The word of the Lord that came to Sophonias son of Chousi, son of Godolias, son of Amarias, son of Ezekias, in the days of Josias son of Amon, king of Judah.
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ἐκλείψειἐκλιπέτωπάνταἀπὸπροσώπουτῆςγῆςλέγεικύριος
一切都要從地面上徹底消滅淨盡,主說。
Let everything utterly vanish from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
Let man and beast vanish; let the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea vanish; and I will remove humankind from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
And I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and I will remove from this place the names of Baal and the names of the priests,
Stand in awe before the presence of the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is near; for the Lord has prepared his sacrifice, he has consecrated those he has called.
And it shall be on the day of the Lord's sacrifice that I will punish the rulers, and the house of the king, and all who are clothed in foreign garments.
And it shall be in that day, says the Lord, that there will be the sound of a cry from the gate of those who slaughter, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
Wail, you who dwell in the city that has been cut down, for all the people of Canaan have been made alike; all who were exalted by silver have been utterly destroyed.
And it shall be in that day that I will search out Jerusalem with a lamp, and I will punish the men who despise the things committed to their keeping, those who say in their hearts, 'The Lord will not do good, nor will he do harm.'
And their wealth shall become plunder, and their houses a desolation; and they shall build houses but shall not dwell in them, and they shall plant vineyards but shall not drink their wine.
For the great day of the Lord is near, near and exceedingly swift; the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter and harsh, and it has been appointed mighty.
That day is a day of wrath, a day of affliction and distress, a day of untimely ruin and annihilation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and mist,
And I will press humankind hard, and they shall walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the Lord; and he shall pour out their blood like dust and their flesh like dung.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; and in the fire of his jealousy the whole earth shall be consumed, for he will make a full and swift end of all the inhabitants of the earth.