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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../habakkuk/3.htm" title="Habakkuk 3">◄</a> Zephaniah 1 <a href="../zephaniah/2.htm" title="Zephaniah 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <p class="chapter-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>The word of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of Hezekiah, in the days of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Coming Judgment on Judah</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>I will utterly sweep away everything</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">from the face of the earth, says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>I will sweep away humans and animals;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">I will sweep away the birds of the air</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the fish of the sea.</span></span><br /><span class="text">I will make the wicked stumble.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27063a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">I will cut off humanity</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">from the face of the earth, says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>I will stretch out my hand against Judah,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;</span></span><br /><span class="text">and I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the name of the idolatrous priests;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27064b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>those who bow down on the roofs</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">to the host of the heavens;</span></span><br /><span class="text">those who bow down and swear to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but also swear by Milcom;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27065c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>those who have turned back from following the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">who have not sought the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> or inquired of him.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Be silent before the Lord <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">God</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">For the day of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is at hand;</span></span><br /><span class="text">the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> has prepared a sacrifice,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he has consecrated his guests.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>And on the day of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>’s sacrifice</span><br /><span class="text">I will punish the officials and the king’s sons</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and all who dress themselves in foreign attire.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>On that day I will punish</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">all who leap over the threshold,</span></span><br /><span class="text">who fill their master’s house</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">with violence and fraud.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>On that day, says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate,</span></span><br /><span class="text">a wail from the Second Quarter,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">a loud crash from the hills.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>The inhabitants of the Mortar wail,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for all the traders have perished;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">all who weigh out silver are cut off.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and I will punish the people</span></span><br /><span class="text">who rest complacently<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27072d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> on their dregs,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">those who say in their hearts,</span></span><br /><span class="text">“The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> will not do good,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">nor will he do harm.”</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>Their wealth shall be plundered,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and their houses laid waste.</span></span><br /><span class="text">Though they build houses,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they shall not inhabit them;</span></span><br /><span class="text">though they plant vineyards,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they shall not drink wine from them.</span></span></p></div> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Great Day of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span></span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>The great day of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is near,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">near and hastening fast;</span></span><br /><span class="text">the sound of the day of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is bitter,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the warrior cries aloud there.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>That day will be a day of wrath,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">a day of distress and anguish,</span></span><br /><span class="text">a day of ruin and devastation,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">a day of darkness and gloom,</span></span><br /><span class="text">a day of clouds and thick darkness,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>a day of trumpet blast and battle cry</span></span><br /><span class="text">against the fortified cities</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and against the lofty battlements.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>I will bring such distress upon people</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">that they shall walk like the blind;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">because they have sinned against the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span></span><br /><span class="text">their blood shall be poured out like dust,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and their flesh like dung.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>Neither their silver nor their gold</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">will be able to save them</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">on the day of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>’s wrath;</span></span><br /><span class="text">in the fire of his passion</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the whole earth shall be consumed;</span></span><br /><span class="text">for a full, a terrible end</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Zephaniah 1:3">Zephaniah 1:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn: Heb <i>sea, and those who cause the wicked to stumble</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Zephaniah 1:4">Zephaniah 1:4</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Compare Gk: Heb <i>the idolatrous priests with the priests</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Zephaniah 1:5">Zephaniah 1:5</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Mss Syr Vg: Heb <i>Malcam</i> (or, <i>their king</i>)</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Zephaniah 1:12">Zephaniah 1:12</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>who thicken</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches 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