Zephaniah 1:4–13

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—

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

Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,

But who also swear ^eby ⁶Milcom;

^6fThose who have turned back from following the Lord,

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

^7hBe silent in the presence of the Lord God;

ⁱFor the day of the Lord is at hand,

For ^jthe Lord has prepared a sacrifice;

He has ⁷invited His guests.

⁸“And it shall be,

In the day of the Lord’s sacrifice,

That I will punish ^kthe princes and the king’s children,

And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.

⁹In the same day I will punish

All those who ^lleap over the threshold,

Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

¹⁰“And there shall be on that day,” says the Lord,

“The sound of a mournful cry from ^mthe Fish Gate,

A wailing from the Second Quarter,

And a loud crashing from the hills.

¹¹ⁿWail, you inhabitants of ⁸Maktesh!

For all the merchant people are cut down;

All those who handle money are cut off.

¹²“And it shall come to pass at that time

That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,

And punish the men

Who are ^osettled ⁹in complacency,

^pWho say in their heart,

‘The Lord will not do good,

Nor will He do evil.’

¹³Therefore their goods shall become booty,

And their houses a desolation;

They shall build houses, but not inhabit them;

They shall plant vineyards, but ^qnot drink their wine.”