Zephaniah 1:17

"And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung."

Modern men reject any conception of an eternal judgment, but in doing so they overlook one thing. Christ, the sovereign head of our holy religion, emphatically endorsed and expanded the very conception that is found here in Zephaniah and in the other prophets. The reason for the universal destruction accompanying that day is the rebellion of men against their God and Creator. In rejecting the very reason for which they were created, men, as a result, lose all cosmic and eternal value. Their blood and flesh alone, unadorned by a soul in tune with God, becomes as worthless as dust, fit only for a sewer. This verse is a promise that God will enforce such a judgment upon the wicked.