The Tanach, with the evidence built in
This is the complete Hebrew Bible in the Jewish Publication Society translation. Wherever a real archaeological find bears on the text, those words are underlined in gold✦. Hover over them or tap them to see the artifact and what it confirms. From there, Next find takes you to the next underline, so you can tour a whole book’s evidence, and the share button turns the verse into an image.
Each chapter lists its finds under its title, and the chapter picker shows how many finds every book and chapter has. The AA button sets the text size, light or dark, and English, Hebrew, or the two together.
Chapter 1
1The word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of Hezekiah, during the reign of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah.
2I will sweep everything awayFrom the face of the earth—declares the LORD.
3I will sweep away man and beast;I will sweep away the birds of the skyAnd the fish of the sea.I will make the wicked stumble,And I will destroy mankindFrom the face of the earth—declares the LORD.
4I will stretch out My arm against JudahAnd against all who dwell in Jerusalem;And I will wipe out from this placeEvery vestige of Baal,And the name of the priestlings along with the priests;
5And those who bow down on the roofsTo the host of heaven;And those who bow down and swear to the LORDBut also swear by Malcam;
6And those who have forsaken the LORD,And those who have not sought the LORDAnd have not turned to Him.
7Be silent before my Lord GOD,For the day of the LORD is approaching;For the LORD has prepared a sacrificial feast,Has bidden His guests purify themselves.
8And on the day of the LORD’s sacrificeI will punish the officialsAnd the king’s sons,And all who don a foreign vestment.
9I will also punish on that dayEveryone who steps over the threshold,Who fill their master’s palaceWith lawlessness and fraud.
10In that day there shall be—declares the LORD—A loud outcry from the Fish Gate,And howling from the Mishneh,And a sound of great anguish from the hills.
11The dwellers of the Machtesh howl;For all the tradesmen have perished,All who weigh silver are wiped out.
12At that time,I will search Jerusalem with lamps;And I will punish the menWho rest untroubled on their lees,Who say to themselves,“The LORD will do nothing, good or bad.”
13Their wealth shall be plunderedAnd their homes laid waste.They shall build houses and not dwell in them,Plant vineyards and not drink their wine.
14The great day of the LORD is approaching,Approaching most swiftly.Hark, the day of the LORD!It is bitter:There a warrior shrieks!
15That day shall be a day of wrath,A day of trouble and distress,A day of calamity and desolation,A day of darkness and deep gloom,A day of densest clouds,
16A day of horn blasts and alarms—Against the fortified townsAnd the lofty corner towers.
17I will bring distress on the people,And they shall walk like blind men,Because they sinned against the LORD;Their blood shall be spilled like dust,And their fat like dung.
18Moreover, their silver and goldShall not avail to save them.On the day of the LORD’s wrath,In the fire of His passion,The whole land shall be consumed;For He will make a terrible endOf all who dwell in the land.
Translation: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1985), via Sefaria, used under CC BY-NC.
Paragraph divisions follow the Masoretic text (Miqra according to the Masorah, CC BY-SA).