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+Book 36 Zephaniah
+001:001 The word of Yahweh 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.
+001:002 I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface
+        of the earth, says Yahweh.
+001:003 I 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 Yahweh.
+001:004 I 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,
+001:005 those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops,
+        those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,
+001:006 those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those
+        who haven't sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.
+001:007 Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day
+        of Yahweh is at hand.  For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice.
+        He has consecrated his guests.
+001:008 It will happen in the day of Yahweh's sacrifice, that I will
+        punish the princes, the king's sons, and all those who are
+        clothed with foreign clothing.
+001:009 In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold,
+        who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
+001:010 In that day, says Yahweh, 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.
+001:011 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan
+        are undone!  All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
+001:012 It 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, "Yahweh will not do good,
+        neither will he do evil."
+001:013 Their 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.
+001:014 The great day of Yahweh is near.  It is near,
+        and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh.
+        The mighty man cries there bitterly.
+001:015 That 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,
+001:016 a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities,
+        and against the high battlements.
+001:017 I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men,
+        because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood
+        will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
+001:018 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver
+        them in the day of Yahweh'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.
+002:001 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation
+        that has no shame,
+002:002 before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff,
+        before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day
+        of Yahweh's anger comes on you.
+002:003 Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept
+        his ordinances.  Seek righteousness.  Seek humility.
+        It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh's anger.
+002:004 For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation.
+        They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will
+        be rooted up.
+002:005 Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation
+        of the Cherethites!  The word of Yahweh is against you,
+        Canaan, the land of the Philistines.  I will destroy you,
+        that there will be no inhabitant.
+002:006 The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds
+        and folds for flocks.
+002:007 The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah.
+        They will find pasture.  In the houses of Ashkelon,
+        they will lie down in the evening, for Yahweh, their God,
+        will visit them, and restore them.
+002:008 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the
+        children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people,
+        and magnified themselves against their border.
+002:009 Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel,
+        surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah,
+        a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation.
+        The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors
+        of my nation will inherit them.
+002:010 This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached
+        and magnified themselves against the people of Yahweh of Armies.
+002:011 Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods
+        of the land.  Men will worship him, everyone from his place,
+        even all the shores of the nations.
+002:012 You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.
+002:013 He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria,
+        and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.
+002:014 Herds will lie down in the midst of her, all the animals
+        of the nations.  Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge
+        in its capitals.  Their calls will echo through the windows.
+        Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare
+        the cedar beams.
+002:015 This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said
+        in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me."
+        How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in!
+        Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.
+003:001 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!
+003:002 She didn't obey the voice.  She didn't receive correction.
+        She didn't trust in Yahweh.  She didn't draw near to her God.
+003:003 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions.
+        Her judges are evening wolves.  They leave nothing until
+        the next day.
+003:004 Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people.
+        Her priests have profaned the sanctuary.  They have done
+        violence to the law.
+003:005 Yahweh, in the midst of her, is righteous.  He will do no wrong.
+        Every morning he brings his justice to light.  He doesn't fail,
+        but the unjust know no shame.
+003:006 I have cut off nations.  Their battlements are desolate.
+        I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by.
+        Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man,
+        so that there is no inhabitant.
+003:007 I said, "Just fear me.  Receive correction, so that her dwelling won't
+        be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her."
+        But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
+003:008 "Therefore wait for me," says Yahweh, "until the day that I rise
+        up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations,
+        that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation,
+        even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured
+        with the fire of my jealousy.
+003:009 For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all
+        call on the name of Yahweh, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
+003:010 From beyond the rivers of Cush, my worshipers, even the daughter
+        of my dispersed people, will bring my offering.
+003:011 In that day you will not be disappointed for all your doings,
+        in which you have transgressed against me; for then I will
+        take away out of the midst of you your proudly exulting ones,
+        and you will no more be haughty in my holy mountain.
+003:012 But I will leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people,
+        and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
+003:013 The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies,
+        neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they
+        will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid."
+003:014 Sing, daughter of Zion!  Shout, Israel!  Be glad and rejoice
+        with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.
+003:015 Yahweh has taken away your judgments.  He has thrown out your enemy.
+        The King of Israel, Yahweh, is in the midst of you.
+        You will not be afraid of evil any more.
+003:016 In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, "Don't be afraid, Zion.
+        Don't let your hands be slack."
+003:017 Yahweh, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save.
+        He will rejoice over you with joy.  He will rest in his love.
+        He will rejoice over you with singing.
+003:018 Those who are sad for the appointed feasts, I will remove from you.
+        They are a burden and a reproach to you.
+003:019 Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you,
+        and I will save those who are lame, and gather those who were
+        driven away.  I will give them praise and honor, whose shame
+        has been in all the earth.
+003:020 At that time will I bring you in, and at that time will I
+        gather you; for I will give you honor and praise among all
+        the peoples of the earth, when I bring back your captivity
+        before your eyes, says Yahweh.
+
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