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10 In that day—declares Adonai
there will be the sound of screaming from the Fish Gate,
wailing from the second district
and a loud crash from the heights.
11 Howl, inhabitants of Maktesh![a]
For all the people of Canaan[b] are destroyed.
All who weigh out silver are cut off.
12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish the men whose spirits have hardened,
who say in their hearts,
Adonai will do neither good nor evil.’

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:11 A district of Jerusalem for beating mortar.
  2. Zephaniah 1:11 Or, merchant people.