My LORD’s BibleZephaniah 1
1The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
דְּבַר־יְהוָה ׀ אֲשֶׁר הָיָה אֶל־צְפַנְיָה בֶּן־כּוּשִׁי בֶן־גְּדַלְיָה בֶּן־אֲמַרְיָה בֶּן־חִזְקִיָּה בִּימֵי יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ בֶן־אָמֹון מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה׃ (2664)
See also: Jeremiah 1:2, 2 Chronicles 34:1-33, Luke 3:2, 2 Kings 22:1-20, Jeremiah 25:3, Ezekiel 1:3, Hosea 1:1, 2 Peter 1:19, Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 36:14, 2 Timothy 3:16
2I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
אָסֹף אָסֵף כֹּל מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה נְאֻם־יְהוָה׃ (784)
See also: Ezra 8:22, 2 Kings 22:16-17, Micah 7:13, Zephaniah 1:18, Jeremiah 4:25, Jeremiah 36:29, Ezekiel 33:27-29, Habakkuk 1:5, Genesis 6:7, 2 Chronicles 36:21, Isaiah 6:11, Jeremiah 6:8-9, Jeremiah 24:8-10, Jeremiah 34:22, Ezekiel 6:6, Micah 2:4
3I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
אָסֵף אָדָם וּבְהֵמָה אָסֵף עֹוף־הַשָּׁמַיִם וּדְגֵי הַיָּם וְהַמַּכְשֵׁלֹות אֶת־הָרְשָׁעִים וְהִכְרַתִּי אֶת־הָאָדָם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה נְאֻם־יְהוָה׃ (4391)
See also: Genesis 6:7, Hosea 4:3, Ezekiel 14:17, Jeremiah 50:3, Ezekiel 7:19, Zechariah 13:2, Isaiah 2:18, Isaiah 27:9, Jeremiah 12:4, Jeremiah 21:6, Ezekiel 14:13-21, Matthew 23:39, Genesis 7:21, Deuteronomy 7:25, Isaiah 17:8, Jeremiah 4:23-29, Jeremiah 10:15, Ezekiel 14:3-7, Ezekiel 15:6-8, Ezekiel 23:48
4I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
וְנָטִיתִי יָדִי עַל־יְהוּדָה וְעַל כָּל־יֹושְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְהִכְרַתִּי מִן־הַמָּקֹום הַזֶּה אֶת־שְׁאָר הַבַּעַל אֶת־שֵׁם הַכְּמָרִים עִם־הַכֹּהֲנִים׃ (4953)
See also: Jeremiah 15:6, Romans 11:4, Ezekiel 25:7, Hosea 10:5, Deuteronomy 7:24, 2 Kings 23:4-5, Micah 5:13, 1 Kings 9:9, 2 Kings 21:13, 2 Chronicles 24:18, 2 Chronicles 34:4, Isaiah 1:28, Isaiah 14:26-27, Isaiah 48:19, Isaiah 65:12, Jeremiah 6:12, Jeremiah 44:26, Ezekiel 20:39, Zephaniah 2:11, Exodus 15:12
5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁתַּחֲוִים עַל־הַגַּגֹּות לִצְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁתַּחֲוִים הַנִּשְׁבָּעִים לַיהוָה וְהַנִּשְׁבָּעִים בְּמַלְכָּם׃ (4615)
See also: Revelation 3:15, 1 Kings 18:21, Psalms 119:10, Matthew 6:24, 2 Kings 17:33, Jeremiah 19:13, 2 Kings 17:41, Jeremiah 12:16, 1 Kings 11:33, 2 Kings 23:12, Jeremiah 5:7, Exodus 20:23, Deuteronomy 10:20, Joshua 23:7, 1 Kings 11:5, Psalms 101:3, Isaiah 44:5, Isaiah 45:23, Isaiah 48:1, Jeremiah 4:2
6And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
וְאֶת־הַנְּסֹוגִים מֵאַחֲרֵי יְהוָה וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא־בִקְשׁוּ אֶת־יְהוָה וְלֹא דְרָשֻׁהוּ׃ (2791)
See also: Isaiah 1:4, Jeremiah 2:13, John 6:66, Jeremiah 15:6, Hebrews 10:38, Jeremiah 2:17, Isaiah 9:13, Jeremiah 3:10, Ezekiel 3:20, Hosea 11:7, 2 Peter 2:21, 1 Samuel 15:11, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 125:5, Hosea 4:15-16, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Hebrews 2:3, 2 Peter 2:18-22, Psalms 14:2-3, Psalms 36:3
7Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
הַס מִפְּנֵי אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה כִּי קָרֹוב יֹום יְהוָה כִּי־הֵכִין יְהוָה זֶבַח הִקְדִּישׁ קְרֻאָיו׃ (1650)
See also: Habakkuk 2:20, Zechariah 2:13, Ezekiel 39:17, Zephaniah 1:14, Isaiah 34:6, Jeremiah 46:10, Isaiah 13:6, 1 Samuel 16:5, Isaiah 2:12, Joel 2:31, Amos 5:18-20, Matthew 22:4, Psalms 76:8-9, Isaiah 6:5, Ezekiel 7:7, Ezekiel 7:10, Ezekiel 30:3, Joel 2:11, Amos 6:10, Malachi 4:1
8And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
וְהָיָה בְּיֹום זֶבַח יְהוָה וּפָקַדְתִּי עַל־הַשָּׂרִים וְעַל־בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְעַל כָּל־הַלֹּבְשִׁים מַלְבּוּשׁ נָכְרִי׃ (2846)
See also: Isaiah 24:21, 2 Kings 25:19-21, Isaiah 3:18-24, Isaiah 39:7, Jeremiah 22:11-19, Jeremiah 22:24-30, Jeremiah 39:6-7, 2 Kings 23:30-34, 2 Kings 25:6-7, 2 Kings 10:22, 2 Kings 24:12-13, Isaiah 10:12, Deuteronomy 22:5
9In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
וּפָקַדְתִּי עַל כָּל־הַדֹּולֵג עַל־הַמִּפְתָּן בַּיֹּום הַהוּא הַמְמַלְאִים בֵּית אֲדֹנֵיהֶם חָמָס וּמִרְמָה׃ (2635)
See also: 1 Samuel 5:5, Amos 3:10, Jeremiah 17:11, 1 Samuel 2:15-16, 2 Kings 5:20-27, Nehemiah 5:15, Proverbs 29:12, Ezekiel 8:17, Leviticus 6:4, 1 Kings 18:26, Isaiah 59:6, Ezekiel 18:7, Ezekiel 28:16, Micah 6:10, Zephaniah 1:13, Acts 16:19
10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
וְהָיָה בַיֹּום הַהוּא נְאֻם־יְהוָה קֹול צְעָקָה מִשַּׁעַר הַדָּגִים וִילָלָה מִן־הַמִּשְׁנֶה וְשֶׁבֶר גָּדֹול מֵהַגְּבָעֹות׃ (2939)
See also: 2 Chronicles 33:14, 2 Kings 22:14, Jeremiah 18:22, Amos 8:3, Nehemiah 3:3, Jeremiah 4:19-21, Jeremiah 30:5, Zephaniah 1:14, Exodus 11:6, 2 Samuel 5:7, 2 Samuel 5:9, 2 Chronicles 3:1, 2 Chronicles 32:22, Nehemiah 12:39, Isaiah 22:4-5, Isaiah 52:5, Isaiah 59:11, Jeremiah 4:6, Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 39:2
11Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
הֵילִילוּ יֹשְׁבֵי הַמַּכְתֵּשׁ כִּי נִדְמָה כָּל־עַם כְּנַעַן נִכְרְתוּ כָּל־נְטִילֵי כָסֶף׃ (2652)
See also: Zephaniah 1:18, James 5:1, Revelation 18:11, Jeremiah 25:34, Ezekiel 21:12, Hosea 12:7-8, Nehemiah 3:31-32, Jeremiah 4:8, Ezekiel 30:2, Hosea 9:6, Joel 1:5, Joel 1:13, Zechariah 11:2-3, John 2:16, Revelation 2:23
12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
וְהָיָה בָּעֵת הַהִיא אֲחַפֵּשׂ אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַם בַּנֵּרֹות וּפָקַדְתִּי עַל־הָאֲנָשִׁים הַקֹּפְאִים עַל־שִׁמְרֵיהֶם הָאֹמְרִים בִּלְבָבָם לֹא־יֵיטִיב יְהוָה וְלֹא יָרֵעַ׃ (5377)
See also: Amos 6:1, Jeremiah 48:11, Malachi 3:14, Psalms 10:15, Psalms 55:19, Isaiah 29:15, Ezekiel 8:12, Psalms 73:11, Ezekiel 9:9, Amos 9:1-3, Malachi 2:17, Genesis 18:21, Job 10:6, Psalms 14:1, Psalms 94:7, Isaiah 28:15, Jeremiah 10:5, Jeremiah 16:16-17, Obadiah 1:6, Mark 11:11
13Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
וְהָיָה חֵילָם לִמְשִׁסָּה וּבָתֵּיהֶם לִשְׁמָמָה וּבָנוּ בָתִּים וְלֹא יֵשֵׁבוּ וְנָטְעוּ כְרָמִים וְלֹא יִשְׁתּוּ אֶת־יֵינָם׃ (4013)
See also: Amos 5:11, Micah 6:15, Deuteronomy 28:30, Lamentations 5:2, Deuteronomy 28:39, Jeremiah 8:10, Jeremiah 9:19, Jeremiah 15:13, Ezekiel 7:21, Deuteronomy 28:51, Isaiah 5:8-9, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 16:10, Isaiah 17:10, Isaiah 24:1-3, Isaiah 32:10, Isaiah 65:21-22, Jeremiah 4:7, Jeremiah 4:20, Jeremiah 5:17
14The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
קָרֹוב יֹום־יְהוָה הַגָּדֹול קָרֹוב וּמַהֵר מְאֹד קֹול יֹום יְהוָה מַר צֹרֵחַ שָׁם גִּבֹּור׃ (2349)
See also: Revelation 22:12, Revelation 3:11, Joel 2:1, Ezekiel 30:3, Malachi 4:5, Matthew 24:29, Joel 2:2, Zephaniah 1:7, Joel 1:15, Joel 2:31, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 33:7, Jeremiah 30:7, Ezekiel 7:12, Joel 2:11, Revelation 6:17, Isaiah 22:4-5, Ezekiel 7:6-7, Amos 5:18
15That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
יֹום עֶבְרָה הַיֹּום הַהוּא יֹום צָרָה וּמְצוּקָה יֹום שֹׁאָה וּמְשֹׁואָה יֹום חֹשֶׁךְ וַאֲפֵלָה יֹום עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל׃ (2847)
See also: Isaiah 13:10, Joel 2:2, Amos 5:20, Zephaniah 1:18, 1 Samuel 2:9, Isaiah 22:5, Ezekiel 34:12, Revelation 6:17, Deuteronomy 28:52, Job 15:23, Job 21:30, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 30:7, Amos 5:18-20, Zephaniah 1:10, Job 3:4-8, Joel 2:11, Zephaniah 2:2, Luke 21:22-23, Romans 2:5
16A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
יֹום שֹׁופָר וּתְרוּעָה עַל הֶעָרִים הַבְּצֻרֹות וְעַל הַפִּנֹּות הַגְּבֹהֹות׃ (3525)
See also: Amos 3:6, Joel 2:1, Isaiah 2:12-15, Isaiah 32:14, Jeremiah 18:22, Hosea 8:1, Numbers 10:9, Psalms 48:12-13, Isaiah 59:10, Jeremiah 4:19-20, Jeremiah 20:16, Hosea 5:8, Jeremiah 6:1, Jeremiah 8:16, Habakkuk 1:6-10, Habakkuk 3:6
17And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
וַהֲצֵרֹתִי לָאָדָם וְהָלְכוּ כַּעִוְרִים כִּי לַיהוָה חָטָאוּ וְשֻׁפַּךְ דָּמָם כֶּעָפָר וּלְחֻמָם כַּגְּלָלִים׃ (2426)
See also: Psalms 83:10, Jeremiah 16:4, Micah 2:3, Revelation 3:17, Isaiah 5:25, Jeremiah 2:17, Jeremiah 9:22, Jeremiah 10:18, Ezekiel 16:38, Micah 7:13, Matthew 15:14, 2 Peter 1:9, Deuteronomy 28:29, 1 Kings 14:10, Jeremiah 8:2, Ezekiel 30:11, Isaiah 29:10, Jeremiah 4:18, Lamentations 5:16-17, Romans 11:7
18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
גַּם־כַּסְפָּם גַּם־זְהָבָם לֹא־יוּכַל לְהַצִּילָם בְּיֹום עֶבְרַת יְהוָה וּבְאֵשׁ קִנְאָתֹו תֵּאָכֵל כָּל־הָאָרֶץ כִּי־כָלָה אַךְ־נִבְהָלָה יַעֲשֶׂה אֵת כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ׃ (4713)
See also: Matthew 6:19, Proverbs 11:4, Ezekiel 7:19, Zephaniah 3:8, Deuteronomy 4:24, Proverbs 10:3, Jeremiah 9:23, Hebrews 10:27, Zephaniah 1:2-3, Zephaniah 2:2, Malachi 4:1, Jeremiah 9:11, Zephaniah 1:11, Zephaniah 1:15, Matthew 16:26, James 5:1, Proverbs 10:2, Proverbs 18:11, Ecclesiastes 5:13, Isaiah 10:3