¹The LORD ’s word that came to Zephaniah, Cushi’s son, Gedaliah’s grandson, Amariah’s great-grandson, and Hezekiah’s great-great-grandson in the days of Judah’s King Josiah, Amon’s son.

Judgment on the world and Judah

²I will wipe out everything from the earth, says the LORD .

⁴I will stretch out my hand against Judah

I will eliminate what’s left of Baal from this place

The day of the LORD

⁷Hush before the LORD God,

⁸On the day of the LORD ’s sacrifice,

⁹I will punish the one leaping on the threshold on that day,

¹⁰On that day—says the LORD —

¹¹The ones who grind the grain will wail;[#1.11 Or keeper of the mortar]

¹²At that time, I will search Jerusalem with lamps;

¹⁴The great day of the LORD is near;

The sound of the day of the LORD is bitter.

¹⁵That day is a day of fury,

¹⁷I will make humanity suffer;

¹⁸Moreover, their silver and their gold won’t be able to deliver them

His jealousy will devour the entire land with fire;