1
Tzefanyah turns and sees Hades beneath him and a sea of flame whose waves burn with sulfur and bitumen.
2
He sees a great spirit standing over the abyss, and the sight of him is monstrous.
3
His hair is disordered like the mane of a lioness, his teeth are like those of a bear, and the lower form of his body is like a serpent.
4
He opens himself as though to swallow the seer.
5
Tzefanyah cries to Yahuah, recalling the deliverance of Yisra'el, Shoshannah, and the three young men from their oppressors.
6
He asks that the Accuser not be permitted to consume him.