Book of Zephaniah Reading for YHVH and YAHSHUA's LAMBS

Books of the MINOR PROPHETS :: Prophet Identified Announces Judgment - Judah, Nations,

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.

I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of thesea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saiththe LORD.

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 thepriests;

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;

Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for theLORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid 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 children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cryfrom the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punishthe 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 goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall alsobuild houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the winethereof.

The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of theday of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness anddesolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they havesinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as thedung.

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'Swrath; 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.

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The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shallworship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorantand the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows;desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is nonebeside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss , and wag his hand.

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The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring hisjudgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate ; I made their streets waste , that none passeth by : their cities are destroyed , so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant .

I said , Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cutoff , howsoever I punished them: but they rose early , and corrupted all their doings.

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for mydetermination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of myjealousy.

In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressedagainst me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.