1. The Lord’s word that came to Zephaniah, Cushi’s son, Gedaliah’s grandson, Amariah’s great-grandson, and Hezekiah’s great-great-grandson in the days of Judah’s King Josiah, Amon’s son.
2. I will wipe out everything from the earth, says the Lord.
3. I will destroy humanity and the beasts;I will destroy the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea.I will make the wicked into a heap of ruins;I will eliminate humanity from the earth, says the Lord.
4. I will stretch out my hand against Judahand against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.I will eliminate what’s left of Baal from this placeand the names of the priests of foreign gods,
5. those bowing down to the forces of heaven on the rooftops,those swearing by the Lord along with those swearing by Milcom,