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

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Footnotes

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

Jerusalem

Woe to the city of oppressors,
    rebellious and defiled!
She obeys no one,
    she accepts no correction.
She does not trust in the Lord,
    she does not draw near to her God.

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21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away,

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