Be silent before the Sovereign Lord,
    for the day of the Lord is near.
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice;
    he has consecrated those he has invited.

‘On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice
    I will punish the officials
    and the king’s sons
and all those clad
    in foreign clothes.
On that day I will punish
    all who avoid stepping on the threshold,[a]
who fill the temple of their gods
    with violence and deceit.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:9 See 1 Samuel 5:5.