THE Word of Yahuah which came unto Tsephanyahu the son of Kushiy, the son of Gadolyahu, the son of Amaryahu, the son of Yechizqiyahu, in the days of Yo'shiyahu the son of Amon, king of Yahudah.
I will utterly consume all things from off the land, says Yahuah.
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, says Yahuah.
I will also stretch out my hand upon Yahudah, and upon all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim; and I will cut off the remnant of Ba`al from this place, and the name of the Kemariym with the priests;
And them that worship the host of the heavens upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by Yahuah, and that swear by Malkam;
And them that are turned back from Yahuah; and those that have not sought Yahuah, nor inquired for him.
Hold your peace at the presence of Adonai Yahuah: for the day of Yahuah is at hand: for Yahuah has prepared a sacrifice, he has bid his guests.
And it shall come to pass in the day of Yahuah's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their adoniym's houses with violence and deceit.
And it shall come to pass in that day, says Yahuah, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Yerushalayim with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, Yahuah will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
The great day of Yahuah is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of Yahuah: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
A day of the shofar and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahuah: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Yahuah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of את all them that dwell in the land.