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On that day I will punish
national leaders
    and sons of the king,
along with all who follow
    foreign customs.[a]
I will punish worshipers
    of pagan gods[b]
and cruel palace officials
    who abuse their power.

10 I, the Lord, promise
    that on that day
noisy crying will be heard
from Fish Gate, New Town,
    and Upper Hills.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.8 follow foreign customs: Hebrew “wear foreign clothes.”
  2. 1.9 worshipers … gods: The Hebrew text has “all who jump over the threshold,” which was a Philistine religious practice (see 1 Samuel 5.5).

“On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice
    I will punish(A) the officials
    and the king’s sons(B)
and all those clad
    in foreign clothes.
On that day I will punish
    all who avoid stepping on the threshold,[a](C)
who fill the temple of their gods
    with violence and deceit.(D)

10 “On that day,(E)
    declares the Lord,
“a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,(F)
    wailing(G) from the New Quarter,
    and a loud crash from the hills.

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Footnotes

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