10 And in that day, saith the Lord, there shall be a noise, and cry from the [a]fish gate, and an howling from the second gate, and a great destruction from the hills.

11 Howl ye inhabitants of [b]the low place: for the company of the merchants is destroyed: all they that bear silver, are cut off.

12 And at that time will I search Jerusalem with [c]lights, and visit the men that are frozen [d]in their dregs, and say in their hearts, The Lord will neither do good nor do evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:10 Signifying, that all the corners of the city of Jerusalem should be full of trouble.
  2. Zephaniah 1:11 This is meant of the street of the merchants which was lower than the rest of the place about it.
  3. Zephaniah 1:12 So that nothing shall escape me.
  4. Zephaniah 1:12 By their prosperity they are hardened in their wickedness.

10 “On that day,(A)
    declares the Lord,
“a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,(B)
    wailing(C) from the New Quarter,
    and a loud crash from the hills.
11 Wail,(D) you who live in the market district[a];
    all your merchants will be wiped out,
    all who trade with[b] silver will be destroyed.(E)
12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
    and punish those who are complacent,(F)
    who are like wine left on its dregs,(G)
who think, ‘The Lord will do nothing,(H)
    either good or bad.’(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:11 Or the Mortar
  2. Zephaniah 1:11 Or in