Zephaniah 1:11 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Zephaniah (420)

(Verse 11.) Ululate, inhabitants of the ball: all the people of Canaan are silent. LXX: Mourn, you who inhabit the broken one: for all the people of Canaan are compared.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh,.... The name of a street in Jerusalem, as Aben Ezra; perhaps it lay low in the hollow of the city, and in the form of a mortar, from whence it might have its name, as the word (q) signifies; which is used both for a hollow place and for a mortar, Jdg 15:19 unless it might be so called from such persons dwelling in it, that used mortars for spice, and other things.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh - Literally, “Mortar” , “in which,” Jerome says, “corn is pounded; a hollow vessel, and fit for the use of medical men, in which properly ptisans are wont to be beaten (or made). Striking is it, that Scripture saith not, ‘who dwell in the valley or in the alley,’ but who “dwell in the mortar,” because as corn, when the pestle striketh, is bruised, so the army of the enemy shall rush down upon you” (Jerome).

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֵילִ֖ילוּ	hei.Li.lu	wail	H3213 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י	yo.she.Vei	O inhabitants of	H3427 →
הַמַּכְתֵּ֑שׁ	ha.makh.Tesh	the Mortar	H4389 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
נִדְמָה֙	nid.Mah	it will be destroyed	H1820 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
עַ֣ם	'am	[the] people of	H5971 →
כְּנַ֔עַן	ke.Na.'an	Canaan	H3667 →
נִכְרְת֖וּ	nikh.re.Tu	they will be cut off	H3772 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
נְטִ֥ילֵי	ne.Ti.lei	[the] weighers of	H5187 →
כָֽסֶף׃	Kha.sef	silver	H3701 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H3772nikhretuthey will be cut off288×

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Where the connections lead

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Through
James 5:1
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
leads to
- Proverbs 11:28
  He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10
  Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- Proverbs 11:4
  Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- James 1:11
  For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
- Luke 12:16–21
  Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
Through
Hosea 9:6
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.
leads to
- Hosea 10:8
  The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall…
- Isaiah 5:6
  I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
Through
Jeremiah 25:34
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.
leads to
- Jeremiah 6:26
  O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zephaniah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Zephaniah