Zephaniah 1:2 - Easy To Read Version2 The Lord says, “I will destroy everything on earth! {\cf2\super [1]} Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 17692 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition2 By taking away I will make an end and I will utterly consume and sweep away all things from the face of the earth, says the Lord. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)2 I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible2 I will wipe out everything from the earth, says the LORD. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version2 While gathering, I will gather together all things from the face of the earth, says the Lord. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version2 Gathering, I will gather together all things from off the face of the land, saith the Lord: Féach an chaibidil |
And so the things the Lord told the people of Israel through the prophet Jeremiah really happened. The Lord had said through Jeremiah: “This place will be an empty wasteland for 70 years. {\cf2\super [456]} This will happen to make up for the Sabbath rests {\cf2\super [457]} that the people didn’t do.”
But I will give the order,’ this message is from the Lord, ‘to bring the Babylonian army back to Jerusalem. That army will fight against Jerusalem. They will capture it and set it on fire and burn it down. And I will destroy the cities in the land of Judah. Those cities will become empty deserts. No people will live there.’”
Jeremiah, also say this to Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord says: Jehoiakim, you burned that scroll. You said, “Why did Jeremiah write that the king of Babylon will surely come and destroy this land? Why did he say that the king of Babylon will destroy both men and animals in this land?”