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I will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah:

I will take away man and beast; I will take away the fowl of the heavens and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked, and I will cut off mankind from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

And I will stretch forth my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, the name of the Chemarim with the priests;

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Judgment on the Whole Earth in the Day of the Lord

“I will sweep away everything
    from the face of the earth,”(A)
declares the Lord.
“I will sweep away both man and beast;(B)
    I will sweep away the birds in the sky(C)
    and the fish in the sea—
    and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.”[a]

“When I destroy all mankind
    on the face of the earth,”(D)
declares the Lord,(E)
“I will stretch out my hand(F) against Judah
    and against all who live in Jerusalem.
I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place,(G)
    the very names of the idolatrous priests(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.