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Text -- Zephaniah 1:6-18 (NET)
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1:6 and those who turn their backs on the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance .”
1:7 Be silent before the Lord God , for the Lord’s day of judgment is almost here . The Lord has prepared a sacrificial meal ; he has ritually purified his guests .
1:8 “On the day of the Lord’s sacrificial meal, I will punish the princes and the king’s sons , and all who wear foreign styles of clothing .
1:9 On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold , who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit .
1:10 On that day ,” says the Lord , “a loud cry will go up from the Fish Gate , wailing from the city’s newer district , and a loud crash from the hills .
1:11 Wail , you who live in the market district , for all the merchants will disappear and those who count money will be removed .
1:12 At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps . I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin , those who think to themselves , ‘The Lord neither rewards nor punishes .’
1:13 Their wealth will be stolen and their houses ruined ! They will not live in the houses they have built , nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted .
1:14 The Lord’s great day of judgment is almost here ; it is approaching very rapidly ! There will be a bitter sound on the Lord’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.
1:15 That day will be a day of God’s anger , a day of distress and hardship , a day of devastation and ruin , a day of darkness and gloom , a day of clouds and dark skies ,
1:16 a day of trumpet blasts and battle cries. Judgment will fall on the fortified cities and the high corner towers .
1:17 I will bring distress on the people and they will stumble like blind men, for they have sinned against the Lord . Their blood will be poured out like dirt ; their flesh will be scattered like manure .
1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath . Indeed , he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Idolatry |
Israel |
War |
ZEPHANIAH, BOOK OF |
Wicked |
Maktesh |
ALARM |
Sacrifices |
JOSIAH |
MAKTESH, THE |
JOEL (2) |
WINE; WINE PRESS |
Dress |
Day |
FISH |
Lees |
JERUSALEM, 2 |
Colors |
Confidence |
Backsliders |
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NET Notes -> Zep 1:6; Zep 1:6; Zep 1:7; Zep 1:7; Zep 1:7; Zep 1:7; Zep 1:7; Zep 1:7; Zep 1:7; Zep 1:8; Zep 1:8; Zep 1:9; Zep 1:9; Zep 1:9; Zep 1:10; Zep 1:10; Zep 1:10; Zep 1:10; Zep 1:11; Zep 1:11; Zep 1:11; Zep 1:11; Zep 1:11; Zep 1:12; Zep 1:12; Zep 1:12; Zep 1:14; Zep 1:14; Zep 1:15; Zep 1:16; Zep 1:16; Zep 1:16; Zep 1:17; Zep 1:17; Zep 1:17; Zep 1:17; Zep 1:18; Zep 1:18; Zep 1:18; Zep 1:18; Zep 1:18
NET Notes: Zep 1:6 Heb “who do not seek the Lord and do not inquire of him.” The present translation assumes the first verb refers to praying for divine help...
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NET Notes: Zep 1:8 The very dress of the royal court, foreign styles of clothing, revealed the degree to which Judah had assimilated foreign customs.
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NET Notes: Zep 1:9 Heb “who fill…with violence and deceit.” The expression “violence and deceit” refers metonymically to the wealth taken b...
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NET Notes: Zep 1:11 Heb “be cut off.” In the Hebrew text of v. 11b the perfect verbal forms emphasize the certainty of the judgment, speaking of it as if it w...
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NET Notes: Zep 1:14 Heb “the sound of the day of the Lord, bitter [is] one crying out there, a warrior.” The present translation does four things: (1) It take...
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NET Notes: Zep 1:15 Heb “a day of wrath.” The word “God’s” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
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NET Notes: Zep 1:16 Heb “against.” The words “judgment will fall” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
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NET Notes: Zep 1:17 The words “will be scattered” are supplied in the translation for clarity based on the parallelism with “will be poured out” i...
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