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Zephaniah

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem for Corruption

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4 And I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal, the name of the kemarim with the priests. 5 and those who bow down on the roofs to the host of heaven, and those who bow down and swear by the LORD and swear by their king. 6 and those who turn back from following the LORD, and those who did not seek the LORD or inquire of him. 7 Be silent before my Lord the LORD, for the day of the LORD is near. The LORD has prepared a sacrifice and consecrated his invitees. 8 And it will be on the day of the LORD's sacrifice that I will visit upon the officials and upon the king's sons and upon all who clothe themselves in foreign clothing. 9 And I will attend to everyone who leaps over the threshold on that day, those who fill the house of their lords with violence and deceit. 10 And on that day, says the LORD, there will be a cry of distress from the Gate of the Fishes, wailing from the Mishneh, and a great crash from the hills. 11 Howl, inhabitants of the Mortar, for all the people of Canaan are silenced; all the takers of silver are cut off. 12 And it will be at that time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will visit upon the men who have congealed on their lees, who say in their hearts, "The LORD will not do good and will not do evil." 13 And their might shall become plunder, and their houses desolation. And they shall build houses and not dwell in them, and they shall plant vineyards and not drink their wine.