Zephaniah · Catholic Public Domain Version
Zephaniah 1 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 The word of the Lord that 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.
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.
2 While gathering, I will gather together all things from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
2 Destruiré del todo todas las cosas de sobre la haz de la tierra, dice Jehová.
3 I will gather man and cattle; I will gather the flying things of the air and the fish of the sea. And the impious will be a catastrophe. And I will disperse men before the face of the earth, says 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.
4 And I will extend my hand over Judah and over all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will disperse from this place the remnant of Baal, and the names of the administrators along with the 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;
5 and those who adore the military campaign over the ceiling of the sky, both those who adore and swear by the Lord, and those who swear by Melchom,
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;
6 both those who turn aside from following after the Lord, and those who have not sought the Lord, nor inquired about 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.
7 Be silent before the face of the Lord God. For the day of the Lord is near; for the Lord has prepared a victim, he has sanctified those he has called.
7 Calla en la presencia del Señor Jehová, porque el día de Jehová está cercano; porque Jehová ha aparejado sacrificio, prevenido ha sus convidados.
8 And this shall be: in the day of the victim of the Lord, I will visit upon the leaders, and upon the sons of the king, and upon all who have been clothed with strange garments.
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.
9 And I will visit upon all who enter arrogantly over the threshold in that day, those who fill the house of the Lord their God with iniquity 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.
10 And this shall be in that day, says the Lord: the voice of an outcry from the fish gate, and a howling from the Second, and a great contrition 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.
11 Howl, inhabitants of the Pillar. All the people of Canaan have fallen silent. All were ruined who had been wrapped in silver.
11 Aullad, moradores de Mactes, porque todo el pueblo mercader es destruído; talados son todos los que traían dinero.
12 And this shall be in that time: I will scrutinize Jerusalem with lamps, and I will visit upon the men who have become stuck in the dregs, who say in their hearts, “The Lord will not do good, and he will not do evil.”
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.
13 And their strength will be in plundering, and their houses in the desert. And they will build houses and not dwell in them, and they will plant vineyards and not 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.
14 The great day of the Lord is near; it is near and exceedingly swift. The voice of the day of the Lord is bitter; the strong will be tested there.
14 Cercano está el día grande de Jehová, cercano y muy presuroso; voz amarga del día de Jehová; gritará allí el valiente.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of tribulation and anguish, a day of calamity and misery, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and whirlwinds,
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,
16 a day of the trumpet and the trumpet blast over fortified cities and over exalted ramparts.
16 Día de trompeta y de algazara, sobre las ciudades fuertes, y sobre las altas torres.
17 And I will trouble men, and they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the Lord. And their blood will be poured out like soil, and their bodies like manure.
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.
18 Neither their silver, nor their gold, will be able to free them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. All the land will be devoured in the fire of his zeal, for with all speed, he will bring to consummation every inhabitant of the land.
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.
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
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