Zephaniah 1 (NET)

Zephaniah 1:1¹This is the Lord’ s message that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah during the time of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 1:22 Chr 34:1-332 Kgs 22:1-202 Pet 1:19Ezek 1:3Hos 1:1Jer 25:32 Tim 3:16

Zephaniah 1:2²“I will destroy everything from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 22:16-17Mic 7:13Ezek 33:27-29Jer 36:292 Chr 36:21Gen 6:7Isa 6:11Jer 24:8-10Jer 34:22Jer 6:8-9

Zephaniah 1:3³“I will destroy people and animals; I will destroy the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea. (The idolatrous images of these creatures will be destroyed along with evil people.) I will remove humanity from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 4:3Ezek 7:19Ezek 14:13-21Isa 27:9Jer 12:4Matt 23:39Ezek 14:3-7Ezek 15:6-8Hos 14:3Hos 14:8

Zephaniah 1:4⁴“I will attack Judah and all who live in Jerusalem. I will remove from this place every trace of Baal worship, as well as the very memory of the pagan priests.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 10:52 Kgs 23:4-5Mic 5:132 Chr 34:42 Kgs 21:13Isa 14:26-27Jer 6:12Exod 15:12

Zephaniah 1:5⁵I will remove those who worship the stars in the sky from their rooftops, those who swear allegiance to the Lord while taking oaths in the name of their ‘king,’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 17:33Jer 19:131 Kgs 11:331 Kgs 18:212 Kgs 17:412 Kgs 23:121 Kgs 11:5Amos 5:26Deut 10:20Hos 4:15

Zephaniah 1:6⁶and those who turn their backs on the Lord and do not want the Lord ’s help or guidance.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:4Jer 2:13Jer 15:6Jer 2:17Ezek 3:20Heb 10:38-39Hos 11:7Isa 9:13Jer 3:101 Sam 15:11

Zephaniah 1:7⁷Be silent before the Sovereign Lord, for the Lord’ s day of judgment is almost here. The Lord has prepared a sacrificial meal; he has ritually purified his guests.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 2:20Zech 2:13Zeph 1:14Isa 34:6Jer 46:10Isa 13:61 Sam 16:5Amos 5:18-20Isa 2:12Joel 2:31

Zephaniah 1:8⁸“On the day of the Lord ’s sacrificial meal, I will punish the princes and the king’s sons, and all who wear foreign styles of clothing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 24:212 Kgs 25:19-21Isa 3:18-24Isa 39:7Jer 22:11-19Jer 22:24-30Jer 39:6-72 Kgs 23:30-342 Kgs 25:6-72 Kgs 10:22

Zephaniah 1:9⁹On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 5:5Amos 3:101 Sam 2:15-162 Kgs 5:20-27Neh 5:15Prov 29:12Acts 16:19

Zephaniah 1:10¹⁰On that day,” says the Lord, “a loud cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the city’s newer district, and a loud crash from the hills.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 33:142 Kgs 22:14Amos 8:3Jer 4:19-21Neh 3:32 Chr 3:12 Chr 32:222 Sam 5:72 Sam 5:9Isa 22:4-5

Zephaniah 1:11¹¹Wail, you who live in the market district, for all the merchants will disappear and those who count money will be removed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 5:1Ezek 21:12Hos 12:7-8Jer 25:34Hos 9:6Jer 4:8Joel 1:13Joel 1:5John 2:16Neh 3:31-32

Zephaniah 1:12¹²At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps. I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin, those who think to themselves, ‘The Lord neither rewards nor punishes.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 6:1Jer 48:11Ezek 8:12Ezek 9:9Jer 16:16-17Mal 3:14-15Ps 94:7Amos 9:1-3Job 21:152 Pet 3:4

Zephaniah 1:13¹³Their wealth will be stolen and their houses ruined! They will not live in the houses they have built, nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 5:11Mic 6:15Deut 28:30Deut 28:39Ezek 7:21Jer 15:13Jer 9:19Deut 28:51Ezek 22:31Ezek 7:19

Zephaniah 1:14¹⁴The Lord ’s great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the Lord ’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 30:3Mal 4:5Zeph 1:71 Thess 4:16Ezek 7:12Isa 15:4Isa 33:7Joel 2:112 Pet 2:3Acts 2:20

Zephaniah 1:15¹⁵That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Joel 2:2Isa 22:5Rev 6:17Amos 5:18-20Jer 30:72 Pet 3:7Job 3:4-8Joel 2:11Luke 21:22-23Rom 2:5

Zephaniah 1:16¹⁶a day of trumpet blasts and battle cries. Judgment will fall on the fortified cities and the high corner towers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 3:6Hos 8:1Isa 2:12-15Isa 32:14Hos 5:8Isa 59:10Jer 4:19-20Ps 48:12-13Hab 1:6-10Hab 3:6

Zephaniah 1:17¹⁷I will bring distress on the people and they will stumble like blind men, for they have sinned against the Lord. Their blood will be poured out like dirt; their flesh will be scattered like manure.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 83:10Rev 3:172 Pet 1:9Jer 10:18Jer 2:17Matt 15:14Mic 7:131 John 2:11Isa 29:10Jer 4:18

Zephaniah 1:18¹⁸Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord ’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zeph 3:8Ezek 7:19Prov 11:4Zeph 1:2-3Jer 9:11Matt 16:26Zeph 1:11Zeph 1:15Prov 18:11Ezek 16:38