Zephaniah 1

1This is the word of Yahweh that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah. 2“I will utterly destroy everything from off the surface of the earth—this is Yahweh's declaration. 3I will destroy man and beast; I will destroy the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, 4I will reach out with my hand over Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 5the people who on the housetops worship the heavenly bodies, The Hebrew text has by their king , but some modern versions read by Milcom , the name of a pagan god that many people worshiped. 6I will also cut off those who have turned away from following Yahweh, those who neither seek Yahweh nor ask for his guidance.” 7Be silent before the Lord Yahweh! For the day of Yahweh is near; 8“It will come about on the day of Yahweh's sacrifice, 9On that day I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, 10So it will be on that day—this is Yahweh's declaration— 11Wail, inhabitants of the Market District, 12It will come about at that time that 13Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses will be an abandoned devastation! 14The great day of Yahweh is near, near and hurrying quickly! 15That day will be a day of fury, a day of distress and anguish, 16It will be a day of trumpets and alarms 17For I will bring distress upon mankind, so that they will walk about like blind men