Study Desk

The word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of ^(C1)Josiah son of ^(C2)Amon, king of Judah:

"I will completely ^(C1)remove all things From the face of the ^(F1)earth," declares the LORD.

"I will remove ^(C1)human and animal life; I will remove the ^(C2)birds of the sky And the fish of the sea, And the ^(F1)(C3)ruins along with the wicked; And I will eliminate mankind from the face of the ^(F2)earth," declares the LORD.

"So I will ^(C1)stretch out My hand against Judah And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will ^(C2)eliminate the remnant of Baal from this place, And the names of the ^(C3)idolatrous priests along with the other priests.

-"And those who bow down on the ^(C1)housetops to the heavenly ^(F1)lights, And those who bow down and ^(C2)swear to the LORD, but also swear by ^(F2)(C3)Milcom,

And those who have ^(C1)turned back from following the LORD, And those who have ^(C2)not sought the LORD nor inquired of Him."