Zephaniah:1

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* The word of Jehovah that came unto 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 . * I will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground , saith Jehovah : * I will take away man and beast ; I will take away the fowl of the heavens and the fishes of the sea , and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked , and I will cut off mankind from off the face of the ground , saith Jehovah . * And I will stretch forth my hand upon Judah , and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place , the name of the Chemarim with the priests ; * and them that bow down to the host of the heavens upon the housetops ; and them that bow down to Jehovah , that swear by [him ], and swear by Malcham ; * and them that turn back from after Jehovah , and that do not seek Jehovah , nor inquire for him . * Be silent at the presence of the Lord Jehovah ; for the day of Jehovah is at hand ; for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice , he hath hallowed his guests . * And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah 's sacrifice , that I will punish the princes , and the king 's sons , and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel . * And in that day will I punish all those that leap over the threshold , who fill their master 's house with violence and deceit . * And in that day , saith Jehovah , there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish-gate , and a howling from the second [quarter ], and a great crashing from the hills . * Howl , ye inhabitants of Maktesh ; for all the people of Canaan are cut down , all they that are laden with silver are cut off . * And it shall come to pass at that time , [that ] I will search Jerusalem with lamps , and punish the men that are settled on their lees , that say in their heart , Jehovah will not do good , neither will he do evil . * And their wealth shall become a booty , and their houses a desolation ; and they shall build houses , and not inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards , and not drink the wine thereof . * The great day of Jehovah is near , it is near , and hasteth greatly . The voice of the day of Jehovah : the mighty man shall cry there bitterly . * That day is a day of wrath , a day of trouble and distress , a day of ruin and desolation , a day of darkness and gloom , a day of clouds and gross darkness , * a day of the trumpet and alarm , against the fenced cities and against the high battlements . * And I will bring distress upon men , and they shall walk like blind men ; for they have sinned against Jehovah ; and their blood shall be poured out as dust , and their flesh as dung : * their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them , in the day of Jehovah 's wrath ; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy : for a full end , yea , a sudden [end ], shall he make of all them that dwell in the land .

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