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On that day I will punish all who jump over the doorway
    and all who fill their master’s house with violence and deception.
10 On that day a loud cry will come from Fish Gate,
    a howling from the Second Part of the city,
        and a loud crashing sound from the hills,” declares Yahweh.
11 “Howl, inhabitants of the Mortar,[a]
    because all the merchants will be destroyed
        and all who handle money will be killed.

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  1. Zephaniah 1:11 The Mortar was in the northern part of Jerusalem, the Second Part of the city, which could be entered through the Fish Gate.

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)

10 “On that day,(C)
    declares the Lord,
“a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,(D)
    wailing(E) from the New Quarter,
    and a loud crash from the hills.
11 Wail,(F) you who live in the market district[b];
    all your merchants will be wiped out,
    all who trade with[c] silver will be destroyed.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:9 See 1 Samuel 5:5.
  2. Zephaniah 1:11 Or the Mortar
  3. Zephaniah 1:11 Or in