Zephaniah 1:4–13

⁴“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 the idolatrous priests;

⁵those who bow down on the roofs

to the host of the heavens;

those who bow down and swear to the Lord

and yet swear by Milcom;

⁶those who have turned back from following the Lord,

who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

⁷Be silent before the Lord GOD!

For the day of the Lord is at hand;

the Lord has prepared a sacrifice

and consecrated his guests.

⁸And on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice—

“I will punish the officials and the king’s sons

and all who array themselves in foreign attire.

⁹On that day I will punish

every one who leaps over the threshold,

and those who fill their master’s house

with violence and fraud.”

¹⁰“On that day,” says the Lord,

“a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate,

a wail from the Second Quarter,

a loud crash from the hills.

¹¹Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!

For all the traders are no more;

all who weigh out silver are cut off.

¹²At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps,

and I will punish the men

who are thickening upon their lees,

those who say in their hearts,

‘The Lord will not do good,

nor will he do ill.’

¹³Their goods shall be plundered,

and their houses laid waste.

Though they build houses,

they shall not inhabit them;

though they plant vineyards,

they shall not drink wine from them.”