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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on the Whole Earth in the Day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will sweep away everything</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="content">from the face of the earth,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will sweep away both man and beast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">I will sweep away the birds in the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">and the fish in the sea&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">&#8220;When I destroy all mankind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">on the face of the earth,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will stretch out my hand against Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">and against all who live in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">the very names of the idolatrous priests&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">those who bow down on the roofs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">to worship the starry host,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">those who bow down and swear by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">and who also swear by Molek,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Malkam</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">those who turn back from following the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.1.6"><span class="content">and neither seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> nor inquire of him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Be silent before the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">for the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has prepared a sacrifice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">he has consecrated those he has invited.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s sacrifice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">I will punish the officials</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">and the king&#8217;s sons</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">and all those clad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">in foreign clothes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">On that day I will punish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">all who avoid stepping on the threshold,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">See 1 Samuel 5:5.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">who fill the temple of their gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">with violence and deceit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;On that day,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">&#8220;a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">wailing from the New Quarter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">and a loud crash from the hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Wail, you who live in the market district</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Mortar</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="content">all your merchants will be wiped out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="content">all who trade with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> silver will be destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">and punish those who are complacent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">who are like wine left on its dregs,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">who think, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will do nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">either good or bad.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Their wealth will be plundered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">their houses demolished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">Though they build houses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">they will not live in them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">though they plant vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">they will not drink the wine.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The great day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">near and coming quickly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">The cry on the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is bitter;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">That day will be a day of wrath&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of distress and anguish,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of trouble and ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of darkness and gloom,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of clouds and blackness&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">a day of trumpet and battle cry</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="content">against the fortified cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="content">and against the corner towers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will bring such distress on all people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">that they will grope about like those who are blind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">because they have sinned against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">Their blood will be poured out like dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">and their entrails like dung.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Neither their silver nor their gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">will be able to save them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">on the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">In the fire of his jealousy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">the whole earth will be consumed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">for he will make a sudden end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">of all who live on the earth.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkZEP">
      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="ZEP.2">
         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the Nations</span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Judah Summoned to Repent</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Gather together, gather yourselves together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="content">you shameful nation,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">before the decree takes effect</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">and that day passes like windblown chaff,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s fierce anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">comes upon you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">before the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">comes upon you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you humble of the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">you who do what he commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">Seek righteousness, seek humility;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">perhaps you will be sheltered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">on the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Philistia</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Gaza will be abandoned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ashkelon left in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">At midday Ashdod will be emptied</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ekron uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Woe to you who live by the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">you Kerethite people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">Canaan, land of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">He says, &#8220;I will destroy you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">and none will be left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The land by the sea will become pastures</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">having wells for shepherds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">and pens for flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That land will belong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">to the remnant of the people of Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">there they will find pasture.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">In the evening they will lie down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">in the houses of Ashkelon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God will care for them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">he will restore their fortunes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will bring back their captives</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Moab and Ammon</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have heard the insults of Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and the taunts of the Ammonites,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">who insulted my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and made threats against their land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore, as surely as I live,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">&#8220;surely Moab will become like Sodom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the Ammonites like Gomorrah&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a place of weeds and salt pits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a wasteland forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">The remnant of my people will plunder them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is what they will get in return for their pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">for insulting and mocking</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be awesome to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">when he destroys all the gods of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">Distant nations will bow down to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">all of them in their own lands.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Cush</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;You Cushites,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, people from the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> too,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="content">will be slain by my sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Assyria</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He will stretch out his hand against the north</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and destroy Assyria,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">leaving Nineveh utterly desolate</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and dry as the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Flocks and herds will lie down there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">creatures of every kind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">The desert owl and the screech owl</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">will roost on her columns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">Their hooting will echo through the windows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">rubble will fill the doorways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">the beams of cedar will be exposed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is the city of revelry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">that lived in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">She said to herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the one! And there is none besides me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">What a ruin she has become,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">a lair for wild beasts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">All who pass by her scoff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">and shake their fists.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Jerusalem</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to the city of oppressors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="content">rebellious and defiled!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She obeys no one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">she accepts no correction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">She does not trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">she does not draw near to her God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Her officials within her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">are roaring lions;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">her rulers are evening wolves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">who leave nothing for the morning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Her prophets are unprincipled;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">they are treacherous people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">Her priests profane the sanctuary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">and do violence to the law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> within her is righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">he does no wrong.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">Morning by morning he dispenses his justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">and every new day he does not fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">yet the unrighteous know no shame.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Jerusalem Remains Unrepentant</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have destroyed nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">their strongholds are demolished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">I have left their streets deserted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">with no one passing through.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">Their cities are laid waste;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">they are deserted and empty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Of Jerusalem I thought,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Surely you will fear me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">and accept correction!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">Then her place of refuge</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">her sanctuary</span></span></span><span class="content"> would not be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">nor all my punishments come upon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">all those I appointed over</span></span></span><span class="content"> her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">But they were still eager</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">to act corruptly in all they did.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore wait for me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">&#8220;for the day I will stand up to testify.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">will rise up to plunder</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">I have decided to assemble the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">to gather the kingdoms</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">and to pour out my wrath on them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">all my fierce anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">The whole world will be consumed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">by the fire of my jealous anger.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Restoration of Israel&#8217;s Remnant</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then I will purify the lips of the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="content">that all of them may call on the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="content">and serve him shoulder to shoulder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">From beyond the rivers of Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="content">my worshipers, my scattered people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="content">will bring me offerings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">for all the wrongs you have done to me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">because I will remove from you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">your arrogant boasters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">Never again will you be haughty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">on my holy hill.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But I will leave within you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">the meek and humble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">The remnant of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">will trust in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They will do no wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">they will tell no lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">A deceitful tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">will not be found in their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">They will eat and lie down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">and no one will make them afraid.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Sing, Daughter Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">shout aloud, Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">Daughter Jerusalem!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has taken away your punishment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">he has turned back your enemy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the King of Israel, is with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">never again will you fear any harm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">On that day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">they will say to Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not fear, Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">do not let your hands hang limp.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">the Mighty Warrior who saves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">He will take great delight in you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">in his love he will no longer rebuke you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">but will rejoice over you with singing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will remove from you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="content">all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="content">which is a burden and reproach for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">At that time I will deal</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">with all who oppressed you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">I will rescue the lame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">I will gather the exiles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">I will give them praise and honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">in every land where they have suffered shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">At that time I will gather you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">at that time I will bring you home.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">I will give you honor and praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">among all the peoples of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">when I restore your fortunes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">I bring back your captives</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">before your very eyes,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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