Zephaniah:1

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* THE WORD of the LORD which 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 consume all things from off the face of the earth , saith the LORD . * 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 face of the earth , saith the LORD . * And I will stretch out My 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 idolatrous priests with the priests ; * And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops ; and them that worship , that swear to the LORD and swear by Malcam ; * Them also that are turned back from following the LORD ; and those that have not sought the LORD , nor inquired after Him . * 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 consecrated His guests . * And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD 'S sacrifice , that I will punish the princes , and the king 's sons , and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel . * In the same day also will I punish all those that leap over the threshold , that fill their master 's house with violence and deceit . * And in that day , saith the LORD , Hark ! a cry from the fish gate , and a wailing from the second quarter , and a great crashing from the hills . * Wail , ye inhabitants of Maktesh , for all the merchant people are undone ; all they that were laden with silver are cut off . * And it shall come to pass at that time , that I will search Jerusalem with lamps ; and I will 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 .' * Therefore their wealth shall become a booty , and their houses a desolation ; yea , they shall build houses , but shall not inhabit them , and they shall plant vineyards , but shall not drink the wine thereof . * The great day of the LORD is near , it is near and hasteth greatly , even the voice of the day of the LORD , wherein the mighty man crieth bitterly . * 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 , * A day of the horn and alarm , against the fortified cities , and against the high towers . * And I will bring distress upon men , that they shall walk like the blind , because they have sinned against the LORD ; and their blood shall be poured out as dust , and their flesh as dung . * Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD 'S wrath ; but the whole earth shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy ; for He will make and end , yea , a terrible end , of all them that dwell in the earth .

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