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Zephaniah 1:9

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And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

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Zephaniah 1:9 in other translations

In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Zephaniah 1:9 · World English Bible

Zephaniah 1:9 in context

  1. 7Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath consecrated his guests.
  2. 8And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
  3. 9And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
  4. 10And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
  5. 11Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off.