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Zephaniah 1:6-8
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6 ‘I will remove those who have turned away from the Lord.

I will also remove those who decide things without the Lord.

7 Be quiet! The Lord God is here.

It will soon be the day of the Lord.[a]

The Lord has made his sacrifice ready.[b]

He has made the people ready who will give the sacrifice to him.’[c]

8 ‘When it is time for the Lord's sacrifice, I will punish the rulers and the king's sons.

I will punish everyone who wears clothes like foreign people do.’[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:7 ‘day of the Lord’ is the time when God comes as the great judge.
  2. 1:7 sacrifice: Here, this does not mean an animal. It means the people who worshipped false gods.
  3. 1:7 the people that God made ready: the army of the Chaldeans.
  4. 1:8 Foreign people probably put these clothes on when they worshipped their own gods.
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Zephaniah 1:6-8
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6 those who turn back from following(A) the Lord
    and neither seek(B) the Lord nor inquire(C) of him.”

7 Be silent(D) before the Sovereign Lord,
    for the day of the Lord(E) is near.
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice;(F)
    he has consecrated those he has invited.

8 “On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice
    I will punish(G) the officials
    and the king’s sons(H)
and all those clad
    in foreign clothes.

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