Then he said to the keeper of the wardrobe, ‘Bring out the garments for all the servants of Baal.’ So he brought out their garments.
Zephaniah 1:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice I will punish the officials, the king’s sons, and all who are dressed in foreign clothing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And on the day of the Lord's sacrifice, I will punish the officials and the king's sons and all who are clothed in [lavish] foreign apparel [instead of the Jewish dress, with its reminders to obey God's commandments]. [Num. 15:38, 39.] American Standard Version (1901) And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel. Common English Bible On the day of the LORD’s sacrifice, I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those wearing foreign clothes. Catholic Public Domain Version And this shall be: in the day of the victim of the Lord, I will visit upon the leaders, and upon the sons of the king, and upon all who have been clothed with strange garments. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it shall come to pass in the day of the victim of the Lord, that I will visit upon the princes, and upon the king's sons, and upon all such as are clothed with strange apparel. |
Then he said to the keeper of the wardrobe, ‘Bring out the garments for all the servants of Baal.’ So he brought out their garments.
But when the Lord finishes all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, ‘I will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.’
For you have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of divination from the East and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines. They are in league with foreigners.
On that day the Lord will punish the army of the heights in the heights and the kings of the ground on the ground.
“Some of your descendants #– #who come from you, whom you father #– #will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” ’
They mock kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortress and build siege ramps to capture it.
‘A woman is not to wear male clothing, and a man is not to put on a woman’s garment, for everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord your God.