Zephaniah 1:4–13

⁴“So I will ^astretch out My hand against Judah

And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And I will ^bcut off the remnant of Baal from this place,

And the names of the ^cidolatrous priests along with the priests,

⁵And those who worship on the ^ahousetops the host of heaven,

And those who worship and ^bswear to Yahweh and yet swear by ^1cMilcom,

⁶And those who have ^aturned back from following Yahweh,

And those who have ^bnot sought Yahweh or inquired of Him.”

The Day of Yahweh Is Near

^71aBe silent before Lord Yahweh!

For the ^bday of Yahweh is near,

For Yahweh has prepared a ^csacrifice;

He has ^dset apart His guests.

⁸“Then it will be on the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice

That I will ^apunish the princes, the king’s sons,

And all who clothe themselves with ^bforeign garments.

⁹“And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold,

Who fill the house of their ¹Lord with ^aviolence and deceit.

¹⁰“And it will be in that day,” declares Yahweh,

“That there will be the sound of a cry from the ^aFish Gate

And a wail from the ^1bSecond Quarter

And a great destruction from the ^chills.

¹¹“Wail, O inhabitants of the ¹Mortar,

For all the ²people of ^aCanaan will be silenced;

All who weigh out ^bsilver will be cut off.

¹²“And it will be at that time

That I will ^asearch Jerusalem with lamps,

And I will punish the men

Who are ^1bstagnant in spirit,

Who say in their hearts,

‘Yahweh will ^cnot do good or evil!’

¹³“And it will be that their wealth will become ^aspoil

And their houses desolate;

Indeed, ^bthey will build houses but not inhabit them,

And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”