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Yahweh Will End All Things

¹ The word of ^(F1)Yahweh which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of ^(C1)Josiah son of ^(C2)Amon, king of Judah:

² "I will completely ^(C1)end all things
From the face of the ground," declares Yahweh.

³ "I will end ^(C1)man and beast;
I will end the ^(C2)birds of the sky
And the fish of the sea
And the ^(F1)(C3)ruins along with the wicked;
And I will cut off man from the face of the ground," declares Yahweh.

⁴ "So I will ^(C1)stretch out My hand against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will ^(C2)cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
And the names of the ^(C3)idolatrous priests along with the priests,

⁵ And those who worship on the ^(C1)housetops the host of heaven,
And those who worship and ^(C2)swear to Yahweh and yet swear by ^(F1)(C3)Milcom,

⁶ And those who have ^(C1)turned back from following Yahweh,
And those who have ^(C2)not sought Yahweh or inquired of Him."

The Day of Yahweh Is Near

^7 (F1)(C1)Be silent before Lord Yahweh!
For the ^(C2)day of Yahweh is near,
For Yahweh has prepared a ^(C3)sacrifice;
He has ^(C4)set apart His guests.

⁸ "Then it will be on the day of Yahweh's sacrifice
That I will ^(C1)punish the princes, the king's sons,
And all who clothe themselves with ^(C2)foreign garments.

⁹ "And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold,
Who fill the house of their ^(F1)Lord with ^(C1)violence and deceit.

¹⁰ "And it will be in that day," declares Yahweh,
"That there will be the sound of a cry from the ^(C1)Fish Gate
And a wail from the ^(F1)(C2)Second Quarter
And a great destruction from the ^(C3)hills.

¹¹ "Wail, O inhabitants of the ^(F1)Mortar,
For all the ^(F2)people of ^(C1)Canaan will be silenced;
All who weigh out ^(C2)silver will be cut off.

¹² "And it will be at that time
That I will ^(C1)search Jerusalem with lamps,
And I will punish the men
Who are ^(F1)(C2)stagnant in spirit,
Who say in their hearts,
'Yahweh will ^(C3)not do good or evil!'

¹³ "And it will be that their wealth will become ^(C1)spoil
And their houses desolate;
Indeed, ^(C2)they will build houses but not inhabit them,
And plant vineyards but not drink their wine."

¹⁴ Near is the ^(C1)great ^(C2)day of Yahweh,
Near and coming very quickly;
O the sound, the day of Yahweh!
^(F1)In it the mighty man ^(C3)cries out bitterly.

¹⁵ A day of fury is that day,
A day of ^(C1)trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and desolation,
A day of ^(C2)darkness and thick darkness,
A day of clouds and dense gloom,

¹⁶ A day of ^(C1)trumpet and loud shouting
Against the ^(C2)fortified cities
And the high corner towers.

¹⁷ I will bring ^(C1)distress on men
So that they will walk ^(C2)like the blind
Because they have sinned against Yahweh;
And their ^(C3)blood will be poured out like dust
And their ^(C4)flesh like dung.

¹⁸ Neither their ^(C1)silver nor their gold
Will be able to deliver them
On the day of the fury of Yahweh;
And ^(C2)all the earth will be devoured
In the fire of His jealousy,
For He will ^(C3)make a complete destruction,
Indeed a terrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.