Zephaniah 1:12-18

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—
16 a day of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers.
17 “I will bring such distress on all people that they will grope about like those who are blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their entrails like dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the LORD’s wrath.” In the fire of his jealousy the whole earth will be consumed, for he will make a sudden end of all who live on the earth.

Cross References 20

  • 1. Amos 6:1
  • 2. Jeremiah 48:11
  • 3. S 2 Kings 21:16; S Ezekiel 8:12
  • 4. S Job 22:13
  • 5. S 2 Kings 24:13; Jeremiah 15:13
  • 6. Deuteronomy 28:30,39; Lamentations 5:2; S Amos 5:11; Micah 6:15
  • 7. S ver 7; S Joel 1:15
  • 8. S Ezekiel 7:7; S Daniel 7:13
  • 9. S 1 Samuel 2:9
  • 10. S Isaiah 22:5; Joel 2:2; Mark 13:24-25
  • 11. S Jeremiah 4:19
  • 12. S Deuteronomy 28:52; S Isaiah 2:15; S Joel 2:1
  • 13. S Deuteronomy 28:52
  • 14. S Isaiah 59:10
  • 15. Psalms 79:3
  • 16. S Psalms 83:10; Jeremiah 9:22
  • 17. S Job 20:20; S Job 40:11; S Jeremiah 4:4; S Ezekiel 7:19
  • 18. S Deuteronomy 29:20
  • 19. S ver 2-3; Zephaniah 3:8
  • 20. S Genesis 6:7; S Ezekiel 7:11
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