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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Zephaniah 1 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/zephaniah/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/zephaniah/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Zephaniah 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" 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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v36_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.1" class="v36_1_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Zeph.1.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> This is the message that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> gave to Zephaniah during the time that Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah. (Zephaniah was descended from King Hezekiah through Amariah, Gedaliah, and Cushi.)</span></p><h3 class="s">The Day of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s Judgment</h3><p class="par"><span class="v36_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.2" class="v36_1_2">2</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said, “I am going to destroy everything on earth, </span><span class="v36_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.3" class="v36_1_3">3</span>all human beings and animals, birds and fish. I will bring about the downfall of<a href="#fn" id="link_Zeph.1.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the wicked. I will destroy everyone, and no survivors will be left. I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v36_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.4" class="v36_1_4">4</span>“I will punish the people of Jerusalem and of all Judah. I will destroy the last trace of the worship of Baal there, and no one will even remember the pagan priests who serve him. </span><span class="v36_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.5" class="v36_1_5">5</span>I will destroy anyone who goes up on the roof and worships the sun, the moon, and the stars. I will also destroy those who worship me and swear loyalty to me, but then take oaths in the name of the god Molech. </span><span class="v36_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.6" class="v36_1_6">6</span>I will destroy those who have turned back and no longer follow me, those who do not come to me or ask me to guide them.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v36_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.7" class="v36_1_7">7</span>The day is near when the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will sit in judgment; so be silent in his presence. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> is preparing to sacrifice his people and has invited enemies to plunder Judah. </span><span class="v36_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.8" class="v36_1_8">8</span>“On that day of slaughter,” says the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, “I will punish the officials, the king's sons, and all who practice foreign customs. </span><span class="v36_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.9" class="v36_1_9">9</span>I will punish all who worship like pagans and who steal and kill in order to fill their master's house<a href="#fn" id="link_Zeph.1.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> with loot.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v36_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.10" class="v36_1_10">10</span>“On that day,” says the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, “you will hear the sound of crying at the Fish Gate in Jerusalem. You will hear wailing in the newer part of the city and a great crashing sound in the hills. </span><span class="v36_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.11" class="v36_1_11">11</span>Wail and cry when you hear this, you that live in the lower part of the city, because all the merchants will be dead!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v36_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.12" class="v36_1_12">12</span>“At that time I will take a lamp and search Jerusalem. I will punish the people who are self-satisfied and confident, who say to themselves, ‘The <span class="nd">Lord</span> never does anything, one way or the other.’ </span><span class="v36_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.13" class="v36_1_13">13</span>Their wealth will be looted and their houses destroyed. They will never live in the houses they are building or drink wine from the vineyards they are planting.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v36_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.14" class="v36_1_14">14</span>The great day of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> is near—very near and coming fast! That day will be bitter, for even<a href="#fn" id="link_Zeph.1.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the bravest soldiers will cry out in despair! </span><span class="v36_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.15" class="v36_1_15">15</span>It will be a day of fury, a day of trouble and distress, a day of ruin and destruction, a day of darkness and gloom, a black and cloudy day, </span><span class="v36_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.16" class="v36_1_16">16</span>a day filled with the sound of war trumpets and the battle cry of soldiers attacking fortified cities and high towers.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v36_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.17" class="v36_1_17">17</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> says, “I will bring such disasters on the human race that everyone will grope about like someone blind. They have sinned against me, and now their blood will be poured out like water, and their dead bodies will lie rotting on the ground.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v36_1_18"><span class="reftext" id="Zeph.1.18" class="v36_1_18">18</span>On the day when the <span class="nd">Lord</span> shows his fury, not even all their silver and gold will save them. The whole earth will be destroyed by the fire of his anger. He will put an end—a sudden end—to everyone who lives on earth.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.3: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I will bring about the downfall of; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the stumbling blocks.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.9: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">their master's house; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the temple of their god.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.14: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">That day … even; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Listen! 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