1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

<>The word of the LORD … came, <>son … son … son … son … son, <>Judah

2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

<>v. 2

3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

<>I will consume … the stumblingblocks, <>stumblingblocks

4 I will also 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 Chemarims with the priests;

<>vv. 4-5, <>I will also stretch out mine hand upon, <>inhabitants, <>I will cut off the remnant of Baal, <>I will cut off … the name of the Chemarims

5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;

<>vv. 4-5, <>them that worship the host of heaven, <>swear by the LORD

6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.

<>turned back from the LORD, <>those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him, <>have not sought the LORD

7 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 bid his guests.

<>Hold thy peace, <>peace, <>the presence of the Lord GOD, <>the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests, <>the day of the LORD is at hand, <>day of the LORD

8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.

<>I will punish … all such as are clothed with strange apparel., <>children, <>clothed

9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

<>those that leap on the threshold … with violence, <>which fill their masters' houses with … deceit, <>fill their masters' houses with violence

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

<>gate

11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

<>all they that bear silver are cut off

12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.

<>I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees, <>settled on their lees, <>that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil

13 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.

<>they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof

14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

<>the mighty man shall cry there bitterly, <>mighty man

15 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,

<>day of wrath, <>distress

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

<>trumpet, <>cities, <>towers

17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

<>they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD, <>blind, <>sinned against the LORD, <>their flesh as the dung, <>dung

18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

<>Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them, <>to deliver them, <>the LORD'S … jealousy, <>he shall make even a speedy riddance

1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

<>vv. 1-3, <>vv. 1-2, <>Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together

2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.

<>vv. 1-3, <>vv. 1-2, <>chaff, <>the fierce anger of the LORD … the LORD'S anger, <>day of the LORD

3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

<>vv. 1-3, <>Seek ye the LORD, <>all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment, <>all ye meek of the earth … seek meekness, <>meek … meekness

4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

<>shall be rooted up

5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

<>inhabitants … inhabitant, <>coast, <>the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you, <>I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

<>Judah, <>they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, <>they lie down, <>in the evening, <>the LORD their God shall … turn away their captivity, <>their captivity

8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

<>revilings, <>children

9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

<>as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, <>I live, saith the LORD of hosts, <>Israel, <>Sodom, and … Gomorrah

10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

<>they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts

11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

<>The LORD will be terrible unto them, <>The LORD … men shall worship him, every one, <>men shall worship him, <>the isles of the heathen

12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

<>ye shall be slain by my sword

13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

<>bittern, <>lintels

15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

<>the … city that dwelt carelessly, <>city, <>said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me, <>there is none beside me

1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

<>vv. 1-2, <>filthy, <>city

2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

<>vv. 1-2, <>received not correction, <>correction, <>trusted not in the LORD, <>drew not near to her God

3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

<>roaring lions, <>evening wolves, <>they gnaw not the bones till the morrow

4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

<>treacherous, <>priests

5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

<>towers, <>their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant, <>inhabitant

7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

<>instruction

8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

<>wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, <>my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger, <>my fierce anger, <>all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy, <>my jealousy

9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

<>then will I turn to the people a pure language, <>call upon the name of the LORD, <>to serve him

10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

<>my dispersed, <>dispersed

11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

<>transgressed against me, <>transgressed, <>haughty, <>my holy mountain

12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

<>an afflicted … people … shall trust in the name of the LORD, <>afflicted, <>poor, <>they shall trust in the name of the LORD

13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

<>Israel, <>nor speak lies, <>they shall … lie down, and none shall make them afraid

14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

<>the king of Israel, even the LORD

16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

<>Let not thine hands be slack., <>hands be slack

17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

<>The LORD thy God … will save, <>his love

18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

<>solemn assembly, <>assembly, <>burden

19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

<>halteth

20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.

<>I turn back … captivity, <>your captivity

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

<>came the word of the LORD, <>son … son, <>Judah, <>high priest, <>priest

2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.

<>the LORD'S house

3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

<>Then came the word of the LORD

4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

<>v. 4, <>cieled

5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

<>your ways

6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

<>ye eat, but ye have not enough

7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

<>mine house, <>mine house … is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house

10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

<>dew

11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

<>I called for a drought, <>corn, <>wine, and … oil

12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.

<>vv. 12-13, <>the LORD their God had sent him, <>before the LORD

13 Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

<>vv. 12-13

14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,

<>came the word of the LORD

2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,

<>son … son, <>Judah, <>high priest, <>priest

3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:

<>be strong … be strong … be strong, <>be strong … and work, <>work

5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.

<>my spirit remaineth among you

6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.

<>the desire of all nations

8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

<>The silver … and the gold

9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

<>The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, <>peace

10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

<>the ninth month

11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

<>garment, <>bread, <>wine, or oil, <>meat, <>answered

13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

<>dead

14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

<>stone … stone, <>the temple of the LORD

16 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

<>the pressfat, <>vessels

17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.

<>v. 17, <>I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands … saith the LORD., <>turned not to me

18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.

<>the foundation … was laid, <>foundation

19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.

<>the vine, <>tree … tree, <>olive tree

20 And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,

<>again the word of the LORD came

21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

<>I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down

23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.

<>my servant, <>signet, <>I have chosen thee