The word of the LORDwhichcameuntoZephaniah 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 willconsume man and beast; I willconsume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblockswith the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
I willalsostretch out minehanduponJudah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baalfromthisplace, and the name of the Chemarimswith the priests;
And it shallcome to pass in the day of the LORD’Ssacrifice, that I willpunish the princes, and the king’schildren, and all such as are clothedwithstrangeapparel.
And it shallcome to pass in that day, saith the LORD, thatthereshall be the noise of a cry from the fishgate, and an howlingfrom the second, and a greatcrashingfrom the hills.
And it shallcome to pass at thattime, that I willsearchJerusalemwithcandles, and punish the men that are settled on theirlees: that say in theirheart, The LORDwill not do good, neitherwill he do evil.
Thereforetheirgoodsshallbecome a booty, and theirhouses a desolation: theyshallalsobuildhouses, but not inhabitthem; and theyshallplantvineyards, but not drink the winethereof.
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 thickdarkness,
And I willbringdistressupon men, thattheyshallwalklikeblind men, becausetheyhavesinnedagainst the LORD: and theirbloodshall be poured out as dust, and theirflesh as the dung.
Neithertheirsilver nor theirgoldshall be able to deliverthem in the day of the LORD’Swrath; but the wholelandshall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shallmakeeven a speedyriddance of all themthatdwell in the land.