Since you have plundered many nations,(A)
all the peoples who remain will plunder you(B)
because of human bloodshed
and violence(C) against lands, cities,
and all who live in them.(D)

Woe to him who dishonestly makes
wealth for his house[a](E)
to place his nest on high,
to escape the grasp of disaster!(F)
10 You have planned shame for your house
by wiping out many peoples
and sinning against your own self.

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  1. 2:9 Or dynasty

Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.(A)
For you have shed human blood;(B)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(C)

“Woe to him who builds(D) his house by unjust gain,(E)
    setting his nest(F) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You have plotted the ruin(G) of many peoples,
    shaming(H) your own house and forfeiting your life.

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On that day(A) I will punish
all who skip over the threshold,[a](B)
who fill their master’s house
with violence and deceit.

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  1. 1:9 Hb obscure

On that day I will punish
    all who avoid stepping on the threshold,[a](A)
who fill the temple of their gods
    with violence and deceit.(B)

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  1. Zephaniah 1:9 See 1 Samuel 5:5.

Then he said to me, “This is the curse(A) that is going out over the whole land, for everyone who is a thief, contrary to what is written on one side, has gone unpunished,[a] and everyone who swears falsely, contrary to what is written on the other side, has gone unpunished. I will send it out,”(B)—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—“and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will stay inside his house and destroy it along with its timbers and stones.”(C)

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  1. 5:3 Or side, will be removed

And he said to me, “This is the curse(A) that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief(B) will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely(C) will be banished. The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely(D) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.(E)’”

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