11 (A)Wail, you inhabitants of [a]Maktesh!
For all the merchant people are cut down;
All those who handle money are cut off.

12 “And it shall come to pass at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And punish the men
Who are (B)settled[b] in complacency,
(C)Who say in their heart,
‘The Lord will not do good,
Nor will He do evil.’
13 Therefore their goods shall become booty,
And their houses a desolation;
They shall build houses, but not inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards, but (D)not drink their wine.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:11 A market district of Jerusalem, lit. Mortar
  2. Zephaniah 1:12 Lit. on their lees; like the dregs of wine

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