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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar! For all the traders are no more; all who weigh out silver are cut off.
• 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.

Context of Zephaniah 1:11

9On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit. 10On that day,” says the Lord, “a loud cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the city’s newer district, and a loud crash from the hills. Wail, you who live in the market district, for all the merchants will disappear and those who count money will be removed. 12At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps. I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin, those who think to themselves, ‘The Lord neither rewards nor punishes.’ 13Their wealth will be stolen and their houses ruined! They will not live in the houses they have built, nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted.

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 4:8So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, ‘The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us!’”
• Jeremiah 25:34Wail and cry out in anguish, you rulers! Roll in the dust, you who shepherd flocks of people! The time for you to be slaughtered has come. You will lie scattered and fallen like broken pieces of fine pottery.
• Ezekiel 21:12Cry out and moan, son of man, for it is wielded against my people; against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people. Therefore, strike your thigh.
• Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.
• Zechariah 11:2Howl, fir tree, because the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees have been destroyed. Howl, oaks of Bashan, because the impenetrable forest has fallen.
• James 5:1Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
• Nehemiah 3:31After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, and up to the room above the corner.
• Hosea 12:7The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
• John 2:16To those who sold the doves he said, “Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!”
• Revelation 18:11Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer –

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