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11 Wail, O inhabitants of Maktesh!
    for all the merchants are destroyed,
    all who weigh out silver, done away with.

12     At that time,
I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
    I will punish the people
    who settle like dregs in wine,[a]
Who say in their hearts,
    “The Lord will not do good,
    nor will he do harm.”
13 Their wealth shall be given to plunder
    and their houses to devastation;
They will build houses,
    but not dwell in them;
They will plant vineyards,
    but not drink their wine.(A)

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  1. 1:12 Settle like dregs in wine: those who are overconfident because, like the sediment that settles to the bottom of a bottle of wine, they have remained at peace and undisturbed for a long time.

11 Wail,(A) you who live in the market district[a];
    all your merchants will be wiped out,
    all who trade with[b] silver will be destroyed.(B)
12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
    and punish those who are complacent,(C)
    who are like wine left on its dregs,(D)
who think, ‘The Lord will do nothing,(E)
    either good or bad.’(F)
13 Their wealth will be plundered,(G)
    their houses demolished.
Though they build houses,
    they will not live in them;
though they plant vineyards,
    they will not drink the wine.”(H)

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  1. Zephaniah 1:11 Or the Mortar
  2. Zephaniah 1:11 Or in