Nevi'im
Tsefanyah1
Zephaniah · Chapter 1
The word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
I will utterly consume all
things from off the land, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the shamayim, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
and the name of the Chemarims with the kohanim;
And them that worship the host of shamayim upon the housetops; and them that worship
and that swear by 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and that swear by Malcham;
And them that are turned back from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and
those that have not sought 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), nor enquired for him.
Hold thy peace at the presence of the master 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): for the day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is at hand: for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
And it shall come to pass in the day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
And it shall come to pass at that time,
that I will search Yerushalayim with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit
them;
and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
The great day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is near,
it is near, and hasteth greatly,
even the voice of the day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
That day
is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Nevi'im
Tsefanyah2
Zephaniah · Chapter 2
Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
Before the decree bring forth,
before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) come upon you, before the day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S anger come upon you.
Seek ye 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S anger.
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
And the sea coast shall be dwellings
and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) their Elohim shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified
themselves
against their border.
Therefore
as I live, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah,
even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified
themselves against the people of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and
men shall worship him, every one from his place,
even all the isles of the heathen.
Ye Ethiopians also, ye
shall be slain by my sword.
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation,
and dry like a wilderness.
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it;
their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation
shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
This
is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I
am, and
there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss,
and wag his hand.
Nevi'im
Tsefanyah3
Zephaniah · Chapter 3
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); she drew not near to her Elohim.
Her princes within her
are roaring lions; her judges
are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Her nevi'im
are light
and treacherous persons: her kohanim have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the torah.
The just 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early,
and corrupted all their doings.
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination
is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation,
even
all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), to serve him with one consent.
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants,
even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
The remnant of Yisra'el shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make
them afraid.
Sing, O daughter of Tsiyon; shout, O Yisra'el; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Yerushalayim.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Yisra'el,
even 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
In that day it shall be said to Yerushalayim, Fear thou not:
and to
Tsiyon, Let not thine hands be slack.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim in the midst of thee
is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
I will gather
them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly,
who are of thee,
to whom the reproach of it
was
a burden.
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
At that time will I bring you
again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).