1 The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of aJosiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

The Great Day of the Lord

2 “I will 1utterly consume everything

From the face of the land,”

Says the Lord;

3 “I bwill consume man and beast;

I will consume the birds of the heavens,

The fish of the sea,

And the 2stumbling blocks along with the wicked.

I will cut off man from the face of the 3land,”

Says the Lord.

4 “I will stretch out My hand against Judah,

And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

4I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place,

The names of the cidolatrous 5priests with the pagan priests—

5 Those dwho worship the host of heaven on the housetops;

Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,

But who also swear eby 6Milcom;

6 fThose who have turned back from following the Lord,

And ghave not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.”