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\par }{\MT Zephaniah

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
word
of
Jehovah
that
came unto
Zephaniah
the
son
of Cushi,
the
son
of
Gedaliah,
the
son
of
Amariah,
the
son
of
Hezekiah,
in
the
days
of
Josiah
the
son
of
Amon,
king
of
Judah.
\VS{2}I
will utterly
take
away
everything
from
off
the
face
of
the
ground, saith
Jehovah:
\VS{3}I
will
take
away
man
and
beast;
I
will
take
away
the
fowl
of
the
heavens
and
the fishes
of
the
sea,
and
the stumbling-blocks
with
the
wicked,
and
I
will
cut
off
mankind
from
off
the
face
of
the
ground, saith
Jehovah.
\VS{4}And
I
will
stretch forth
my
hand
upon
Judah,
and
upon
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem;
and
I
will
cut
off
the
remnant
of
Baal
from
this
place,
the
name
of
the Chemarim
with
the
priests;
\VS{5}and
them
that
bow
down
to
the
host
of
the
heavens
upon
the
housetops;
and
them
that
bow
down
to
Jehovah,
that
swear
by [him],
and
swear
by Malcham;
\VS{6}and
them
that
turn
back
from
after
Jehovah,
and
that do
not
seek
Jehovah,
nor
inquire
for
him.
\VS{7}Be
silent
at
the
presence
of
the
Lord
Jehovah;
for
the
day
of
Jehovah
is
at
hand;
for
Jehovah hath
prepared
a
sacrifice,
he hath hallowed
his
guests.
\VS{8}And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
the
day
of Jehovah's
sacrifice,
that
I
will
punish
the
princes,
and
the king's
sons,
and
all
such
as
are
clothed
with
foreign
apparel.
\VS{9}And
in
that
day
will
I
punish
all
those
that
leap
over
the
threshold,
who
fill
their master's
house
with
violence
and
deceit.
\VS{10}And
in
that
day, saith
Jehovah,
there
shall
be
the
noise
of
a
cry
from
the fish-gate,
and
a howling
from
the
second [quarter],
and
a
great
crashing
from
the
hills.
\VS{11}Howl, ye
inhabitants
of Maktesh;
for
all
the
people
of
Canaan are
cut
down,
all
they
that are laden
with
silver are
cut
off.
\VS{12}And
it
shall
come
to
pass
at
that
time, [that]
I
will
search
Jerusalem
with
lamps,
and
punish
the
men
that
are settled
on
their lees,
that
say
in
their
heart,
Jehovah
will
not
do
good,
neither
will
he
do
evil.
\VS{13}And
their
wealth
shall
become
a booty,
and
their
houses
a
desolation;
and
they
shall
build
houses,
and
not
inhabit
them;
and
they
shall
plant
vineyards,
and
not
drink
the
wine thereof.
\VS{14}The
great
day
of
Jehovah
is
near,
it
is
near,
and hasteth
greatly.
The
voice
of
the
day
of
Jehovah:
the
mighty
man
shall
cry
there
bitterly.
\VS{15}That
day
is
a
day
of
wrath,
a
day
of
trouble
and
distress,
a
day
of ruin
and
desolation,
a
day
of
darkness
and
gloom,
a
day
of
clouds
and gross
darkness,
\VS{16}a
day
of
the
trumpet
and
alarm,
against
the fenced
cities
and
against
the
high battlements.
\VS{17}And
I
will
bring distress upon
men,
and
they
shall
walk
like
blind
men;
for
they
have
sinned
against
Jehovah;
and
their
blood
shall
be
poured
out
as
dust,
and
their
flesh
as
dung:
\VS{18}their
silver
and
their
gold
shall
not
be
able
to
deliver
them,
in
the
day
of Jehovah's
wrath;
but
the
whole
land
shall
be
devoured
by
the
fire
of
his
jealousy:
for
a
full
end,
yea,
a sudden [end],
shall
he
make
of
all
them
that
dwell
in
the
land.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Collect yourselves
and gather together, O
nation
without
shame,
\VS{2}before
the
decree
bring
forth, [before]
the
day
pass
away
as
chaff,
before
the
fierce
anger
of
Jehovah
come
upon
you,
before
the
day
of Jehovah's
anger
come
upon
you.
\VS{3}Seek
Jehovah,
all ye meek
of
the
land,
who
have
performed
his
ordinance;
seek
righteousness,
seek
meekness:
it
may
be ye
shall
be
hid
in
the
day
of Jehovah's
anger.
\VS{4}For Gazah shall
be forsaken,
and
Ashkelon shall
be
a
desolation;
they shall
drive
out
Ashdod
at noonday,
and
Ekron shall
be rooted
up.
\VS{5}Woe unto
the
inhabitants
of
the sea-coast,
the
nation
of
the
Cherethites!
The
word
of
Jehovah
is
against
you,
O
Canaan,
land
of
the
Philistines:
I
will
destroy thee,
that
there
shall
be
no
inhabitant;
\VS{6}and
the sea-coast shall
be cave-dwellings
for
shepherds,
and
folds
for
flocks.
\VS{7}And
the coast
shall
be
for
the
remnant
of
the
house
of
Judah;
they
shall
feed
thereon:
in
the
houses
of
Ashkelon
shall
they
lie
down
in
the
evening:
for
Jehovah
their
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
shall
visit
them,
and
turn
again
their
captivity.
\VS{8}I
have
heard
the
reproach
of
Moab,
and
the
revilings
of
the
children
of
Ammon, wherewith
they
have reproached
my
people,
and
magnified
themselves
against
their
border.
\VS{9}Therefore, [as]
I
live, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
the
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
Moab
shall
certainly
be
as
Sodom,
and
the
children
of
Ammon
as
Gomorrah,
a
possession
of
nettles,
and salt-pits,
and
a
perpetual
desolation;
the
remnant
of
my
people
shall
spoil
them,
and
the residue
of
my
nation
shall
possess
them.
\VS{10}This
shall
they
have
for
their
pride,
because
they
have reproached
and
magnified
themselves
against
the
people
of
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{11}Jehovah
will
be terrible unto
them;
for
he
will famish
all
the
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
of
the
earth;
and
all
the
isles
of
the
nations
shall
worship
him,
every
one
from
his
place.
\VS{12}Ye
Ethiopians
also, ye
shall
be
the
slain
of
my
sword.
\VS{13}And
he
will
stretch
out
his
hand
against
the
north,
and
destroy
Assyria;
and
will
make
Nineveh
a
desolation,
a
place
of
drought
like
the
wilderness.
\VS{14}And
flocks
shall
lie
down
in
the
midst
of
her,
all
the crowd
of
beasts;
both
the
pelican
and
the bittern
shall lodge
in
the chapiters thereof;
a
voice
shall
sing
in
the
windows; desolation
shall
be
on
the
thresholds:
for
he hath
laid
bare
the
cedar
work.
\VS{15}This
is
the rejoicing
city
that
dwelt
in
security,
that
said
in
her
heart,
I
am,
and
there
is
none
else
beside
me:
how
is she
become
a
desolation,
a couching-place
for
beasts!
Every
one
that passeth
by
her
shall
hiss,
shall
wave
his
hand.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Woe
to her that is rebellious and corrupted,
to
the
oppressing
city!
\VS{2}She hearkened
not
to
the
voice;
she
received
not
correction;
she confided
not
in
Jehovah;
she
drew
not
near
her
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{3}Her
princes
in
the
midst
of
her
are
roaring
lions;
her
judges
are
evening
wolves,
that leave
nothing
for
the
morning.
\VS{4}Her
prophets
are vain-glorious,
treacherous
persons;
her
priests
profane
the
sanctuary,
they
do
violence
to
the
law.
\VS{5}The
righteous
Jehovah
is
in
the
midst
of
her:
he doeth
no
wrong.
Every
morning doth
he
bring
his
judgment
to
light;
it faileth
not:
but
the unrighteous knoweth
no
shame.
\VS{6}I
have
cut
off
nations:
their battlements
are
desolate;
I
made
their
streets
waste,
that
none passeth
by;
their
cities
are
destroyed,
so
that
there
is
no
man,
so
that
there
is
no
inhabitant.
\VS{7}I
said,
Only
fear
me,
receive
correction;
so
her
dwelling
shall
not
be
cut
off, howsoever
I
may
punish
her.
But
they
rose
early,
they
corrupted
all
their doings.
\VS{8}Therefore
wait ye
for
me, saith
Jehovah,
until
the
day
that
I
rise
up
to
the
prey;
for
my determination
is
to
assemble
the
nations,
that
I
may
gather
the
kingdoms
together,
to
pour
upon
them mine
indignation, —
all
my
fierce
anger:
for
all
the
earth
shall
be
devoured
with
the
fire
of
my
jealousy.
\VS{9}For
then
will
I
turn
to
the
peoples
a
pure
language,
that
they
may
all
call
upon
the
name
of
Jehovah,
to
serve
him
with
one consent.
\VS{10}From
beyond
the
rivers
of
Cush
my suppliants,
the
daughter
of
my
dispersed, shall
bring mine oblation.
\VS{11}In
that
day thou shalt
not
be
ashamed
for
all thy doings
wherein thou hast
transgressed
against
me;
for
then
I
will
take
away
out
of
the
midst
of thee
them
that exult
in thy
pride,
and thou shalt
no
more
be haughty
because
of
my
holy
mountain.
\VS{12}And
I
will
leave
in
the
midst
of thee
an
afflicted
and
poor
people,
and
they
shall trust
in
the
name
of
Jehovah.
\VS{13}The
remnant
of
Israel
shall
not work
unrighteousness,
nor
speak
lies;
neither
shall
a deceitful
tongue
be
found
in
their
mouth:
but
{\BD{
they}}
shall
feed
and
lie
down,
and
none
shall
make
them
afraid.
\VS{14}Exult,
O
daughter
of
Zion;
shout,
O
Israel;
rejoice
and
be
glad
with
all
the
heart,
O
daughter
of
Jerusalem:
\VS{15}Jehovah hath
taken
away thy
judgments,
he hath cast
out thine
enemy;
the
King
of
Israel,
Jehovah,
is
in
the
midst
of thee; thou shalt
not see
evil
any
more.
\VS{16}In
that
day
it
shall
be
said
to
Jerusalem,
Fear
not;
Zion,
let
not thy
hands
be
slack.
\VS{17}Jehovah thy
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
is
in thy
midst,
a
mighty
one
that
will
save:
he
will
rejoice
over thee
with
joy;
he
will rest
in
his
love;
he
will
exult
over thee
with
singing.
\VS{18}I
will
gather
them
that
sorrow
for
the solemn
assemblies, who
were
of thee:
the
reproach
of
it
was
a
burden [unto
them].
\VS{19}Behold,
at
that
time
I
will
deal
with
all
them
that
afflict thee;
and
I
will
save
her
that halted,
and
gather
her
that
was
driven
out;
and
I
will
make
them
a
praise
and
a
name
in
all
the
lands where
they
have
been
put
to
shame.
\VS{20}At
that
time
will
I
bring
you,
yea,
at
the
time
that
I
gather
you;
for
I
will
make
you
a
name
and
a
praise,
among
all
the
peoples
of
the
earth,
when
I
shall
turn
again
your
captivity
before
your
eyes, saith
Jehovah.
\par }