The Book of Zephaniah! verse by verse...

[kerrylee]

Zephaniah1:1
GOD's Message to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. It came during the reign of Josiah son of Amon, who was king of Judah:

 

[worldwatcher]

Zephaniah 1:2
I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

 

[doc329]

Zephaniah 1:3 (KJV) 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 LORD.

 

[barb754]

Zephaniah 1:4 (KJV)
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;

 

[kerrylee]

Zephaniah 1:5
I'll get rid of the people who sneak up to their rooftops at night to worship the star gods and goddesses; Also those who continue to worship GOD but cover their bases by worshiping other king-gods as well;

 

[doc329]

Zephaniah 1:6 (KJV)
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

 

[worldwatcher]

Zephaniah 1:7
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

 

[Glenda]

Zep 1:8 And it shall be in the day of the sacrifice of Jehovah, I will punish the rulers and the king's sons, and all those clothed in foreign clothing.

 

[doc329]

Zephaniah 1:9 (KJV) In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

 

[worldwatcher]

Zephaniah 1:10
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, 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.

 

[doc329]

Zephaniah 1:11 (KJV) Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

 

[bgoddenia]

Zechariah 1:12 Then the angel of the LORD said, "LORD Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?"

 

[JPPT1974]

Zephaniah 1:13:Therefore their good 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.

 

[bgoddenia]

Zechariah 1:13 So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.

 

[doc329]

Zechariah 1:14 (KJV) So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

 

[Glenda]

Zep 1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and pressure, a day of waste and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

 

[doc329]

Zephaniah 1:16 (KJV) A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

 

[barb754]

Zephaniah 1:17 (KJV) And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

 

[doc329]

Zephaniah 1:18 (KJV) Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

 

[Glenda]

Zep 2:1 Gather yourselves, even gather, O nation not being longed for;