Friday, October 27, 2017

Chiasm of Zephaniah 1

I will consume man and beast;
 I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea,
and the stumblingblocks with the wicked;
Zephaniah 1:3

Zeph 1:1-18
P(1:1)The word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah (1:1)
  A(1:2-6)  I will completely sweep away all things from the face of the earth (1:2)
    B(1:7-9)    
near is the day of the LORD (1:7)   
(קרוביוםיהוה)
      C(1:10-11)      
On that day (1:10)   
(והיהביום)
      C'(1:12-13)      
at that time (1:12)   
(והיהבעם)
    B'(1:14-16)    
Near is the great day of the LORD (1:14)   
(קרוביוםיהוה)
  A'(1:17-18)  he shall make an end, yes, a sudden end, of all who live on the earth (1:18)

A: Destruction of the earth.
B: Near is the day of the LORD.
C: On that day.