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Zephaniah 1:10–11

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1:10On that day,” says the Lord,

“a loud cry will go up29 from the Fish Gate,30

wailing from the city’s newer district,31

and a loud crash32 from the hills.

1:11Wail, you who live in the market district,33

for all the merchants34 will disappear35

and those who count money36 will be removed.37

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Footnotes

  1. 29 The words “will go up” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. 30 The Fish Gate was located on Jerusalem’s north side (cf. 2 Chr 33:14; Neh 3:3; 12:39).
  3. 31 Heb “from the second area.” This may refer to an area northwest of the temple where the rich lived (see Adele Berlin, Zephaniah [ 25A], ; cf. , “the Second Quarter”; “the New Quarter”).
  4. 32 Heb “great breaking.”
  5. 33 Heb “in the Mortar.” The Hebrew term מַכְתֵּשׁ (makhtesh, “mortar”) is apparently here the name of a low-lying area where economic activity took place.
  6. 34 Or perhaps “Canaanites.” Cf. 489 I and II כְּנַעֲנִי. Translators have rendered the term either as “the merchant people” (, ), “the traders” (), “merchants” (, ), or, alternatively, “the people of Canaan” ().
  7. 35 Or “be destroyed.”
  8. 36 Heb “weigh out silver.”
  9. 37 Heb “be cut off.” In the Hebrew text of v. 11b the perfect verbal forms emphasize the certainty of the judgment, speaking of it as if it were already accomplished.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“On that day,” declares the Lord,

“a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate,

a wail from the Second Quarter,

a loud crash from the hills.

Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!

For all the traders are no more;

all who weigh out silver are cut off.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“On that day,”

declares the Lord,

“a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,

wailing from the New Quarter,

and a loud crash from the hills.

Wail, you who live in the market district;

all your merchants will be wiped out,

all who trade with silver will be destroyed.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

On that day—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate,

a wailing from the Second District,

and a loud crashing from the hills.

Wail, you residents of the Hollow,

for all the merchants will be silenced;

all those loaded with silver will be cut off.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

“On that day,” says the Lord,

“a cry of alarm will come from the Fish Gate

and echo throughout the New Quarter of the city.

And a great crash will sound from the hills.

Wail in sorrow, all you who live in the market area,

for all the merchants and traders will be destroyed.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“And there shall be on that day”—a declaration of Yahweh—

“a loud outcry from the Fish Gate,

and a wailing from the Second District,

and a loud crashing from the hills.

The inhabitants of the Mortar shall wail,

for all the traders have perished;

all who trade with silver have been cut off.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord,

That there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate,

And an howling from the second,

And a great crashing from the hills.

Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh,

For all the merchant people are cut down;

All they that bear silver are cut off.

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