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Zephaniah 1:9-11
New Catholic Bible
Zephaniah 1:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 On that day I will punish
all who leap over the threshold[a]
and fill the house of their master
with violence and deceit.
10 [b]On that day, says the Lord,
crying will be heard from the Fish Gate,
wailing from the New Quarter,
a loud crash from the hills.
11 Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar,
for all the merchants will perish,
and all those who weigh out silver will be ruined.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:9 Over the threshold: the avoidance of stepping on the threshold is probably connected with the “rite of the threshold”: that is, of entering and leaving the temple without setting one’s foot on the threshold.
- Zephaniah 1:10 Fish Gate: this gate led to the new sections of Jerusalem. Mortar: in all probability, a quarter in the lower part of the city. Coins were not in use at this time, and money was calculated by weight. But the alternative was always there: God or money (see Mt 6:24).
