1The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.

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Jeremiah 1:2, Jeremiah 1:2, 2 Chronicles 34:1, 2 Chronicles 34:33, 2 Chronicles 34:1

2I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the earth, says the Lord.

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2 Kings 22:16, 2 Kings 22:17, 2 Kings 22:16, 2 Kings 22:17, Micah 7:13

3I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says the Lord.

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Hosea 4:3, Hosea 4:3, Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 7:19, Jeremiah 12:4

4I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,

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Hosea 10:5, Hosea 10:5, 2 Kings 23:4, 2 Kings 23:5, Micah 5:13

5those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the Lord and also swear by Malcam,

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Jeremiah 19:13, 2 Kings 17:33, 1 Kings 11:33, Jeremiah 19:13, 2 Kings 17:33

6those who have turned back from following the Lord, and those who haven't sought the Lord nor inquired after him.

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Jeremiah 2:13, Isaiah 1:4, Jeremiah 2:13, Isaiah 1:4, Jeremiah 15:6

7Be silent at the presence of the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is at hand. For the Lord has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

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Habakkuk 2:20, Habakkuk 2:20, Zechariah 2:13, Zechariah 2:13, Zephaniah 1:14

8It will happen in the day of the Lord's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king's sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.

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Isaiah 24:21, Isaiah 24:21, Isaiah 3:18, Isaiah 3:24, Jeremiah 22:11

9In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

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1 Samuel 5:5, 1 Samuel 5:5, Amos 3:10, Amos 3:10, Nehemiah 5:15

10In that day, says the Lord, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

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2 Chronicles 33:14, 2 Chronicles 33:14, Amos 8:3, 2 Kings 22:14, Amos 8:3

11Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.

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James 5:1, James 5:1, Ezekiel 21:12, Jeremiah 25:34, Hosea 12:7

12It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil."

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Amos 6:1, Amos 6:1, Jeremiah 48:11, Jeremiah 48:11, Ezekiel 8:12

13Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won't inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won't drink their wine.

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Amos 5:11, Amos 5:11, Micah 6:15, Micah 6:15, Deuteronomy 28:30

14The great day of the Lord is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of the Lord. The mighty man cries there bitterly.

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Malachi 4:5, Ezekiel 30:3, Malachi 4:5, Ezekiel 30:3, Zephaniah 1:7

15That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

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Joel 2:2, Joel 2:2, Isaiah 22:5, Isaiah 22:5, Revelation 6:17

16a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

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Isaiah 2:12, Isaiah 2:15, Isaiah 2:12, Isaiah 2:15, Jeremiah 4:19

17I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

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Micah 7:13, Micah 7:13, Psalms 83:10, Revelation 3:17, Psalms 83:10

18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.

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Zephaniah 3:8, Zephaniah 3:8, Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 7:19, Zephaniah 1:2