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Zephaniah 1 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:1 - The 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.
(cf. Amo 5:18–20 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:2 - I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3 - I 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:4 - I 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 - And 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:6 - And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:7 - Hold 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:8 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:9 - In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:10 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:11 - Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:13 - Therefore 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 - The 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 - That 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16 - A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:18 - Neither 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.
See the KJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
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Zephaniah Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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