Zephaniah 1

1 The word of Jehovah that came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

word LORD which to be to(wards) Zephaniah son: child Cushi son: child Gedaliah son: child Amariah son: child Hezekiah in/on/with day Josiah son: child Amon king Judah

2 I will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah:

to gather to cease all from upon face: surface [the] land: planet utterance LORD

3 I will take away man and beast; I will take away the fowl of the heavens and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked, and I will cut off mankind from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

to cease man and animal to cease bird [the] heaven and fish [the] sea and [the] ruins with [the] wicked and to cut: eliminate [obj] [the] man from upon face: surface [the] land: planet utterance LORD

4 And I will stretch forth my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, the name of the Chemarim with the priests;

and to stretch hand my upon Judah and upon all to dwell Jerusalem and to cut: cut from [the] place [the] this [obj] remnant [the] Baal [obj] name [the] pagan priest with [the] priest

5 and them that bow down to the host of the heavens upon the housetops; and them that bow down to Jehovah, that swear by [him], and swear by Malcham;

and [obj] [the] to bow upon [the] roof to/for army [the] heaven and [obj] [the] to bow [the] to swear to/for LORD and [the] to swear in/on/with Milcom

6 and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him.

and [obj] [the] to turn from after LORD and which not to seek [obj] LORD and not to seek him

7 Be silent at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath hallowed his guests.

to silence from face: before Lord YHWH/God for near day LORD for to establish: prepare LORD sacrifice to consecrate: consecate to call: call to his

8 And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.

and to be in/on/with day sacrifice LORD and to reckon: punish upon [the] ruler and upon son: child [the] king and upon all [the] to clothe garment foreign

9 And in that day will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

and to reckon: punish upon all [the] to leap upon [the] threshold in/on/with day [the] he/she/it [the] to fill house: home lord their violence and deceit

10 And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish-gate, and a howling from the second [quarter], and a great crashing from the hills.

and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it utterance LORD voice cry from gate [the] Fish (Gate) and wailing from [the] Second [Quarter] and breaking great: large from [the] hill

11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are cut down, all they that are laden with silver are cut off.

to wail to dwell [the] Mortar for to cease all people merchant to cut: eliminate all laden silver: money

12 And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.

and to be in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to search [obj] Jerusalem in/on/with lamp and to reckon: punish upon [the] human [the] to congeal upon dreg their [the] to say in/on/with heart their not be good LORD and not be evil

13 And their wealth shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation; and they shall build houses, and not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and not drink the wine thereof.

and to be strength: rich their to/for plunder and house: home their to/for devastation and to build house: home and not to dwell and to plant vineyard and not to drink [obj] wine their

14 The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly. The voice of the day of Jehovah: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

near day LORD [the] great: large near and quick much voice: sound day LORD bitter to cry there mighty man

15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness,

day fury [the] day [the] he/she/it day distress and distress day devastation and desolation day darkness and darkness day cloud and cloud

16 a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fenced cities and against the high battlements.

day trumpet and shout upon [the] city [the] to gather/restrain/fortify and upon [the] corner [the] high

17 And I will bring distress upon men, and they shall walk like blind men; for they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung:

and to constrain to/for man and to go: walk like/as blind for to/for LORD to sin and to pour: pour blood their like/as dust and intestine their like/as dung

18 their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for a full end, yea, a sudden [end], shall he make of all them that dwell in the land.

also silver: money their also gold their not be able to/for to rescue them in/on/with day fury LORD and in/on/with fire jealousy his to eat all [the] land: country/planet for consumption surely to dismay to make with all to dwell [the] land: country/planet