Zephaniah 1:9

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice: I will punish the officers and the royal princes, and all those who clothe themselves in foreign apparel.

10Listen on that day, says the Lord: A cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, and a wailing from the New Quarter, and a great din from the hills.

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Cross References

Micah 6:12Whose rich people are full of violence, her inhabitants liars, whose tongues speak deceit?

Acts 16:19When her masters saw that there was no hope of further profit from her, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the public square to the authorities,

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 1:8-14

Judgment Predicted. ( b. c. 612.) 7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God : for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord 's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. 9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. 10 And it shall come to pass… Read the whole commentary →

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