Zephaniah 1:10-12

Contemporary English Version

¹⁰ I, the Lord, promise
    that on that day
noisy crying will be heard
from Fish Gate, New Town,
    and Upper Hills.
¹¹ Everyone in Lower Hollow^[a]
    will mourn loudly,
because merchants
and money changers
    will be wiped out.
¹² I'll search Jerusalem with lamps
    and punish those people
who sit there unworried
    while thinking,
“The Lord won't do anything,
    good or bad.”