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Zephaniah 1:1-3
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1 (A) I am Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the grandson of Gedaliah, the great-grandson of Amariah, and the great-great-grandson of Hezekiah.[a]

When Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah,[b] the Lord gave me this message.

Judgment on Judah

2 I, the Lord, now promise
to destroy everything
    on this earth—
3 people and animals,
    birds and fish.
Everyone who is evil
    will crash to the ground,[c]
and I will wipe out
    the entire human race.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.1 Hezekiah: Ruled 716–687 b.c.
  2. 1.1 Josiah … king of Judah: Ruled 640–609 b.c.
  3. 1.3 Everyone … ground: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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