OET ZEP chapter 1

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1 The message from Yahweh which came to Tsefanyah (son of Kush, son of Gedalyah, son of Amaryah, son of Hizkiyyah) in the time of Amon’s son, King Yoshiyyah (Josiah) of Yehudah (Judah)[ref]

1:2 The day punishing the master

2 Yahweh declares:

I will exterminate everything that lives on the ground.

3 Yahweh declares:

I’ll bring humans and animals to an end, along with the birds and fish. Wicked people will be destroyed along with their idols and humankind will be cut-off from the earth. 4 I will punish the people of Yehudah,

≈and those living in Yerushalem.

I will wipe all remnants of Baal out from this place.

≈No one will even remember the names of those priests who served idols.

5 I’ll punish those who bowed down to the stars and planets from their rooftops,

≈and those making promises to Yahweh but then promising to the false god Milcom.[fn]

6 I’ll punish those who turn back after following me, Yahweh,

as well as those who haven’t searched for Yahweh or prayed to me.

7 Be silent in the presence of the master Yahweh,

because his day is near.

Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice,

and he’s consecrated his guests.

8 On the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice, I will visit their officials and the king’s sons, and all those wearing foreign clothing. 9 At that time I will punish all the officials who force their way into people‘s homes—the ones filling their masters’ houses using fraud and violence.

10 Yahweh declares:

On that day a cry of distress will come from the Fish Gate,

≈and wailing from the second district

and a loud crash from the hills.

11 Wail, you inhabitants of the Maktesh,

because all of the people of Canaan will be destroyed.

All the money-counters will be eliminated.

12 I will search Yerushalem with lamps at that time,

and I will punish those who’ve sunk to the bottom—

the ones who tell themselves,

‘Yahweh will never take action—either good or bad.’

13 Their wealth will be taken as plunder

and their houses will be ruined.

They’ll build houses, but they won’t get to live in them.

≈They’ll plant vineyards, but won’t get to drink their wine.

14 Yahweh’s big day of judgement is near—

≈close and coming quickly.

The sound of Yahweh’s day is bitter—

≈even warriors will cry out.

15 That day will be a day of anger,

a day of distress and anguish,

a day of destruction and desolation,

a day of darkness and gloom,

a day of cloud and thick darkness,

16 a day of trumpet blasts and with the battle cry

against the fortified cities and against the high towers on their corners.

17 I’ll bring distress to the people,

and they’ll walk slowly as if they were blind,

because they’ve sinned against Yahweh.

Their blood will be poured out like dust,

≈and their innards like dung.

18 Their silver, and even their gold, won’t be able to save them

on the day of Yahweh’s anger.

The whole earth will be consumed in the fire of his jealousy

because he’ll soon destroy people from all over the world.

1:5 A variant of the name of the pagan god ‘Molek’ (or ‘Molech’, but also close to the Hebrew word for ‘king’ as found in some other translations).

1:1: 2Ki 22:1–23:30; 2Ch 34:1–35:27.

2 Utterly _(destroy) I _will _bring _to _an _end everything from_under the _surface _of the_soil the _utterance _of YHWH.
3 I _will _bring _to _an _end human _being and_animals I _will _bring _to _an _end the _bird[s]_of the_heavens and_fish _of the_sea and_the_ruins with the_wicked and_cut _off DOM the_humankind from_under the _surface _of the_soil the _utterance _of YHWH.
4 And_stretch _out hand _of_my on Yəhūdāh and_against all _of the _inhabitants _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_cut _off from the_place the_this DOM the _remnant _of the_Baˊal DOM the _name _of the_idolatrous _priests with the_priests.
5 And_DOM the_bow _down on the_roofs to_host _of the_heavens and_DOM the_bow _down the_swear to/for_YHWH and_the_swear in/on/at/with_milkom _of.
6 And_DOM the_turned _back from_following YHWH and_which not they _have _sought DOM YHWH and_not inquired _of_him.
7 Hush from_face/in _front _of my_master YHWH if/because [is]_near the _day _of YHWH if/because YHWH he _has _prepared a _sacrifice he _has _consecrated guests _of_his.
8 And_it _was in/on_day of _the _sacrifice _of of_YHWH and_punish on the_officials and_to the _sons _of the_king and_to all _of the_dress _in clothing foreign.
9 And_punish on every _of the_leap over the_threshold in _the_day (the)_that the_fill the _house _of master’s _of_their violence and_deceit.
10 and_it _was in/on/at/with_day (the)_that the _utterance _of YHWH [the]_sound _of a _cry _of _distress from_gate _of the_fish and_wailing from the_second _district and_crash great from_the_hills.
11 Wail Oh _inhabitants _of the_mortar if/because all _of it _will _be _destroyed the _people _of Kinaˊan/(Canaan) all _of they _will _be _cut _off [the]_weighers _of silver.
12 And_it _was in/on/at/with_time the_that I _will _search DOM Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) in/on/at/with_lamps and_punish on the_men the_complacent on dregs _of_their the_say in/on/at/with_hearts _of_their not he _will _do _good YHWH and_not he _will _do _harm.
13 And_it _was wealth _of_their as_plunder and_houses _of_their as_waste and_build houses and_not they _will _dwell _[in _them] and_plant vineyards and_not they _will _drink DOM wine _of_their.
14 [is]_near the _day _of YHWH the_great near and_rapidly exceedingly the _sound _of the _day _of YHWH bitter [is]_shouting there a _warrior.
15 [will _be]_a _day _of fury the_day (the)_that a _day _of distress and_distress a _day _of devastation and_desolation a _day _of darkness and_gloom a _day _of cloud and_thick _darkness.
16 A _day _of trumpet and_battle _cry on the_cities the_fortified and_against the_corner _towers the_high.
17 And_bring _distress on _the_people and_walk like _the_blind if/because to/for_YHWH they _have _sinned and_poured _out blood _of_their like _the_dust and_flesh _of_their like _the_dung.
18 Neither silver _of_their nor gold _of_their not it _will _be _able to_save_them in/on_day of _the _fury _of of_YHWH and_in/on/at/with_fire _of jealousy _of_his all _of it _will _be _consumed the_earth/land if/because complete _destruction surely [that _which _is]_terrible he _will _make with all _of the _inhabitants _of the_earth/land.

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Prophets of the Old Testament after 800 B.C.

If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.

• Zechariah (796 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 24:20] => Jerusalem
• Jonah (780 B.C.) [2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1] => Gath-hepher, Nineveh
• Hosea (770 B.C.) [Hosea 1:1] => Samaria?
• Amos (760 B.C.) [Amos 1:1] => Bethel
• Isaiah (730 B.C.) [2 Kings 19:2; 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:22; 32:20, 32; Isaiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Micah (730 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1] => Moresheth
• Nahum (650 B.C.) [Nahum 1:1] => Elkosh (Capernaum?)
• Zephaniah (630 B.C.) [Zephaniah 1:1] => Jerusalem?
• Huldah (630 B.C.) [2 Kings 22:14] => Jerusalem
• Habakkuk (600 B.C.) [Habakkuk 1:1; 3:1] => Jerusalem?
• Ezekiel (592 B.C.) [Ezekiel 1:3] => Babylonia/Chebar River
• Uriah (600 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:20] => Kiriath-jearim
• Jeremiah (587 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 36:12; Jeremiah 1:1; 19:14] => Jerusalem
• Obadiah (586 B.C.) [Obadiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Daniel (560 B.C.) [Daniel 7:1; Matthew 24:15] => Babylon
• Haggai (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Haggai 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Zechariah (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Zechariah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Malachi (432 B.C.) [Malachi 1:1] => Jerusalem?

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Prophets of the Old Testament after 800 B.C.

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