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15 That day will be filled with wrath,
    a day of trouble and tribulation,
a day of desolation and devastation,
    a day of doom and gloom,
a day of clouds and shadows,[a]
16 a day of trumpet and battle cry
        against fortified cities and watch[b] towers.

17 “And I’ll bring so much distress to people
    that they will walk around like the blind.
Because they have sinned against the Lord,
    their blood will be poured out like dust
        and their intestines will spill out[c] like manure.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:15 Cf. Joel 2:2a
  2. Zephaniah 1:16 Lit. corner
  3. Zephaniah 1:17 The Heb. lacks will spill out

15 That day will be a day of wrath—
    a day of distress and anguish,
        a day of trouble and ruin,
    a day of darkness(A) and gloom,
        a day of clouds and blackness(B)
16     a day of trumpet and battle cry(C)
against the fortified cities
    and against the corner towers.(D)

17 “I will bring such distress(E) on all people
    that they will grope about like those who are blind,(F)
    because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out(G) like dust
    and their entrails like dung.(H)

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