Zephaniah 1:4–13

⁴“And I will stretch out my hand against Judah

and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And I will cut off from this place

the remnant of Baal,

and the name of idolatrous priests with the priests,^b

⁵and those who bow down on the rooftops

to the host of heaven,

and those who bow down, swearing to Yahweh

but also swearing by Milcom,^c

⁶and those who turned back from following^d Yahweh,

and who did not seek Yahweh,

and did not inquire of him.”

⁷Be silent before the Lord Yahweh,

for the day of Yahweh draws near,

for Yahweh has provided a sacrifice

and has consecrated his guests.

⁸And it will happen on the day of the sacrifice of Yahweh,

I will punish the officials,

and the sons of the king,

and all those who dress in foreign clothing.

⁹And on that day I will punish

all who leap over the threshold,

who fill up the house of their master

with violence and deceit.

¹⁰“And there shall be on that day”—a declaration of Yahweh—

“a loud outcry^e from the Fish Gate,

and a wailing from the Second District,

and a loud^f crashing from the hills.

¹¹The inhabitants of the Mortar shall wail,

for all the traders have perished;

all who trade with silver have been cut off.

¹²And it shall be that at that time

I will search Jerusalem with lamps,

and I will punish the men

whose senses are dulled from drinking,^g

who say in their hearts,

‘Yahweh will not do good, nor will he do evil.’

¹³Then their wealth shall be as plunder,

and their homes as desolation.

And they shall build their houses and not inhabit them,

and they shall plant vineyards and not drink their wine.”