Since Zephaniah apparently prophesied during the early part of King Josiah’s reign, which began in 659 B.C.E., those prophetic words found a fulfillment in the desolation of Judah and her capital city, Jerusalem, at Babylonian hands in 607 B.C.E.
قول خداوند این است .‏ » —‏ صَفَنْیا ۱ :‏⁠ ۱ -‏ ۳ .‏ یَهُوَه در نظر داشت شرارت را در سرزمین یهودا از میان بردارد .‏