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Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither
shall
fruit
be
in the vines; the labour of the
olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and
there
shall be
no herd in the stalls:
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Yet I will rejoice in the L
ORD
, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
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The L
ORD
God
is
my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’
feet,
and he will make me to
walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Zephaniah
CHAPTER 1
The word of the L
ORD
which came unto Zephaniah 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.
2
I will utterly
consume all
things
from off the land, saith the L
ORD
.
3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume
the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I
will cut off man from off the land, saith the L
ORD
.
4
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah,
and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
and
the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
5
And them that worship the host of heaven upon
the housetops; and them that worship
and
that swear by the L
ORD
, and that swear by Malcham;
6
And them that are turned back from the L
ORD
; and
those
that have not sought the L
ORD
, nor enquired
for him.
7
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the L
ORD
is
at hand: for
the L
ORD
hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
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And it shall come to pass in the day of
the L
ORD
’S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are
clothed with strange apparel.
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In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold,
which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
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And it shall come to pass in that day,
saith the L
ORD
,
that there shall be
the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the
second, and a great crashing from the hills.
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Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant
people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
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And it shall come to pass at that time,
that
I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say
in their heart, The L
ORD
will not do good, neither will he do evil.
13
Therefore their goods shall
become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit
them;
and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14
The great day of the L
ORD
is
near,
it is
near, and hasteth greatly,
even
the voice of the day of the L
ORD
: the mighty man shall cry there
bitterly.
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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 thick darkness,
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A day of the trumpet and
alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
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And I will bring distress upon men,
that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the L
ORD
: and their blood
shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
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Neither their silver nor their gold shall
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