Zephaniah 1:10

Zephaniah 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
• New International Version (NIV)“On that day,” declares the Lord, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the New Quarter, and a loud crash from the hills.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And there shall be on that day,” says the Lord, “The sound of a mournful cry from the Fish Gate, A wailing from the Second Quarter, And a loud crashing from the hills.

Context of Zephaniah 1:10

8On the day of Adonai’s sacrifice, I will punish the princes, the king’s sons and all who dress in foreign attire. 9In that day I will punish all who skip over the threshold while filling their master’s House with violence and deceit. 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. 11Howl, inhabitants of Maktesh! For all the people of Canaan are destroyed. All who weigh out silver are cut off. 12At 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.’

Zephaniah 1:10 word by word

וְהָיָה֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא נְאֻם־יְהוָ֗ה ק֤וֹל צְעָקָה֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר הַדָּגִ֔ים וִֽילָלָ֖ה מִן־הַמִּשְׁנֶ֑ה וְשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּד֖וֹל מֵהַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall come to pass in that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of a cryצְעָקָהtsa‛ăqâh · cryH6818
• from the fishדָּגdâg dâ'g · Fish (Gate)H1709
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• and an howlingיְלָלָהyelâlâh · wailingH3215
• from the secondמִשְׁנֶהmishneh · Second [Quarter]H4932
• and a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• crashingשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667
• from the hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389

Cross-references for Zephaniah 1:10

• Zephaniah 1:7Be silent before Adonai God. For the day of Adonai is at hand! Adonai has prepared a sacrifice, He has consecrated his guests.
• Jeremiah 39:2On the ninth day of the fourth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the city wall was broken through.
• Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly— don’t try to comfort me about the ruin of the daughter of my people.”
• Isaiah 59:11All of us growl like bears or moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
• Jeremiah 4:19My stomach, my stomach! I writhe in anguish! The pain of my heart! My heart is pounding within me! I cannot keep silent because I have heard, O my soul, the sound of the shofar, the battle-cry of war.
• Amos 8:3The songs of the palace will become howls in that day.” It is a declaration of my Lord Adonai. “So many corpses flung everywhere! Hush!
• 2 Chronicles 33:14Afterward he built an outer wall to the city of David west of Gihon in the valley, as far as the entrance to the Fish Gate, and encircling the Ophel; he also raised it up much higher. He stationed military officers in all the fortified cities of Judah.
• Nehemiah 3:3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
• 2 Kings 22:14So Hilkiah the kohen, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe—she was living in the Second Quarter of Jerusalem—and spoke with her.
• 2 Chronicles 32:22Thus Adonai delivered Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all, and helped them in every way.
• 2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless, David did capture the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).
• 2 Chronicles 3:1Then Solomon began to build the House of Adonai in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah—where Adonai appeared to his father David—at the place that David prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10A cry from the fish-gate - This gate, which is mentioned Nehemiah 3:3, was opposite to Joppa; and perhaps the way in which the news came of the irruption of the Chaldean army, the great crashing from the hills. The second - Or second city, may here mean a part of Jerusalem, mentioned 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:22.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10A cry from the fish-gate - “The fish-gate” was probably in the north of the wall of “the second city.” For in Nehemiah‘s rebuilding, the restoration began at the sheep-gate Nehemiah 3:1 (so called doubtless, because the sheep for the sacrifices were brought in by it), which, as being near the temple, was repaired by the priests; then it ascended northward, by two towers, the towers of Meah and Hananeel; then two companies repaired some undescribed part of…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. 10The Fish Gate was in the northern part of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:39).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. fish gate--(2Ch 33:14; Ne 3:3; 12:39). Situated on the east of the lower city, north of the sheep gate [Maurer]: near the stronghold of David in Milo, between Zion and the lower city, towards the west [Jerome]. This verse describes the state of the city when it was besieged by Nebuchadnezzar. It was through the fish gate that he entered the city. It received its name from the fish market which was near it. Through it passed those who used to bring…Read the comment

Topics related to Zephaniah 1:10

• Fish Gate
• War

In the dictionaries

• Fish Gate
• That Day
• Crashing
• Fish
• Wasteness
• Jerusalem
• Maktesh, the
• Mishneh
• Molech; Moloch
• 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