*The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of aHizkiah, *in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

2  †I will utterly consume all things from off †the land, saith the Lord.

3  I bwill consume cman and beast;

bI will consume cthe fowls of the heaven, and cdthe fishes of the sea,

And ethe ||stumblingblocks with the wicked;

And fI will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

4  I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah,

And upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

And gI will cut off hthe remnant of Baal from this place,

And ithe name of jthe Chemarims with the priests;

5  And kthem that worship the host of heaven kupon the housetops;

And lthem that worship and lmthat swear ||by the Lord,

And lnthat swear by oMalcham;

6  And pthem that are turned back qfrom the Lord;

And rthose that have not sought the Lord, nor inquired for him.

7  sHold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God:

For tthe day of the Lord is at hand:

For uthe Lord hath prepared a sacrifice,

He hath †bid vhis guests.