1 | The word of Yahweh which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah. | Ezk 1:3 Hos 1:1 2Ti 3:16 2Pe 1:19 |
2 | I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the earth, says Yahweh. | 2Ki 22:16 2Ki 22:17 2Ch 36:21 Isa 6:11 Jer 6:8 Jer 6:9 Jer 24:8-10 Jer 34:22 Jer 36:29 Ezk 33:27-29 Mic 7:13 |
3 | I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh. | Jer 4:23-29 Jer 12:4 Hos 4:3 |
4 | I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests, | Ex 15:12 2Ki 21:13 Isa 14:26 Isa 14:27 |
5 | those who worship the host of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam, | 2Ki 23:12 Jer 19:13 Jer 32:29 |
6 | those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven`t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him. | 1Sa 15:11 Ps 36:3 Ps 125:5 Isa 1:4 Jer 2:13 Jer 2:17 Jer 3:10 Jer 15:6 Ezk 3:20 Hos 4:15 Hos 4:16 Hos 11:7 Heb 10:38 Heb 10:39 2Pe 2:18-22 |
7 | Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests. | 1Sa 2:9 1Sa 2:10 Jb 40:4 Jb 40:5 Ps 46:10 Ps 76:8 Ps 76:9 Isa 6:5 Am 6:10 Hab 2:20 Zc 2:13 Ro 3:19 Ro 9:20 |
8 | It will happen in the day of Yahweh`s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king`s sons, and all those who as are clothed with foreign clothing. | Isa 10:12 Isa 24:21 |
9 | In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master`s house with violence and deceit. | 1Sa 5:5 |
10 | In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills. | Zep 1:7 Zep 1:15 Jer 39:2 |
11 | Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were laden with silver are cut off. | Jer 4:8 Jer 25:34 Ezk 21:12 Jl 1:5 Jl 1:13 Zc 11:2 Zc 11:3 Jm 5:1 |
12 | It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil." | Jer 16:16 Jer 16:17 Am 9:1-3 Ob 1:6 |
13 | Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won`t inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won`t drink their wine. | Zep 1:9 Isa 6:11 Isa 24:1-3 Jer 4:7 Jer 4:20 Jer 5:17 Jer 9:11 Jer 9:19 Jer 12:10-13 Ezk 7:19 Ezk 7:21 Ezk 22:31 Mic 3:12 |
14 | The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly. | Zep 1:7 Jer 30:7 Ezk 30:3 Jl 2:1 Jl 2:11 Jl 2:31 Mal 4:5 Ac 2:20 Rev 6:17 |
15 | That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, | Zep 1:18 Zep 2:2 Isa 22:5 Jer 30:7 Am 5:18-20 Lk 21:22 Lk 21:23 Ro 2:5 2Pe 3:7 Rev 6:17 |
16 | a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements. | Isa 59:10 Jer 4:19 Jer 4:20 Jer 6:1 Jer 8:16 Hos 5:8 Hos 8:1 Am 3:6 Hab 1:6-10 Hab 3:6 |
17 | I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung. | Dt 28:28 Dt 28:29 Ps 79:3 Isa 29:10 Isa 59:9 Isa 59:10 Lam 4:14 Mt 15:14 Jn 9:40 Jn 9:41 Ro 11:7 Ro 11:25 2Co 4:4 2Pe 1:9 1Jn 2:11 Rev 3:17 |
18 | Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh`s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land. | Zep 1:11 Ps 49:6-9 Ps 52:5-7 Pr 11:4 Pr 18:11 Isa 2:20 Isa 2:21 Jer 9:23 Jer 9:24 Ezk 7:19 Mt 16:26 Lk 12:19-21 Lk 16:22 Lk 16:23 |