Zephaniah 1:10-18
New Life Version
10 On that day,” says the Lord, “a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate. A cry of sorrow will be heard from the new part of the city, and a loud noise from the hills. 11 Cry in a loud voice, you people who live in the part of the city where people buy and sell. For all the traders of Canaan will be destroyed. All who weigh out silver will be cut off. 12 At that time I will look through Jerusalem with a light and will punish those who take it easy and do not care what happens. They say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good or bad.’ 13 Their riches will be taken from them and their houses will be laid waste. They will build houses but not live in them. They will plant grape-fields but not drink their wine.”
14 The great day of the Lord is near. It is near and coming soon. Listen! The cry on the day of the Lord! The man of war will cry out with a bitter cry. 15 That day is a day of anger, a day of trouble and suffering, a day when much will be destroyed, a day of darkness, a day of clouds and much darkness. 16 It is a day of the sound of a horn and the cry of battle against the strong cities and the high towers. 17 I will bring trouble to men so that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the Lord. Their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like body waste. 18 Their silver and gold will not be able to save them on the day of the Lord’s anger. All the earth will be destroyed in the fire of His jealousy. For all at once He will make an end of all the people of the earth.
Read full chapter
Zephaniah 1:10-18
New International Version
10 “On that day,(A)”
declares the Lord,
“a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,(B)
wailing(C) from the New Quarter,
and a loud crash from the hills.
11 Wail,(D) you who live in the market district[a];
all your merchants will be wiped out,
all who trade with[b] silver will be destroyed.(E)
12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish those who are complacent,(F)
who are like wine left on its dregs,(G)
who think, ‘The Lord will do nothing,(H)
either good or bad.’(I)
13 Their wealth will be plundered,(J)
their houses demolished.
Though they build houses,
they will not live in them;
though they plant vineyards,
they will not drink the wine.”(K)
14 The great day of the Lord(L) is near(M)—
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(N) and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness(O)—
16 a day of trumpet and battle cry(P)
against the fortified cities
and against the corner towers.(Q)
17 “I will bring such distress(R) on all people
that they will grope about like those who are blind,(S)
because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out(T) like dust
and their entrails like dung.(U)
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”(V)
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:11 Or the Mortar
- Zephaniah 1:11 Or in
Copyright © 1969, 2003 by Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.