Zephaniah
1:1-18
The WORD of The LORD (GOD Almighty)
which came to Zephaniah, The Son of Cushi, The Son of Gedaliah, The Son of
Amariah, The Son of Hezekiah, in The Days of Josiah, The Son of Amon, King of
Judah.
“I (GOD Almighty) Will UTTERLY
CONSUME EVERYTHING, from The Face of The Land,” SAYS The LORD (GOD Almighty);
“I (GOD Almighty) Will CONSUME Man and Beast; I (GOD Almighty) Will CONSUME The
Birds of The Heavens, The Fish of The Sea, and The Stumbling Blocks, along with
The Wicked (Unbelievers). I (GOD
Almighty) Will CUT OFF Man, from The Face of The Land,” SAYS The LORD (GOD
Almighty). “I (GOD Almighty) Will STRETCH
OUT My (GOD Almighty’s) Hand AGAINST Judah, and AGAINST All The Inhabitants of
Jerusalem. I (GOD Almighty) Will CUT OFF
Every Trace of Baal from THIS Place, The Names of The Idolatrous Priests with The
Pagan Priests, Those (Unbelievers)
who Worship The Host of Heaven on the housetops; Those (Unbelievers) who
Worship and Swear Oaths by The
LORD (GOD Almighty) BUT who ALSO
Swear by Milcom; Those (Unbelievers) who have TURNED BACK from Following The LORD (GOD Almighty), and
have NOT Sought The LORD (GOD Almighty), NOR Inquired of Him (GOD Almighty).”
Be SILENT in The Presence of The
LORD, GOD (GOD Almighty); for The Day of The LORD (GOD Almighty) IS AT HAND, for The LORD (GOD
Almighty) has PREPARED a Sacrifice; He (GOD Almighty) has INVITED His (GOD
Almighty’s) Guests (Believers). “And it
shall be, in The Day of The LORD’s (GOD Almighty’s) Sacrifice, that I (GOD
Almighty) Will PUNISH The Princes (Unbelievers) and The King’s Children
(Unbelievers), and All (Unbelievers) such as are clothed with foreign apparel. In The SAME DAY, I (GOD Almighty) Will PUNISH
All Those (Unbelievers) who Leap Over The Threshold, who fill Their (Unbelievers)
Masters’ Houses with Violence and Deceit.
“And there shall be on THAT DAY,” SAYS The LORD (GOD Almighty), “The
Sound of a Mournful Cry from The Fish Gate, a Wailing from The Second Quarter,
and a Loud Crashing from The Hills. Wail,
YOU (Unbelievers) Inhabitants of Maktesh!
For All The Merchant People (Unbelievers) are CUT DOWN; All those (Unbelievers)
who handle money are CUT OFF. “And it
shall Come To Pass at THAT TIME, that
I (GOD Almighty) Will SEARCH Jerusalem with Lamps, and PUNISH The Men
(Unbelievers), who are SETTLED in Complacency, who say in Their Heart, ‘The
LORD (GOD Almighty) will NOT Do Good, NOR Will He (GOD Almighty) do evil.’ Therefore Their (Unbelievers) Goods shall
become booty, and Their (Unbelievers) Houses a Desolation; They (Unbelievers) shall
build houses, but NOT inhabit them;
They (Unbelievers) shall plant vineyards, but NOT drink their wine.”
The Great Day of The LORD (GOD
Almighty) is NEAR; It (The Great Day of The LORD GOD Almighty)
is NEAR and HASTENS QUICKLY. The NOISE
of The Day of The LORD (GOD Almighty) is BITTER; there The Mighty Men
(Unbelievers) shall CRY OUT. THAT DAY is a Day of WRATH, a Day of TROUBLE
and DISTRESS, a Day of DEVASTATION and DESOLATION, a Day of DARKNESS and GLOOMINESS,
a Day of Clouds and Thick Darkness, a Day of TRUMPET and ALARM, AGAINST The
Fortified Cities and AGAINST The High Towers.
“I (GOD Almighty) Will Bring DISTRESS upon Men (Unbelievers), and They (Unbelievers)
shall walk like Blind Men (Unbelievers), because They (Unbelievers) have sinned
AGAINST The LORD (GOD Almighty); Their (Unbelievers) Blood shall be POURED OUT
like dust, and Their (Unbelievers) Flesh like REFUSE.” Neither Their (Unbelievers) silver NOR Their (Unbelievers)
gold shall be able to DELIVER Them (Unbelievers) in The Day of The LORD’s (GOD
Almighty’s) WRATH; but The Whole Land shall be DEVOURED by The FIRE of His (GOD
Almighty’s) Jealousy, for He (GOD Almighty) will MAKE Speedy Riddance of All Those
(Unbelievers) who DWELL in The Land.
Zephaniah 2:1-15
Gather Yourselves (Believers) Together, yes, Gather Together, O Undesirable Nation, BEFORE The Decree is ISSUED, OR The Day PASSES like chaff, BEFORE The LORD’s FIERCE ANGER Comes Upon YOU (Believers), BEFORE The Day of The LORD’s (GOD Almighty’s) ANGER Comes Upon YOU
(Believers)! SEEK
The LORD (GOD Almighty), All YOU (Believers) Meek of The Earth, Who have UPHELD His (GOD Almighty’s) Justice. SEEK Righteousness, SEEK Humility. It may be that YOU
(Believers) Will BE HIDDEN in The Day of The LORD’s
(GOD Almighty’s) ANGER.
For Gaza shall be FORSAKEN, and Ashkelon DESOLATE; They shall DRIVE OUT Ashdod, at Noonday, and
Ekron shall be UPROOTED. WOE to The Inhabitants of The Seacoast, The
Nation of The Cherethites! The WORD of The LORD (GOD Almighty) is AGAINST YOU (Unbelievers), O Canaan,
Land of The Philistines: “I (GOD Almighty) Will DESTROY
YOU (Unbelievers); so there shall be NO Inhabitant.” The Seacoast shall be
pastures, with shelters for shepherds and folds for flocks. The Coast shall be for The
Remnant (Believers) of The House of Judah; They (Believers)
shall feed Their (Believers) Flocks
there; in The Houses of Ashkelon, They (Believers) shall
lie down at evening. For The LORD, Their (Believers) GOD (GOD Almighty) Will INTERVENE
for Them (Believers), and RETURN Their (Believers) Captives.
“I (GOD Almighty) have HEARD the reproach of Moab, and the insults of The People of
Ammon, with which They have reproached My (GOD
Almighty’s) People (Believers), and made arrogant
threats AGAINST Their (GOD Almighty’s People’s) Borders. Therefore, as I (GOD
Almighty) LIVE,” SAYS The LORD of Hosts, The GOD (GOD
Almighty) of Israel, “Surely Moab shall be like Sodom,
and The People of Ammon like Gomorrah, OVERRUN with weeds and saltpits, and a Perpetual
DESOLATION. The
Residue (Believers) of My (GOD Almighty’s) People shall PLUNDER Them, and The Remnant (Believers) of My (GOD Almighty’s) People shall POSSESS
Them.” This They
(Unbelievers) shall have for Their (Unbelievers) Pride, because They (Unbelievers) have reproached and made arrogant threats
AGAINST The People (Believers) of The LORD (GOD Almighty) of Hosts. The LORD (GOD Almighty) will be AWESOME to Them (Unbelievers),
for He (GOD Almighty) Will REDUCE TO NOTHING All the gods of
The Earth; People
(Believers) shall WORSHIP Him (GOD Almighty), Each One
(Believers) from His (Believers) Place, indeed All The
Shores of The Nations.
“YOU (Unbelievers) Ethiopians also, YOU (Unbelievers) shall be SLAIN by
My (GOD Almighty’s) Sword.” And He (GOD Almighty) will STRETCH OUT His (GOD Almighty’s) Hand AGAINST
The North, DESTROY Assyria, and
make Nineveh a DESOLATION, as dry as the wilderness. The herds shall lie down in
Her (Nineveh’s) Midst, every beast of The Nation. Both the pelican and the
bittern shall lodge on The Capitals of Her (Nineveh’s) Pillars; their
voice shall sing in the windows; DESOLATION shall be at The Threshold; for He (GOD Almighty) will LAY BARE the cedar work. This is The Rejoicing City
(Nineveh), that DWELT SECURELY, that said in Her (Nineveh’s) Heart, “I am it, and there is none besides me.” How has She (Nineveh) become
a DESOLATION, a place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by Her
(Nineveh) shall hiss and shake his fist.
Zephaniah 3:1-20
WOE to Her (Unbelievers) who is Rebellious and Polluted, to The Oppressing City! She (Unbelievers) has NOT OBEYED
His (GOD Almighty’s) VOICE,
She (Unbelievers) has NOT RECEIVED CORRECTION; She (Unbelievers) has NOT TRUSTED in The LORD (GOD Almighty),
She (Unbelievers) has NOT DRAWN NEAR to Her (Unbelievers) GOD
(GOD Almighty). Her
Princes (Unbelievers) in Her (Unbelievers) midst, are roaring lions; Her Judges
(Unbelievers) are evening
wolves, that leave NOT a bone till morning. Her Prophets (Unbelievers)
are Insolent, Treacherous People (Unbelievers); Her Priests
(Unbelievers) have POLLUTED The Sanctuary, They (Unbelievers)
have DONE VIOLENCE to The Law. The LORD (GOD Almighty) is
RIGHTEOUS in Her Midst, He (GOD Almighty) will do NO
unrighteousness. Every morning, He (GOD Almighty) BRINGS His (GOD Almighty’s) Justice
to LIGHT; He (GOD Almighty) NEVER FAILS, but The Unjust (Unbelievers) knows NO shame. “I (GOD Almighty) have CUT OFF
Nations, Their (Unbelievers) Fortresses are DEVASTATED;
I (GOD Almighty) have MADE Their (Unbelievers) Streets DESOLATE,
with NONE passing by.
Their (Unbelievers) Cities are DESTROYED; there is NO ONE, NO
inhabitant. I
(GOD Almighty) SAID, ‘Surely YOU (Unbelievers) Will FEAR Me (GOD Almighty),
YOU (Unbelievers) Will RECEIVE INSTRUCTION, so that Her Dwelling would NOT be CUT OFF, despite everything, for which I (GOD
Almighty) PUNISHED Her. But They (Unbelievers) rose early and CORRUPTED All Their (Unbelievers)
Deeds.
“Therefore WAIT for Me (GOD Almighty),” SAYS The LORD
(GOD Almighty), “Until
The Day I (GOD Almighty) RISE UP For PLUNDER; My (GOD
Almighty) DETERMINATION is to Gather
The Nations (Unbelievers) to My (GOD Almighty’s)
Assembly of Kingdoms, to POUR on Them (Unbelievers) My
(GOD Almighty’s) INDIGNATION, All My (GOD Almighty’s)
FIERCE ANGER; All The Earth shall be DEVOURED with The FIRE of My (GOD Almighty’s) Jealousy. “For then, I (GOD Almighty) will
RESTORE to The Peoples (Believers) a PURE LANGUAGE, that
They (Believers) All may Call on The Name of The LORD (GOD Almighty), to SERVE Him (GOD Almighty) with One Accord. From beyond The Rivers of
Ethiopia, My (GOD Almighty’s) Worshipers (Believers),
The Daughter (Believers) of My (GOD Almighty’s) Dispersed Ones
(Believers), shall bring My (GOD Almighty’s) Offering
(Believers). In THAT
DAY, YOU (Believers) shall NOT be shamed for any of Your (Believers) Deeds,
in which YOU (Believers) TRANSGRESS AGAINST Me (GOD Almighty);
for then, I (GOD Almighty) Will TAKE AWAY from Your (Believers)
Midst, Those who REJOICE in Your (Believers) Pride,
and YOU (Believers) shall NO longer be haughty in My (GOD Almighty’s) Holy Mountain. I (GOD Almighty) Will LEAVE
in Your (Believers) Midst a Meek and Humble People
(Believers), and They (Believers) shall TRUST in The
Name of The LORD (GOD Almighty). The Remnant (Believers) of Israel, shall do NO unrighteousness
and speak NO lies, NOR shall a
deceitful tongue be found in Their (Believers) Mouth; for
They (Believers) shall feed Their
(Believers) Flocks and lie down, and NO ONE shall make Them (Believers) afraid.”
Sing, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, O Israel! Be Glad and Rejoice with All Your
Heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! The LORD (Jesus Christ) has TAKEN
AWAY Your (Believers) Judgments, He (Jesus Christ) has CAST
OUT Your (Believers) Enemy. The King of Israel (Jesus Christ), The LORD (Jesus Christ), is in Your (Believers) Midst; YOU (Believers) shall see disaster NO more. In THAT DAY, it shall be
said to Jerusalem: “Do NOT fear; Zion, let NOT Your (Believers) Hands be weak. The LORD (Jesus Christ), Your
(Believers) GOD (GOD Almighty) in Your (Believers) Midst, The Mighty One (Jesus Christ), Will SAVE; He
(Jesus Christ) Will REJOICE Over YOU (Believers) with Gladness, He (Jesus Christ) Will QUIET YOU
(Believers) with His (Jesus Christ’s) LOVE, He (Jesus
Christ) Will REJOICE Over YOU (Believers) with Singing.” “I (GOD Almighty) Will GATHER,
Those (Believers) who SORROW Over The Appointed Assembly, Who are AMONG YOU (Believers), to Whom its REPROACH is a burden. Behold, at THAT TIME,
I (GOD Almighty) Will DEAL with All who AFFLICT YOU
(Believers); I (GOD Almighty) Will SAVE The Lame
(Believers), and GATHER Those (Believers) Who were DRIVEN
OUT; I (GOD Almighty) Will APPOINT Them (Believers) for
Praise and Fame in EVERY LAND, where They (Believers0 were
put to shame. At
THAT TIME, I (GOD Almighty) Will BRING YOU (Believers) BACK, even at The Time, I (GOD Almighty) GATHER YOU (Believers); for I (GOD Almighty) Will GIVE YOU (Believers) Fame and Praise,
AMONG All The Peoples of The Earth, when
I (GOD Almighty) RETURN Your Captives BEFORE Your Eyes,” SAYS The LORD (GOD Almighty).
Fellow Believers may These Words (below), Zephaniah
Shared, Give YOU (Believers) Hope.
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