“I will remove (A)human and animal life;
I will remove the (B)birds of the sky
And the fish of the sea,
And the [a](C)ruins along with the wicked;
And I will eliminate mankind from the face of the [b]earth,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks
  2. Zephaniah 1:3 Lit ground

“I will sweep away both man and beast;(A)
    I will sweep away the birds in the sky(B)
    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,”(C)
declares the Lord,(D)

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Footnotes

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