KJV King James Version
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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Zephaniah 1:11
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.
WEB World English Bible
Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
ASV American Standard Version
Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Howl, ye inhabitants of the hollow place, For cut off hath been all the merchant people, Cut off have been all bearing silver.
Surrounding context — Zephaniah 1
8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD’S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
10 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.
11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
12 And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14 The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הֵילִ֖ילוּH3213 · ya.lalto wailיֹשְׁבֵ֣יH3427 · ya.shavto dwellהַמַּכְתֵּ֑שׁH4389 · makh.teshMortarכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforנִדְמָה֙H1820 · da.mahto ceaseכָּל־H3605 · kolallעַ֣םH5971 · ampeopleכְּנַ֔עַןH3667 · ke.na.anCanaanנִכְרְת֖וּH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutכָּל־H3605 · kolallנְטִ֥ילֵיH5187 · ne.tilladenכָֽסֶף׃H3701 · ke.sephsilver: money
Cross-references
James 5:1Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].Ezekiel 21:12Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it [shall be] upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon [thy] thigh.Jeremiah 25:34Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves [in the ashes], ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.Hosea 12:7-8[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.Hosea 9:6For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their tabernacles.Joel 1:5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.Nehemiah 3:31-32After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.Revelation 18:11-18And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:John 2:16And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.Jeremiah 4:8For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.Joel 1:13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.Zechariah 11:2-3Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
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