The Bible, King James version, Book 36: ZephaniahAnonymous
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The Bible, King James version, Book 36: Zephaniah
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Bible. Zephaniah
36:002:011 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all
the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one
from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
36:002:012 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
36:002:013 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and
destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry
like a wilderness.
36:002:014 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts
of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge
in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the
windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall
uncover the cedar work.
36:002:015 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in
her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she
become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every
one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
36:003:001 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing
city!
36:003:002 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she
trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
36:003:003 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are
evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
36:003:004 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests
have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the
law.
36:003:005 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do
iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light,
he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
36:003:006 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made
their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are
destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none
inhabitant.
36:003:007 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive
instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off,
howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted
all their doings.
36:003:008 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that
I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the
nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them
mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth
shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
36:003:009 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they
may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one
consent.
36:003:010 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the
daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
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