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ZEPHANIAH
- And they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
- The great day of the Lord is near,
- It is near, and hasteth greatly,
- Even the voice of the day of the Lord:
- The mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
- That day is a day of wrath,
- A day of trouble and distress,
- A day of wasteness and desolation,
- A day of darkness and gloominess,
- A day of clouds and thick darkness,
- A day of the trumpet and alarm
- Against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
- And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men,
- Because they have sinned against the Lord:
- And their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
- 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.
- Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
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