“Be silent!
Before Yahweh God!
The day of Yahweh
Is at hand.
Yahweh has prepared
A sacrifice.
He has consecrated
His guests.”
Zephaniah asked the people to be silent before Yahweh, their God, because the day of Yahweh was nearly there. Yahweh would prepare a sacrificial slaughter of these sinners. However, he would consecrate his invited guests on the day of Yahweh.