Zephaniah 1

1 A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezikiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amoz, 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 utterly consume all from off the face of the ground, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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

3 I consume man and beast, I consume fowl of the heavens, and fishes of the sea, And the stumbling-blocks — the wicked, And I have cut off man from the face of the ground, An affirmation of 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 stretched out My hand against Judah, And against all inhabiting Jerusalem, And cut off from this place the remnant of Baal, The name of the idolatrous priests, 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 those bowing themselves On the roofs to the host of the heavens, And those bowing themselves, Swearing to Jehovah, and swearing 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 those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah, nor besought Him.

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

7 Hush! because of the Lord Jehovah, For near [is] a day of Jehovah, For prepared hath Jehovah a sacrifice, He hath sanctified His invited ones.

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 hath come to pass, In the day of the sacrifice of Jehovah, That I have laid a charge on the heads, And on sons of the king, And on all putting on strange clothing.

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 I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters [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 there hath been in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, The noise of a cry from the fish-gate, And of a howling from the Second, And of great destruction 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 the hollow place, For cut off hath been all the merchant people, Cut off have been all bearing silver.

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

12 And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He 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 hath been for a spoil, And their houses for desolation, And they have built houses, and do not inhabit, And they have planted vineyards, And they do not drink their wine.

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 Near [is] the great day of Jehovah, Near, and hasting exceedingly, The noise of the day of Jehovah, Bitterly shriek there doth a mighty one.

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

15 A day of wrath [is] that day, A day of adversity and distress, A day of waste and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of cloud and thick 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 trumpet and shouting against the fenced cities, And against the high corners.

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

17 And I have sent distress to men, And they have walked as the blind, For against Jehovah they have sinned, And poured out is their blood as dust, And their flesh [is] 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 Even their silver, even their gold, Is not able to deliver them in a day of the wrath of Jehovah, And in the fire of His jealousy consumed is the whole land, For only a hastened end doth He make Of all the inhabitants of 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