Zephaniah 1:18

¹⁶ a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.

¹⁷ I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
KJV: Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
WEB: Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
ASV: Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah`s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
DARBY: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for a full end, yea, a sudden [end], shall he make of all them that dwell in the land.
BLB: Even their silver, even their gold, will not be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of YHWH; and by the fire of His jealousy will be consumed all the earth, for indeed He will make a sudden end of all those dwelling on the earth!”

ÅB: Hverken deres sølv eller deres gull skal kunne berge dem på Herrens vredes dag; ved hans nidkjærhets ild skal hele jorden bli fortært; for han vil gjøre ende, ja brått gjøre ende på alle dem som bor på jorden.
[^1]: JER 49, 1.
[^2]: en dyptliggende del av Jerusalem.
[^3]: * kremmerfolket; HSE 12, 8.
OTB: Verken deres sølv eller deres gull
vil kunne redde dem
på Herrens vredes dag.
I hans sjalusibrann
skal hele jorden bli fortært,
for han vil gjøre en fullstendig ende,
ja, en skremmende en,
på alle jordens innbyggere.
B1930: Hverken deres sølv eller deres gull skal kunne berge dem på Herrens vredes dag; ved hans nidkjærhets ild skal hele jorden bli fortært; for han vil gjøre ende, ja brått gjøre ende på alle dem som bor på jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 7:19
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
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Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
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Proverbs 11:4
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
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Zephaniah 1:2–3
“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
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Matthew 16:26
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Zephaniah 1:11
Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.
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Zephaniah 1:15
That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
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Jeremiah 9:11
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
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