Status Updates From Zephaniah - The Book of Zep...

God calls people to repent long before the day of his wrath... God wishes that everyone would turn from evil and receive his forgiveness.

There are a lot of people who don't like the Old Testament and say God is a 'god of destruction,' or 'mean,' or somehow.
Context is imperative. Some research is needed to see what was happening in the time this book of Zephaniah was written. How were people living? How were nations treating each other? It was incredibly brutal. Just look into the practices of those who worshipped molek.