Zephaniah 1:12-14

Good News Translation

¹² “At that time I will take a lamp and search Jerusalem. I will punish the people who are self-satisfied and confident, who say to themselves, ‘The Lord never does anything, one way or the other.’ ¹³ Their wealth will be looted and their houses destroyed. They will never live in the houses they are building or drink wine from the vineyards they are planting.”

¹⁴ The great day of the Lord is near—very near and coming fast! That day will be bitter, for even^[a] the bravest soldiers will cry out in despair!