On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice
I will punish the officials, the king’s sons,
and all who are dressed in foreign clothing.
On that day(A) I will punish
all who skip over the threshold,[a](B)
who fill their master’s house
with violence and deceit.

10 On that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate,(C)
a wailing from the Second District,(D)
and a loud crashing from the hills.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:9 Hb obscure

“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.