1 The Lord’s Judgment This is the message of the Lord that came through Zephaniah. It came while Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah. Zephaniah was the son of Cushi, who was the son of Gedaliah. Gedaliah was the son of Amariah, who was the son of Hezekiah.

2 “I will destroy everything on earth,” says the Lord.

3 “I will destroy the people and animals. I will destroy the birds in the air and the fish of the sea. I will ruin the evil people. I will remove all the people from the earth,” says the Lord.