Zephaniah · Berean Standard Bible
Zephaniah 1 Berean Standard Bible
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1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:
1 PALABRA de Jehová que fué á Sofonías hijo de Cushi, hijo de Gedalías, hijo de Amarías, hijo de Ezechîas, en días de Josías hijo de Amón, rey de Judá.
1 Yahweh’s word which came to 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.
2 “I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
2 Destruiré del todo todas las cosas de sobre la haz de la tierra, dice Jehová.
2 I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
3 “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
3 Destruiré los hombres y las bestias; destruiré las aves del cielo, y los peces de la mar, y las piedras de tropiezo con los impíos; y talaré los hombres de sobre la haz de la tierra, dice Jehová.
3 I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
4 “I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—
4 Y extenderé mi mano sobre Judá, y sobre todos los moradores de Jerusalem, y exterminaré de este lugar el remanente de Baal, y el nombre de los Chemarim con los sacerdotes;
4 I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place—the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
5 those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
5 Y á los que se inclinan sobre los terrados al ejército del cielo; y á los que se inclinan jurando por Jehová y jurando por su rey;
5 those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,
6 and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
6 Y á los que tornan atrás de en pos de Jehová; y á los que no buscaron á Jehová, ni preguntaron por él.
6 those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.
7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
7 Calla en la presencia del Señor Jehová, porque el día de Jehová está cercano; porque Jehová ha aparejado sacrificio, prevenido ha sus convidados.
7 Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
8 “On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel.
8 Y será que en el día del sacrificio de Jehová, haré visitación sobre los príncipes, y sobre los hijos del rey, y sobre todos los que visten vestido extranjero.
8 It will happen in the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
9 On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
9 Asimismo haré visitación en aquel día sobre todos los que saltan la puerta, los que hinchen de robo y de engaño las casas de sus señores.
9 In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
10 On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
10 Y habrá en aquel día, dice Jehová, voz de clamor desde la puerta del pescado, y aullido desde la segunda, y grande quebrantamiento desde los collados.
10 In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
11 Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.
11 Aullad, moradores de Mactes, porque todo el pueblo mercader es destruído; talados son todos los que traían dinero.
11 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
12 And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
12 Y será en aquel tiempo, que yo escudriñaré á Jerusalem con candiles, y haré visitación sobre los hombres que están sentados sobre sus heces, los cuales dicen en su corazón: Jehová ni hará bien ni mal.
12 It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.”
13 Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
13 Será por tanto saqueada su hacienda, y sus casas asoladas: y edificarán casas, mas no las habitarán; y plantarán viñas, mas no beberán el vino de ellas.
13 Their wealth will become a plunder, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won’t inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won’t drink their wine.
14 The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.
14 Cercano está el día grande de Jehová, cercano y muy presuroso; voz amarga del día de Jehová; gritará allí el valiente.
14 The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.
15 That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
15 Día de ira aquel día, día de angustia y de aprieto, día de alboroto y de asolamiento, día de tiniebla y de oscuridad, día de nublado y de entenebrecimiento,
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
16 a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
16 Día de trompeta y de algazara, sobre las ciudades fuertes, y sobre las altas torres.
16 a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high battlements.
17 I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
17 Y atribularé los hombres, y andarán como ciegos, porque pecaron contra Jehová: y la sangre de ellos será derramada como polvo, y su carne como estiércol.
17 I will bring such distress on men that they will walk like blind men because they have sinned against Yahweh. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
18 Ni su plata ni su oro podrá librarlos en el día de la ira de Jehová; pues toda la tierra será consumida con el fuego de su celo: porque ciertamente consumación apresurada hará con todos los moradores de la tierra.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Amariah
Son of Hezekiah and father of Gedaliah in the ancestry of Zephaniah.
Cited in the guide: Zephaniah 1:1
Cushi
Son of Gedaliah and father of the prophet Zephaniah.
Cited in the guide: Zephaniah 1:1
Gedaliah
Son of Amariah and father of Cushi in the ancestry of Zephaniah.
Cited in the guide: Zephaniah 1:1
Hezekiah
Named as the earliest ancestor in Zephaniah's four-generation line; the text does not say whether he is King Hezekiah.
Cited in the guide: Zephaniah 1:1
Zephaniah
The prophet to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah, with his ancestry traced four generations to Hezekiah.
Cited in the guide: Zephaniah 1:1
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 1:2; 2 Chronicles 34:1–33; 2 Peter 1:19; Ezekiel 1:3; Hosea 1:1
- 2 Micah 7:13; 2 Kings 22:16–17; Jeremiah 36:29; Ezekiel 33:27–29; Jeremiah 24:8–10
- 3 Hosea 4:3; Ezekiel 7:19; Matthew 23:39; Ezekiel 14:13–21; Isaiah 27:9
- 4 Hosea 10:5; 2 Kings 23:4–5; Micah 5:13; 2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 14:26–27
- 5 2 Kings 17:33; Jeremiah 19:13; 1 Kings 18:21; 1 Kings 11:33; 2 Kings 23:12
- 6 Isaiah 1:4; Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 15:6; Jeremiah 2:17; Isaiah 9:13
- 7 Habakkuk 2:20; Zechariah 2:13; Zephaniah 1:14; Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 46:10
- 8 Isaiah 24:21; Isaiah 3:18–24; Isaiah 39:7; 2 Kings 25:19–21; Jeremiah 22:11–19
- 9 1 Samuel 5:5; Amos 3:10; Nehemiah 5:15; 1 Samuel 2:15–16; 2 Kings 5:20–27
- 10 2 Chronicles 33:14; Amos 8:3; 2 Kings 22:14; Jeremiah 4:19–21; Nehemiah 3:3
- 11 James 5:1; Hosea 12:7–8; Ezekiel 21:12; Jeremiah 25:34; Nehemiah 3:31–32
- 12 Amos 6:1; Jeremiah 48:11; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9; Malachi 3:14–15
- 13 Amos 5:11; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 28:39; Ezekiel 7:21
- 14 Malachi 4:5; Ezekiel 30:3; Zephaniah 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Isaiah 15:4
- 15 Joel 2:2; Isaiah 22:5; Revelation 6:17; Jeremiah 30:7; Amos 5:18–20
- 16 Hosea 8:1; Isaiah 2:12–15; Amos 3:6; Isaiah 32:14; Jeremiah 4:19–20
- 17 Revelation 3:17; Psalm 83:10; 2 Peter 1:9; Matthew 15:14; Micah 7:13
- 18 Ezekiel 7:19; Zephaniah 3:8; Proverbs 11:4; Zephaniah 1:2–3; Matthew 16:26
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences