,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  from etext #aeha prepared by   
,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,sophonias       
,,sophonias1 whose name1 saith ,st4     
,jerome1 signifies ,the ,watchman of the
  ,lord1 or ,the hidden of the ,lord1   
prophesied in the beginning of the      
reign of ,josias4 ,he was a native of   

,sarabatha1 and of the tribe of         
,simeon1 according to the more general  
opinion4 ,he prophesied the  punishments
 of the ,jews1 for their idolatry and   
other crimes2 also the  punishments that
 were to come on divers nations2 the    
coming of ,christ1  the conversion of   
the ,gentiles1 the blindness of the     
,jews1 and their  conversion towards the
 end of the world4      ,sophonias      
,chapter #a    ,for divers enormous     
sins1 the kingdom of ,juda is threatened
 with severe  judgment4    #a3a4 ,the   
word of the ,lord that came to          
,sophonias the son of ,chusi1 the  son  
of ,godolias1 the son of ,amarias1 the  
son of ,ezechias1 in the days of        
,josias1 the son of ,amon king of ,juda4
    #a3b4 ,gathering1 ,i will gather    
together all things from off the face of
  the land1 saith the ,lord3            
,gathering1 ,i will gather1 etc444 ,that
 is1 ,i will assuredly take away1  and  
wholly consume1 either by captivity1 or 
death1 both men and beasts  out of this 

land4    #a3c4 ,i will gather man1 and  
beast1 ,i will gather the birds of the  
air1  and the fishes of the sea3 and the
 ungodly shall meet with ruin3 and ,i   
will destroy men from off the face of   
the land1 saith the ,lord4    #a3d4 ,and
 ,i will stretch out my hand upon ,juda1
 and upon all the  inhabitants of       
,jerusalem3 and ,i will destroy out of  
this place the  remnant of ,baal1 and   
the names of the wardens of the temples 
with the  priests3    ,the wardens1     
etc444 ,viz41 of the temples of the     
idols4 ,a,edituos1 in  ,hebrew1 the     
,chemarims1 that is1 such as kindle the 
fires1 or burn  incense4    #a3e4 ,and  
them that worship the host of heaven    
upon the tops of houses1  and them that 
adore1 and swear by the ,lord1 and swear
 by ,melchom4    ,melchom444 ,the idol  
of the ,ammonites4    #a3f4 ,and them   
that turn away from following after the 
,lord1 and that  have not sought the    
,lord1 nor searched after him4    #a3g4 
,be silent before the face of the ,lord 

,god3 for the day of the ,lord  is near1
 for the ,lord hath prepared a victim1  
he hath sanctified his  guests4    #a3h4
 ,and it shall come to pass in the day  
of the victim of the ,lord1  that ,i    
will visit upon the princes1 and upon   
the king's sons1 and upon  all such as  
are clothed with strange apparel3       
#a3i4 ,and ,i will visit in that day    
upon every one that entereth  arrogantly
 over the threshold3 them that fill the 
house of the ,lord  their ,god with     
iniquity and deceit4    #a3aj4 ,and     
there shall be in that day1 saith the   
,lord1 the noise of a cry  from the fish
 gate1 and a howling from the ,second1  
and a great  destruction from the hills4
    ,the ,second444 ,a part of the city 
so called4    #a3aa4 ,howl1 ye          
inhabitants of the ,morter4 ,all the    
people of ,chanaan is  hush1 all are cut
 off that were wrapped up in silver4    
,the ,morter444 ,maktesh4 ,a valley in  
or near ,jerusalem4 ,ibid4 ,the people  
of ,chanaan444 ,so he calls the ,jews1  

from their following the wicked ways  of
 the ,chanaanites4    #a3ab4 ,and it    
shall come to pass at that time1 that ,i
 will search  ,jerusalem with lamps1 and
 will visit upon the men that are       
settled on  their lees3 that say in     
their hearts3 ,the ,lord will not do    
good1 nor  will he do evil4    ,settled 
on their lees444 ,that is1 the wealthy1 
and such as live at their  ease1 resting
 upon their riches1 like wine upon the  
lees4    #a3ac4 ,and their strength     
shall become a booty1 and their houses  
as a  desert3 and they shall build      
houses1 and shall not dwell in them3 and
  they shall plant vineyards1 and shall 
not drink the wine of them4    #a3ad4   
,the great day of the ,lord is near1 it 
is near and exceeding swift3  the voice 
of the day of the ,lord is bitter1 the  
mighty man shall there  meet with       
tribulation4    #a3ae4 ,that day is a   
day of wrath1 a day of tribulation and  
distress1 a  day of calamity and misery1
 a day of darkness and obscurity1 a day 

of  clouds and whirlwinds1    #a3af4 ,a 
day of the trumpet and alarm against the
 fenced cities1 and  against the high   
bulwarks4    #a3ag4 ,and ,i will        
distress men1 and they shall walk like  
blind men1  because they have sinned    
against the ,lord3 and their blood shall
 be  poured out as earth1 and their     
bodies as dung4    #a3ah4 ,neither shall
 their silver and their gold be able to 
deliver them  in the day of the wrath of
 the ,lord3 all the land shall be       
devoured by  the fire of his jealousy3  
for he shall make even a speedy         
destruction of  all them that dwell in  
the land4    ,sophonias ,chapter #b     
,an exhortation to repentance4 ,the     
judgment of the ,philistines1 of the    
,moabites1 and the ,ammonites2 of the   
,ethiopians and the ,assyrians4    #b3a4
 ,assemble yourselves together1 be      
gathered together1 ,o nation not  worthy
 to be loved3    #b3b4 ,before the      
decree bring forth the day as dust      
passing away1 before  the fierce anger  

of the ,lord come upon you1 before the  
day of the ,lord's  indignation come    
upon you4    #b3c4 ,seek the ,lord1 all 
ye meek of the earth1 you that have     
wrought his  judgment3 seek the just1   
seek the meek3 if by any means you may  
be hid  in the day of the ,lord's       
indignation4    #b3d4 ,for ,gaza shall  
be destroyed1 and ,ascalon shall be a   
desert1 they  shall cast out ,azotus at 
noonday1 and ,accaron shall be rooted   
up4    #b3e4 ,woe to you that inhabit   
the sea coast1 ,o nation of reprobates3 
the  word of the ,lord upon you1 ,o     
,chanaan1 the land of the ,philistines1 
and ,i  will destroy thee1 so that there
 shall not be an inhabitant4    #b3f4   
,and the sea coast shall be the resting 
place of shepherds1 and  folds for      
cattle3    #b3g4 ,and it shall be the   
portion of him that shall remain of the 
house  of ,juda1 there they shall feed3 
in the houses of ,ascalon they shall    
rest  in the evening3 because the ,lord 
their ,god will visit them1 and bring   

back their captivity4    #b3h4 ,i have  
heard the reproach of ,moab1 and the    
blasphemies of the  children of ,ammon1 
with which they reproached my people1   
and have  magnified themselves upon     
their borders4    #b3i4 ,therefore as ,i
 live1 saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god
 of ,israel1  ,moab shall be as ,sodom1 
and the children of ,ammon as ,gomorrha1
 the  dryness of thorns1 and heaps of   
salt1 and a desert even for ever3 the   
remnant of my people shall make a spoil 
of them1 and the residue of my  nation  
shall possess them4    #b3aj4 ,this     
shall befall them for their pride3      
because they have  blasphemed1 and have 
been magnified against the people of the
 ,lord of  hosts4    #b3aa4 ,the ,lord  
shall be terrible upon them1 and shall  
consume all the  gods of the earth3 and 
they shall adore him every man from his 
own  place1 all the islands of the      
,gentiles4    #b3ab4 ,you ,ethiopians1  
also shall be slain with my sword4      
#b3ac4 ,and he will stretch out his hand

 upon the north1 and will destroy       
,assyria3 and he will make the beautiful
 city a wilderness1 and as a  place not 
passable1 and as a desert4    ,the      
beautiful city1 viz444 ,ninive1 which   
was destroyed soon after this1  viz41 in
 the sixteenth year of the reign of     
,josias4    #b3ad4 ,and flocks shall lie
 down in the midst thereof1 all the     
beasts of  the nations3 and the bittern 
and the urchin shall lodge in the       
threshold  thereof3 the voice of the    
singing bird in the window1 the raven on
 the  upper post1 for ,i will consume   
her strength4    #b3ae4 ,this is the    
glorious city that dwelt in security3   
that said in her  heart3 ,i am1 and     
there is none beside me3 how is she     
become a desert1 a  place for beasts to 
lie down in8 every one that passeth by  
her shall  hiss1 and wag his hand4      
,sophonias ,chapter #c    ,a woe to     
,jerusalem for her sins4 ,a prophecy of 
the conversion of the  ,gentiles1 and of
 the poor of ,israel3 ,god shall be with

 them4  ,the ,jews  shall be converted  
at last4    #c3a4 ,woe to the provoking 
and redeemed city1 the dove4    #c3b4   
,she hath not hearkened to the voice1   
neither hath she received  discipline3  
she hath not trusted in the ,lord1 she  
drew not near to her  ,god4    #c3c4    
,her princes are in the midst of her as 
roaring lions3 her judges  are evening  
wolves1 they left nothing for the       
morning4    #c3d4 ,her prophets are     
senseless1 men without faith3 her       
priests have  polluted the sanctuary1   
they have acted unjustly against the    
law4    #c3e4 ,the just ,lord is in the 
midst thereof1 he will not do iniquity3 
in  the morning1 in the morning he will 
bring his judgment to light1 and it     
shall not be hid3 but the wicked man    
hath not known shame4    #c3f4 ,i have  
destroyed the nations1 and their towers 
are beaten down3 ,i  have made their    
ways desert1 so that there is none that 
passeth by3  their cities are desolate1 
there is not a man remaining1 nor any   

inhabitant4    #c3g4 ,i said3 ,surely   
thou wilt fear me1 thou wilt receive    
correction3 and  her dwelling shall not 
perish1 for all things wherein ,i have  
visited  her3 but they rose early1 and  
corrupted all their thoughts4    #c3h4  
,wherefore expect me1 saith the ,lord1  
in the day of my resurrection  that is  
to come1 for my judgment is to assemble 
the ,gentiles1 and to  gather the       
kingdoms3 and to pour upon them my      
indignation1 all my fierce  anger3 for  
with the fire of my jealousy shall all  
the earth be devoured4      #c3i4       
,because then ,i will restore to the    
people a chosen lip1 that all  may call 
upon the name of the ,lord1 and may     
serve him with one shoulder4      #c3aj4
 ,from beyond the rivers of ,ethiopia1  
shall my suppliants1 the  children of my
 dispersed people1 bring me an offering4
    #c3aa4 ,in that day thou shalt not  
be ashamed for all thy doings1 wherein  
thou hast transgressed against me for   
then ,i will take away out of the  midst

 of thee thy proud boasters1 and thou   
shalt no more be lifted up  because of  
my holy mountain4    #c3ab4 ,and ,i will
 leave in the midst of thee a poor and  
needy people3 and  they shall hope in   
the name of the ,lord4    #c3ac4 ,the   
remnant of ,israel shall not do         
iniquity1 nor speak lies1 nor  shall a  
deceitful tongue be found in their      
mouth3 for they shall feed1  and shall  
lie down1 and there shall be none to    
make them afraid4    #c3ad4 ,give       
praise1 ,o daughter of ,sion3 shout1 ,o 
,israel3 be glad1 and  rejoice with all 
thy heart1 ,o daughter of ,jerusalem4   
#c3ae4 ,the ,lord hath taken away thy   
judgment1 he hath turned away thy       
enemies3 the king of ,israel1 the ,lord1
 is in the midst of thee1 thou  shalt   
fear evil no more4    #c3af4 ,in that   
day it shall be said to ,jerusalem3     
,fear not3 to ,sion3 ,let  not thy hands
 be weakened4    #c3ag4 ,the ,lord thy  
,god in the midst of thee is mighty1 he 
will save3 he  will rejoice over thee   

with gladness1 he will be silent in his 
love1 he  will be joyful over thee in   
praise4    #c3ah4 ,the triflers that    
were departed from the law1 ,i will     
gather  together1 because they were of  
thee3 that thou mayest no more suffer   
reproach for them4    #c3ai4 ,behold ,i 
will cut off all that have afflicted    
thee at that time3  and ,i will save her
 that halteth1 and will gather her that 
was cast out3  and ,i will get them     
praise1 and a name1 in all the land     
where they had  been put to confusion4  
#c3bj4 ,at that time1 when ,i will bring
 you3 and at the time that ,i will      
gather you3 for ,i will give you a name1
 and praise among all the people  of the
 earth1 when ,i shall have brought back 
your captivity before your  eyes1 saith 
the ,lord4