Zephaniah 1:7

⁷"Quiet now! Reverent silence before me, GOD, the Master! Time''s up. My Judgment Day is near: The Holy Day is all set, the invited guests made holy.b

Zephaniah 1 opens with a sweeping announcement of judgment against Judah and all creation. The prophet traces the coming "day of the Lord" as a time of divine reckoning for idolatry, complacency, and violence. The chapter moves from cosmic scope (the earth consumed) to specific indi