Zephaniah 1:11

Zephaniah 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
• New International Version (NIV)Wail, you who live in the market district; all your merchants will be wiped out, all who trade with silver will be destroyed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh! For all the merchant people are cut down; All those who handle money are cut off.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Wail in sorrow, all you who live in the market area, for all the merchants and traders will be destroyed.

Context of Zephaniah 1:11

9On that day I will punish everyone who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master's house with violence and fraud. 10"On that day," declares the Lord, "a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second Quarter, a loud crash from the hills. Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar! For all the traders are no more; all who weigh out silver are cut off. 12At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, 'The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.' 13Their goods shall be plundered, and their houses laid waste. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink wine from them."

Zephaniah 1:11 word by word

הֵילִ֖ילוּ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הַמַּכְתֵּ֑שׁ כִּ֤י נִדְמָה֙ כָּל־עַ֣ם כְּנַ֔עַן נִכְרְת֖וּ כָּל־נְטִ֥ילֵי כָֽסֶף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• ye inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of Makteshמַכְתֵּשׁmaktêsh · MortarH4389
• for all the merchantכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · merchantH3667
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• are cut downדָּמָהdâmâh · to ceaseH1820
• all they that bearנָטִילneţîyl · ladenH5187
• silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• are cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772

Cross-references for Zephaniah 1:11

• Jeremiah 4:8For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us."
• Jeremiah 25:34"Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
• Ezekiel 21:12Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh.
• Joel 1:5Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
• Zechariah 11:2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the glorious trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest has been felled!
• James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
• Nehemiah 3:31After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate, and to the upper chamber of the corner.
• Hosea 12:7A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.
• John 2:16And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade."
• Revelation 18:11And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Maktesh - Calmet says this signifies a mortar, or a rock in form of a mortar, and was the name of a quarter of Jerusalem where they hulled rice, corn, etc., according to St. Jerome. Some think the city of Jerusalem is meant, where the inhabitants should be beat and pounded to death as grain is pounded in a mortar. Newcome translates it, the lower city, and considers it the valley in Jerusalem, which divided the upper from the lower city. They that bear…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh - Literally, “Mortar”, “in which,” Jerome says, “corn is pounded; a hollow vessel, and fit for the use of medical men, in which properly ptisans are wont to be beaten (or made). Striking is it, that Scripture saith not, who dwell in the valley or in the alley,‘ but who “dwell in the mortar,” because as corn, when the pestle striketh, is bruised, so the army of the enemy shall rush down upon you” (Jerome). The place intended…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 God's day is at hand; the punishment of presumptuous sinners is a sacrifice to the justice of God. The Jewish royal family shall be reckoned with for their pride and vanity; and those that leap on the threshold, invading their neighbours' rights, and seizing their possessions. The trading people and the rich merchants are called to account. Secure and careless people are reckoned with. They are secure and easy; they say in their heart, the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-18We 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Maktesh--rather, "the mortar," a name applied to the valley of Siloam from its hollow shape [Jerome]. The valley between Zion and Mount Olivet, at the eastern extremity of Mount Moriah, where the merchants dwelt. Zec 14:21, "The Canaanite," namely, merchant [Chaldee Version]. The Tyropoeon (that is, cheese-makers') valley below Mount Akra [Rosenmuller]. Better Jerusalem itself, so called as lying in the midst of hills (Is 22:1; Jr 21:13) and as doomed…Read the comment

Topics related to Zephaniah 1:11

• Maktesh
• War

In the dictionaries

• Canaanites
• Crashing
• Maktesh
• Wasteness
• Canaan; Canaanites
• Jerusalem
• Maktesh, the
• Molech; Moloch
• Trade
• Zephaniah, Book of

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings