Zephaniah 1:5-15

5 those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by the LORDand who also swear by Molek,[a]
6 those who turn back from following the LORDand neither seek the LORD nor inquire of him.”
7 Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for the day of the LORD is near. The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.
8 “On the day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the officials and the king’s sons and all those clad in foreign clothes.
9 On that day I will punish all who avoid stepping on the threshold,[b]who fill the temple of their gods with violence and deceit.
10 “On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the New Quarter, and a loud crash from the hills.
11 Wail, you who live in the market district[c] ; all your merchants will be wiped out, all who trade with[d] silver will be destroyed.
12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who are like wine left on its dregs, who think, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
13 Their wealth will be plundered, their houses demolished. Though they build houses, they will not live in them; though they plant vineyards, they will not drink the wine.”
14 The great day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. The cry on the day of the LORD is bitter; the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
15 That day will be a day of wrath— a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness—

Cross References 27

  • 1. S Jeremiah 8:2
  • 2. S Leviticus 18:21; Jeremiah 5:7
  • 3. Isaiah 1:4; Jeremiah 2:13
  • 4. S Isaiah 9:13
  • 5. S Hosea 7:7
  • 6. S Isaiah 41:1; Habakkuk 2:20; Zechariah 2:13
  • 7. ver 14; Isaiah 13:6; S Ezekiel 7:19; S Joel 3:14; S Amos 5:18-20
  • 8. S Leviticus 3:9; Isaiah 34:6; S Jeremiah 46:10
  • 9. Isaiah 24:21
  • 10. Jeremiah 39:6
  • 11. 1 Samuel 5:5
  • 12. S Amos 3:10
  • 13. Isaiah 22:5
  • 14. S 2 Chronicles 33:14
  • 15. S Amos 5:16
  • 16. James 5:1
  • 17. Hosea 9:6
  • 18. Amos 6:1
  • 19. Jeremiah 48:11
  • 20. S 2 Kings 21:16; S Ezekiel 8:12
  • 21. S Job 22:13
  • 22. S 2 Kings 24:13; Jeremiah 15:13
  • 23. Deuteronomy 28:30,39; Lamentations 5:2; S Amos 5:11; Micah 6:15
  • 24. S ver 7; S Joel 1:15
  • 25. S Ezekiel 7:7; S Daniel 7:13
  • 26. S 1 Samuel 2:9
  • 27. S Isaiah 22:5; Joel 2:2; Mark 13:24-25

Footnotes 4

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