Zephaniah 1:1-6

Day of Judgment on Judah

¹The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah:

2“I will completely remove all things

From the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

3“I will remove human and animal life;

I will remove the birds of the sky

And the fish of the sea,

And the ruins along with the wicked;

And I will eliminate mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

4“So I will stretch out My hand against Judah

And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And I will eliminate the remnant of Baal from this place,

And the names of the idolatrous priests along with the other priests.

5“And those who bow down on the housetops to the heavenly lights,

And those who bow down and swear to the Lord, but also swear by Milcom,

6And those who have turned back from following the Lord,

And those who have not sought the Lord nor inquired of Him.”