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The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] which came unto Zephaniah[H6846] the son[H1121] of Cushi[H3570], the son[H1121] of Gedaliah[H1436], the son[H1121] of Amariah[H568], the son[H1121] of Hizkiah[H2396], in the days[H3117] of Josiah[H2977] the son[H1121] of Amon[H526], king[H4428] of Judah[H3063].
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I will utterly[H622]consume[H5486] all things from off the land[H6440], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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I will consume[H5486]man[H120] and beast[H929]; I will consume[H5486] the fowls[H5775] of the heaven[H8064], and the fishes[H1709] of the sea[H3220], and the stumblingblocks[H4384] with the wicked[H7563]; and I will cut off[H3772]man[H120] from off[H6440] the land[H127], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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I will also stretch out[H5186] mine hand[H3027] upon Judah[H3063], and upon all the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389]; and I will cut off[H3772] the remnant[H7605] of Baal[H1168] from this place[H4725], and the name[H8034] of the Chemarims[H3649] with the priests[H3548];
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And them that worship[H7812] the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064] upon the housetops[H1406]; and them that worship[H7812] and that swear[H7650] by the LORD[H3068], and that swear[H7650] by Malcham[H4428];
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And them that are turned back[H5472]from[H310] the LORD[H3068]; and those that have not sought[H1245] the LORD[H3068], nor enquired[H1875] for him.
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Hold thy peace[H2013] at the presence[H6440] of the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]: for the day[H3117] of the LORD[H3068] is at hand[H7138]: for the LORD[H3068] hath prepared[H3559] a sacrifice[H2077], he hath bid[H6942] his guests[H7121].
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And it shall come to pass in the day[H3117] of the LORD'S sacrifice[H2077], that I will punish[H6485] the princes[H8269], and the king's children[H1121], and all such as are clothed[H3847] with strange[H5237]apparel[H4403].
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In the same day[H3117] also will I punish[H6485] all those that leap[H1801] on the threshold[H4670], which fill[H4390] their masters[H113]' houses[H1004] with violence[H2555] and deceit[H4820].
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And it shall come to pass in that day[H3117], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that there shall be the noise[H6963] of a cry[H6818] from the fish[H1709]gate[H8179], and an howling[H3215] from the second[H4932], and a great[H1419]crashing[H7667] from the hills[H1389].
11Howl[H3213], ye inhabitants[H3427] of Maktesh[H4389], for all the merchant[H3667]people[H5971] are cut down[H1820]; all they that bear[H5187]silver[H3701] are cut off[H3772].
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And it shall come to pass at that time[H6256], that I will search[H2664]Jerusalem[H3389] with candles[H5216], and punish[H6485] the men[H582] that are settled[H7087] on their lees[H8105]: that say[H559] in their heart[H3824], The LORD[H3068] will not do good[H3190], neither will he do evil[H7489].
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Therefore their goods[H2428] shall become a booty[H4933], and their houses[H1004] a desolation[H8077]: they shall also build[H1129]houses[H1004], but not inhabit[H3427] them; and they shall plant[H5193]vineyards[H3754], but not drink[H8354] the wine[H3196] thereof.
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The great[H1419]day[H3117] of the LORD[H3068] is near[H7138], it is near[H7138], and hasteth[H4118]greatly[H3966], even the voice[H6963] of the day[H3117] of the LORD[H3068]: the mighty man[H1368] shall cry[H6873] there bitterly[H4751].
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That day[H3117] is a day[H3117] of wrath[H5678], a day[H3117] of trouble[H6869] and distress[H4691], a day[H3117] of wasteness[H7722] and desolation[H4875], a day[H3117] of darkness[H2822] and gloominess[H653], a day[H3117] of clouds[H6051] and thick darkness[H6205],
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A day[H3117] of the trumpet[H7782] and alarm[H8643] against the fenced[H1219]cities[H5892], and against the high[H1364]towers[H6438].
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And I will bring distress[H6887] upon men[H120], that they shall walk[H1980] like blind men[H5787], because they have sinned[H2398] against the LORD[H3068]: and their blood[H1818] shall be poured out[H8210] as dust[H6083], and their flesh[H3894] as the dung[H1561].
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Neither their silver[H3701] nor their gold[H2091] shall be able[H3201] to deliver[H5337] them in the day[H3117] of the LORD'S wrath[H5678]; but the whole land[H776] shall be devoured[H398] by the fire[H784] of his jealousy[H7068]: for he shall make[H6213] even a speedy[H926]riddance[H3617] of all them that dwell[H3427] in the land[H776].