Sofonias 1

1 The word of the

2 I will utterly consume all

3 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

4 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,

5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship

6 And them that are turned back from the

7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord

8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the

9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the

11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

12 And it shall come to pass at that time,

13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit

14 The great day of the

15 That day

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the

18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the