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Zephaniah 1:9

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

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Zephaniah 1:9 in other translations

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

Zephaniah 1:9 · American Standard Version

Zephaniah 1:9 in context

  1. 7Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
  2. 8It will happen in the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
  3. 9In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
  4. 10In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
  5. 11Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.