Zephaniah 1:17

I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

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WEBBE

I will bring such distress on men that they will walk like blind men because they have sinned against the LORD Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

BSB

I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

KJV

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

ASV

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.

BBE

And I will send trouble on men so that they will go about like the blind, because they have done evil against the Lord: and their blood will be drained out like dust, and their strength like waste.

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וַהֲצֵרֹתִי va·ha·tze·ro·ti and I will cause distress H6887 לָאָדָם la·'a·dam to (the) humankind H120 וְהָלְכוּ ve·ha·le·khu and they will walk H1980 כַּעִוְרִים ka·'iv·rim like (the) blind [people] H5787 כִּי ki for H3588 לַיהוָה la·yah·weh to Yahweh H3068 חָטָאוּ cha·ta·'u they have sinned H2398 וְשֻׁפַּךְ ve·shu·pakh and it will be poured out H8210 דָּמָם da·mam blood their H1818 כֶּעָפָר ke·'a·far like (the) dust H6083 וּלְחֻמָם u·le·chu·mam and bowel[s] their H3894 כַּגְּלָלִים ka·ge·la·lim like (the) dung(s) H1557

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–18

This warning of approaching destruction, is enough to make the sinners in Zion tremble; it refers to the great day of the Lord, the day in which he will show himself by taking vengeance on them. This day of the Lord is very near; it is a day of God's wrath, wrath to the utmost. It will be a day of trouble and distress to sinners. Let them not be laid asleep by the patience of God. What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? And what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Let us flee from the wrath to come, and choose the good part that shall never be taken from us; then we shall be prepared for every event; nothing shall separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Wicked (People)

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.