Zephaniah 1:11 “Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silence…”

Zephaniah 1:11

Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Howle ye inhabitants of the lowe place: for the companie of the marchants is destroyed: all they that beare siluer, are cut off.

Darby Translation

Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are cut down, all they that are laden with silver are cut off.

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.

Bible in Basic English

Because of the downfall of all the people of Canaan: all those who were weighted down with silver have been cut off.

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Cross references

“Howl”

James 5:1 Jeremiah 25:34 Ezekiel 21:12 Jeremiah 4:8 Joel 1:5 Joel 1:13

James 5:1 · BSB

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

Jeremiah 25:34 · BSB

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

Ezekiel 21:12 · BSB

Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.

Jeremiah 4:8 · BSB

So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Joel 1:5 · BSB

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

Joel 1:13 · BSB

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

“all the”

John 2:16 Revelation 18:11–18 Nehemiah 3:31 Nehemiah 3:32 Hosea 12:7 Hosea 12:8

John 2:16 · BSB

To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

Revelation 18:11–18 · BSB

And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—

Nehemiah 3:31 · BSB

Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.

Nehemiah 3:32 · BSB

And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.

Hosea 12:7 · BSB

A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

Hosea 12:8 · BSB

And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

Also

Hosea 9:6

Hosea 9:6 · BSB

For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.

12And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’

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