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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.
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1. The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 came H1961 unto H413 Zephaniah H6846 the son H1121 of Cushi H3570 , the son H1121 of Gedaliah H1436 , the son H1121 of Amariah H568 , the son H1121 of Hizkiah H2396 , in the days H3117 of Josiah H2977 the son H1121 of Amon H526 , king H4428 of Judah H3063 .
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2. I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
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2. I will utterly consume H622 H5486 all H3605 things from off H4480 H5921 H6440 the land H127 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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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.
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3. I will consume H5486 man H120 and beast H929 ; I will consume H5486 the fowls H5775 of the heaven H8064 , and the fishes H1709 of the sea H3220 , and the stumblingblocks H4384 with H854 the wicked H7563 ; and I will cut off H3772 H853 man H120 from off H4480 H5921 H6440 the land H127 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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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;
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4. I will also stretch out H5186 mine hand H3027 upon H5921 Judah H3063 , and upon H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 ; and I will cut off H3772 H853 the remnant H7605 of Baal H1168 from H4480 this H2088 place H4725 , and H853 the name H8034 of the Chemarims H3649 with H5973 the priests H3548 ;
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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;
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5. And them that worship H7812 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 upon H5921 the housetops H1406 ; and them that worship H7812 and that swear H7650 by the LORD H3068 , and that swear H7650 by Malcham H4445 ;
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6. And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
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6. And them that are turned back H5472 from H4480 H310 the LORD H3068 ; and those that H834 have not H3808 sought H1245 H853 the LORD H3068 , nor H3808 inquired H1875 for him.
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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.
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7. Hold thy peace H2013 at the presence H4480 H6440 of the Lord H136 GOD H3069 : for H3588 the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is at hand H7138 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath prepared H3559 a sacrifice H2077 , he hath bid H6942 his guests H7121 .
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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.
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8. And it shall come to pass H1961 in the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 's sacrifice H2077 , that I will punish H6485 H5921 the princes H8269 , and the king H4428 's children H1121 , and all H3605 such as are clothed H3847 with strange H5237 apparel H4403 .
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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.
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9. In the same H1931 day H3117 also will I punish H6485 H5921 all H3605 those that leap H1801 on H5921 the threshold H4670 , which fill H4390 their masters H113 ' houses H1004 with violence H2555 and deceit H4820 .
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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.
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10. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that there shall be the noise H6963 of a cry H6818 from the fish H1709 gate H4480 H8179 , and a howling H3215 from H4480 the second H4932 , and a great H1419 crashing H7667 from the hills H4480 H1389 .
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11. Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
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11. Howl H3213 , ye inhabitants H3427 of Maktesh H4389 , for H3588 all H3605 the merchant H3667 people H5971 are cut down H1820 ; all H3605 they that bear H5187 silver H3701 are cut off H3772 .
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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.
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12. And it shall come to pass H1961 at that H1931 time H6256 , that I will search H2664 H853 Jerusalem H3389 with candles H5216 , and punish H6485 H5921 the men H376 that are settled H7087 on H5921 their lees H8105 : that say H559 in their heart H3824 , The LORD H3068 will not H3808 do good H3190 , neither H3808 will he do evil H7489 .
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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.
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13. Therefore their goods H2428 shall become H1961 a booty H4933 , and their houses H1004 a desolation H8077 : they shall also build H1129 houses H1004 , but not H3808 inhabit H3427 them ; and they shall plant H5193 vineyards H3754 , but not H3808 drink H8354 H853 the wine H3196 thereof.
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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.
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14. The great H1419 day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is near H7138 , it is near H7138 , and hasteth H4118 greatly H3966 , even the voice H6963 of the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 : the mighty man H1368 shall cry H6873 there H8033 bitterly H4751 .
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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,
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15. That H1931 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 ,
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16. A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
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16. A day H3117 of the trumpet H7782 and alarm H8643 against H5921 the fenced H1219 cities H5892 , and against H5921 the high H1364 towers H6438 .
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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.
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17. And I will bring distress H6887 upon men H120 , that they shall walk H1980 like blind men H5787 , because H3588 they have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 : and their blood H1818 shall be poured out H8210 as dust H6083 , and their flesh H3894 as the dung H1561 .
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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.
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18. Neither H3808 H1571 their silver H3701 nor H1571 their gold H2091 shall be able H3201 to deliver H5337 them in the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 's wrath H5678 ; but the whole H3605 land H776 shall be devoured H398 by the fire H784 of his jealousy H7068 : for H3588 he shall make H6213 even H389 a speedy H926 riddance H3617 of H854 all H3605 them that dwell H3427 in the land H776 .
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