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For though the fig tree shall not blossom,
Neither shall fruit be in the vines;

The labour of the olive shall fail,
And the fields shall yield no meat;

The flock shall be cut off from the fold,
And there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,

I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength,

And he maketh my feet like hinds' feet,

And will make me to walk upon mine high places.*

* For the Chief Musician, on my stringed instruments.

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The Word of the LORD

which came unto

ZEPHANIAH

the son of Cushi

the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah

the son of Hezekiah

in the days of

Josiah the son of Amon

king of Judah

ZEPHANIAH

THE DAY OF THE LORD

THE DAY OF THE LORD

I

I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith the LORD. I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith the LORD. And I will stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the priests; and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, which swear to the LORD and swear by Malcam; and them that are turned back from following the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired after him.

Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD:
For the Day of the LORD is at hand:

For the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice,

He hath sanctified his guests!

And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's sons,

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