1: 2 I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
1: 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
1: 4 And I will stretch out my 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 1black priests with the other priests;
1Hb. Kemarim See 2Ki 23:5; Hos 10:5.
1: 5 and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by 2Malcam;
2Or, their king; But see Jr 49:1; 1Ki 11:5, 33.
1: 6 and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
1: 7 Hold thy peace before the face of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath sanctified his guests.
1: 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah’s sacrifice, that I will 3punish the princes, and the king’s sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
3Hb. visit upon And in vs. 9.
1: 9 And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
1: 10 And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the 4second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
4Hb. Mishneh
1: 11 Wail, ye inhabitants of 5Maktesh; for all 6the people of Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off.
5Or, the mortar;
6Or, the merchant people are undone;
1: 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will 7punish the men that are 8settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.
7Hb. visit upon
8Or, thickened
1: 13 And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation; yes, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.
1: 14 The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of Jehovah; the mighty man crieth there bitterly.
1: 15 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,
1: 16 a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high 9battlements.
9Or, corner towers.
1: 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.
1: 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yes, a 10terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
10Or, speedy
