Book of Zephaniah
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This article is about the Book of Zephaniah. For the Hebrew prophet, see Zephaniah.
The Book of Zephaniah /ˌzɛfəˈnaɪ.ə/ (Hebrew: צְפַנְיָה, Ṣəfanyā; sometimes Latinized as Sophonias) is the ninth of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament and Tanakh, preceded by the Book of Habakkuk and followed by the Book of Haggai. Zephaniah is a male given name that is usually interpreted to mean "Yahweh has hidden/protected,"[1] or "Yahweh hides".[2] The church father Jerome of Stridon interpreted the name to mean "the watchman of the Lord".[3] The original text of the prophecy was written in Biblical Hebrew.