<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="6846">Zephaniah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3570">Cushi</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1436">Gedaliah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="568">Amariah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2396">Hizkiah</s>, in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="526">Amon</s>, <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>I will utterly <sn="622 5486">consume</s><sn="3605">all</s> things from <sn="4480 5921 6440">off</s> the <sn="127">land</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>I will <sn="5486">consume</s><sn="120">man</s> and <sn="929">beast</s>; I will <sn="5486">consume</s> the <sn="5775">fowls</s> of the <sn="8064">heaven</s>, and the <sn="1709">fishes</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s>, and the <sn="4384">stumblingblocks</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s>; and I will cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="120">man</s> from <sn="4480 5921 6440">off</s> the <sn="127">land</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>I will also stretch <sn="5186">out</s> mine <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; and I will cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7605">remnant</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>, and <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3649">Chemarims</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s>; </v>
<vn='5'>And them that <sn="7812">worship</s> the <sn="6635">host</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="1406">housetops</s>; and them that <sn="7812">worship</s> and that <sn="7650">swear</s> by the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and that <sn="7650">swear</s> by <sn="4445">Malcham</s>; </v>
<vn='6'>And them that are turned <sn="5472">back</s><sn="4480 310">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and those <sn="834">that</s> have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1245">sought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="1875">inquired</s> for him. </v>
<vn='7'>Hold thy <sn="2013">peace</s> at the <sn="4480 6440">presence</s> of the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is at <sn="7138">hand</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="3559">prepared</s> a <sn="2077">sacrifice</s>, he hath <sn="6942">bid</s> his <sn="7121">guests</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="2077">sacrifice</s>, that I will <sn="6485 5921">punish</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s>, and the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1121">children</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> such as are <sn="3847">clothed</s> with <sn="5237">strange</s><sn="4403">apparel</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>In the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3117">day</s> also will I <sn="6485 5921">punish</s><sn="3605">all</s> those that <sn="1801">leap</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="4670">threshold</s>, which <sn="4390">fill</s> their <sn="113">masters</s> ' <sn="1004">houses</s> with <sn="2555">violence</s> and <sn="4820">deceit</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s> in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that there shall be the <sn="6963">noise</s> of a <sn="6818">cry</s> from the <sn="1709">fish</s><sn="4480 8179">gate</s>, and a <sn="3215">howling</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="4932">second</s>, and a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7667">crashing</s> from the <sn="4480 1389">hills</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3213">Howl</s>, ye <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="4389">Maktesh</s>, <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3667">merchant</s><sn="5971">people</s> are cut <sn="1820">down</s>; <sn="3605">all</s> they that <sn="5187">bear</s><sn="3701">silver</s> are cut <sn="3772">off</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s> at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s>, that I will <sn="2664">search</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> with <sn="5216">candles</s>, and <sn="6485 5921">punish</s> the <sn="376">men</s> that are <sn="7087">settled</s><sn="5921">on</s> their <sn="8105">lees</s>: that <sn="559">say</s> in their <sn="3824">heart</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="3808">not</s> do <sn="3190">good</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> will he do <sn="7489">evil</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Therefore their <sn="2428">goods</s> shall <sn="1961">become</s> a <sn="4933">booty</s>, and their <sn="1004">houses</s> a <sn="8077">desolation</s>: they shall also <sn="1129">build</s><sn="1004">houses</s>, but <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3427">inhabit</s> them; and they shall <sn="5193">plant</s><sn="3754">vineyards</s>, but <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8354">drink</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3196">wine</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='14'>The <sn="1419">great</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="7138">near</s>, it is <sn="7138">near</s>, and <sn="4118">hasteth</s><sn="3966">greatly</s>, even the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: the mighty <sn="1368">man</s> shall <sn="6873">cry</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="4751">bitterly</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1931">That</s><sn="3117">day</s> is a <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="5678">wrath</s>, a <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="6869">trouble</s> and <sn="4691">distress</s>, a <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="7722">wasteness</s> and <sn="4875">desolation</s>, a <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="2822">darkness</s> and <sn="653">gloominess</s>, a <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="6051">clouds</s> and thick <sn="6205">darkness</s>, </v>
<vn='16'>A <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="7782">trumpet</s> and <sn="8643">alarm</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="1219">fenced</s><sn="5892">cities</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="1364">high</s><sn="6438">towers</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And I will bring <sn="6887">distress</s> upon <sn="120">men</s>, that they shall <sn="1980">walk</s> like blind <sn="5787">men</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and their <sn="1818">blood</s> shall be poured <sn="8210">out</s> as <sn="6083">dust</s>, and their <sn="3894">flesh</s> as the <sn="1561">dung</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3808 1571">Neither</s> their <sn="3701">silver</s><sn="1571">nor</s> their <sn="2091">gold</s> shall be <sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="5337">deliver</s> them in the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="5678">wrath</s>; but the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">land</s> shall be <sn="398">devoured</s> by the <sn="784">fire</s> of his <sn="7068">jealousy</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he shall <sn="6213">make</s><sn="389">even</s> a <sn="926">speedy</s><sn="3617">riddance</s><sn="854">of</s><sn="3605">all</s> them that <sn="3427">dwell</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>