Bible in Basic English
"And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him."
— Zephaniah 1:6, Bible in Basic English
I will take away man and beast; I will take away the birds of the heaven and the fishes of the sea; causing the downfall of the evil-doers, and cutting man off from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
And my hand will be stretched out on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem, cutting off the name of the Baal from this place, and the name of the false priests,
And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,
And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.
Let there be no sound before the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is near: for the Lord has made ready an offering, he has made his guests holy.
And it will come about in the day of the Lord's offering, that I will send punishment on the rulers and the king's sons and all who are clothed in robes from strange lands.
And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.