land{H776} shall be devoured{H398} by the fire{H784} of his jealousy:{H7068} for he will make{H6213} an end, yea, a terrible{H926} end,{H3617} of all them that dwell{H3427} in the land.{H776}