Zephaniah 1:1-3

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Day of Judgment on Judah

1 The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of ^[a]Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah:

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“I will completely consume and sweep away all things
From the face of the earth [in judgment],” says the Lord.
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“I will consume and sweep away man and beast;
I will consume and sweep away the birds of the air
And the fish of the sea,
And the ^[b]stumbling blocks (idols) along with the wicked;
And I will cut off and destroy man from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

Zephaniah 1:1 Zephaniah’s great-great-grandfather, Hezekiah, ruled Judah (the Southern Kingdom) from 715-686 b.c. He was a godly king who restored the temple and abolished pagan worship. He was also notable as the great warrior who defended Jerusalem from the attacking Assyrians, and the great builder who developed the Siloam tunnel and reservoir to enhance the fresh water supply of Jerusalem.
Zephaniah 1:3 MT reads ruins.