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Zephaniah 1:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD. "

Zephaniah 1:2

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1 The LORD’s word 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.

2 I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.

3 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 the LORD.

4 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,

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Zephaniah 1:1

"The LORD’s word 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."

Zephaniah 1:3

"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 the LORD."

Zephaniah 1:4

"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,"

Zephaniah 1:5

"those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malcam,"

Zephaniah 1:6

"those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor inquired after him."

Zephaniah 1:7

"Be 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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