Zephaniah 1:7–18

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.”

¹⁴The great day of Yahweh draws near;

it is near and coming very swiftly.

The sound of the day of Yahweh is bitterness;

there, a warrior cries out!

¹⁵That day will be a day of wrath,

a day of trouble and distress,

a day of disaster and ruination,

a day of darkness and deep gloom,

a day of clouds^h and thick clouds,ⁱ

¹⁶a day of trumpet and trumpet blast

against the fortified cities

and against the high corner towers.

¹⁷And I will bring distress to all humankind,

and they shall walk about like the blind,

for they sinned against Yahweh;

their blood shall be poured out like dust

and their entrails like dung.

¹⁸Moreover, their silver and their gold

will not be able to save them

on the day of the wrath of Yahweh.

And in the fire of his zeal,

the whole land shall be consumed,

for a terrifying end he shall make

for all the inhabitants of the land.