The Book of
Zephaniah
The day of the LORD exposes hollow worship, judges proud nations, and ends with a purified people rejoicing in God’s nearness.
Read
Start here, then choose a chapter.
Read it as urgent prophetic warning with vivid pictures and rapid shifts in focus. Track how the “day of the LORD” moves from local to global and back again, and notice the turn from exposure and loss to a cleansed people, renewed worship, and public joy.
Chapters
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Pick a chapter. Each chapter keeps the text, sections, questions, and context together.
Context
Big idea and book facts
Zephaniah announces the day of the LORD as a sweeping reckoning that starts with God’s own people; yet its goal is not only ruin but cleansing, leaving a humble community that can truly worship and live in safety.
- Author
- Zephaniah son of Cushi
- Date
- During Josiah's reign, c. 640-609 BC
- Location
- Judah/Jerusalem
- Audience
- Judah and Jerusalem during Josiah's reign
- Genre
- Prophetic oracles