Zephaniah 1:11-13

EasyEnglish Bible

¹¹ Shout out, you who live near Jerusalem's market! Weep!

The Lord will remove the traders from your town.

Some people have lots of money there. But all those people will be dead then.’^[a]

¹² ‘At that time,

I will look in all Jerusalem's dark corners. I will take lights with me.

I will find the drunks and I will punish them. These people say in their minds,

“The Lord will do neither good things nor bad things to us.”

¹³ So I will take away from them everything that they have.

I will take away their houses too.

They will build houses, but they will never live in them.

They will plant plants to get grapes. But they will never have wine from them.’