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“It will come about during[a] the Lord’s sacrifice
    that I’ll punish the officials,[b] the royal descendants,
        and all who wear foreign clothing.[c]
At the same time, I’ll punish every idol worshipper,[d]
    especially those who are filling their master’s temple with violence and deceit.
10 When all of this happens,”[e] declares the Lord,
    “a loud shriek will come[f] from the Fish Gate,
and howling from the Mishneh[g] Quarter,
    along with great destruction from the hills.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:8 Lit. in the day of
  2. Zephaniah 1:8 Lit. princes
  3. Zephaniah 1:8 Or wear cultic vestments
  4. Zephaniah 1:9 Lit. everyone who leaps over the threshold; cf. 1Sam 5:5
  5. Zephaniah 1:10 Lit. It will come about in that day
  6. Zephaniah 1:10 The Heb. lacks will come
  7. Zephaniah 1:10 Or from The Second; i.e. a section of Jerusalem

“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.