Zephaniah 1:8 (YLT)

Passage

And it hath come to pass, In the day of the sacrifice of Jehovah, That I have laid a charge on the heads, And on sons of the king, And on all putting on strange clothing.

Nearby Context

Zephaniah 1:6 And those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah, nor besought Him.

Zephaniah 1:7 Hush! because of the Lord Jehovah, For near <FI>is<Fi> a day of Jehovah, For prepared hath Jehovah a sacrifice, He hath sanctified His invited ones.

Zephaniah 1:8 And it hath come to pass, In the day of the sacrifice of Jehovah, That I have laid a charge on the heads, And on sons of the king, And on all putting on strange clothing.

Zephaniah 1:9 And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters <FI>With<Fi> violence and deceit.

Zephaniah 1:10 And there hath been in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, The noise of a cry from the fish-gate, And of a howling from the Second, And of great destruction from the hills.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "come", "pass", "sacrifice", "jehovah", "laid", "charge", and "heads". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Hush because of the Lord Jehovah For..." into verse 9's "And I have laid a charge on...", so "hath" and "come" belong inside that flow. In Zephaniah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hath" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.