The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of ^aJosiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

 2 I will utterly ^aconsume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.

 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the ^astumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

 4 I will also ^astretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the ^bChemarims with the priests;