Zep 1:4-13 | ESV | STEP | I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests ,

Zephaniah 1:4-13

4 “I will stretch out my hand against Judah
and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
^aand I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal
and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,
5 ^bthose who bow down on the roofs
to the host of the heavens,
^cthose who bow down and swear to the Lord
and yet swear by ^dMilcom,
6 ^ethose who have turned back from following the Lord,
^fwho do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

The Day of the Lord Is Near

7 ^gBe silent before the Lord God!
For ^hthe day of the Lord is near;
ⁱthe Lord has prepared a sacrifice
and ^jconsecrated his guests.
8 And on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice—
^k“I will punish the officials and the king’s sons
and ^lall who array themselves in foreign attire.
9 On that day I will punish
everyone ^mwho leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master’s ^{▼▼Or their Lord’s} house
with violence and fraud.
10 “On that day,” declares the Lord,
“a cry will be heard from ^othe Fish Gate,
^pa wail from ^qthe Second Quarter,
a loud crash from the hills.
11 ^rWail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!
For all the traders ^{▼▼Or all the people of Canaan} are no more;
all who weigh out silver are cut off.
12 At that time ^tI will search Jerusalem with lamps,
and I will punish the men
^uwho are complacent, ^{▼▼Hebrew are thickening on the dregs [of their wine]}
^wthose who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do ill.’
13 Their goods shall be ^xplundered,
and their houses laid waste.
^yThough they build houses,
they shall not inhabit them;
^zthough they plant vineyards,
they shall not drink wine from them.”