Zephaniah 1:9

Translations

Modern

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.

Traditional

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

Literal

And I will visit punishment on all those leaping over the threshold on that day, those filling the house of their masters with violence and deceit.

Latin

…et visitabo super omnem qui arroganter ingreditur super limen in die illa, qui complent domum Domini Dei sui iniquitate et dolo.

Original

Hebrew

English

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.

Notes

Zephaniah 1:9

all who leap over the threshold: The people of Judah continued the pagan custom of jumping over a temple's threshold to avoid touching it, out of respect for that pagan god (see 1 Samuel 5:1–5).

Zephaniah 1:7–18

We should view the entire passage as one large event. Some parts were fulfilled when Jerusalem fell in 586 BC. Other parts repeated in different historical periods, like the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. The whole prophecy will be fulfilled at the end of time. Then, God will fully and finally judge the world and renew creation (Revelation 19:11–22:5).

Zephaniah 1:1–2:3

Zephaniah's message from the Lord warns about worldwide judgment (Zephaniah 1:1–6). He urges his readers to repent (Zephaniah 1:7–13) before disaster strikes (1:14–18). He encourages them to seek the Lord and live righteously and humbly, hoping they may avoid his judgment (Zephaniah 2:1–3).

Theme notes and profiles

The Day of the Lord

Events

Prophecies of Zephaniahc. 610 BC

Related verses

1 Samuel 5:5
That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.
Amos 3:10
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
Nehemiah 5:15
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.
2 Kings 5:20–27
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
1 Samuel 2:15–16
Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Acts 16:19
When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.

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