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Zephaniah 1:11

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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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  1. Zephaniah 1:9

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

  2. Zephaniah 1:10

    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.

  3. Zephaniah 1:12

    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.

  4. Zephaniah 1:13

    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.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.