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.
			2	I will utterly# consume# all things from off the land# , saith# the LORD. [I will...; Heb. By taking away I will make an end] [the land: Heb. the face of the land]
			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. [stumblingblocks: or, idols]
			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;
			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; [by the...: or, to the LORD]
			6	And them that are turned back# from the LORD; and those that have not sought# the LORD, nor enquired# for him.
			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# . [bid: Heb. sanctified, or, prepared]
			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. [punish: Heb. visit upon]
			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.
			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.
			11	Howl# , ye inhabitants# of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down# ; all they that bear silver are cut off# .
			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# . [settled: Heb. curded, or, thickened]
			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.
			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.
			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,
			16	A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced# cities, and against the high towers.
			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.
			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.