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Zephaniah 1:9

King James Version (KJV)

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Zephaniah 1:9

Verse 9 of 18

Scripture focus

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

Zephaniah 1:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zephaniah 1:9

Theological / Devotional

Leap on the threshold. The meaning of this expression is not clear. Perhaps a pagan custom is here described (see on 1 Sam. 5:5). Some think the words express the eagerness with which the servants carry out the commands of their wicked masters.

Others refer the “threshold” to the houses of the poor who are being robbed. Those who, as retainers of others, carry out “violence and deceit” to enrich their masters must suffer with the masters in the coming punishments.

Violence. Heb. chamas (see on Hab. 1:2).

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