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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/zephaniah/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/zephaniah/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />On that day I will punish all who avoid stepping on the threshold, who fill the temple of their gods with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/zephaniah/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Yes, I will punish those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies, and those who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/zephaniah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />On that day I will punish everyone who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master’s house with violence and fraud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/zephaniah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/zephaniah/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/zephaniah/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In the same day I will punish All those who leap over the threshold, Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/zephaniah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“And on that day I will punish all who leap on the <i>temple</i> threshold, Who fill the house of their lord with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/zephaniah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold, Who fill the house of their lord with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/zephaniah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I will punish on that day all who leap on the <i>temple</i> threshold, Who fill the house of their lord with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/zephaniah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And I will punish on that day all who leap on the <i>temple</i> threshold, Who fill the house of their Lord with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/zephaniah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“On that day I will also punish all those who leap over the <i>temple</i> threshold, Who fill their [pagan] lord’s temple with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/zephaniah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day I will punish all who skip over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/zephaniah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day I will punish all who skip over the threshold, who fill their master&#8217s house with violence and deceit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/zephaniah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/zephaniah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will punish worshipers of pagan gods and cruel palace officials who abuse their power. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/zephaniah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, which fill their master's house with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/zephaniah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />On that day I will punish all who jump over the doorway and all who fill their master's house with violence and deception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/zephaniah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will punish all who worship like pagans and who steal and kill in order to fill their master's house with loot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/zephaniah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />At the same time, I'll punish every idol worshipper, especially those who are filling their master's temple with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/zephaniah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/zephaniah/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />On 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/zephaniah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/zephaniah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshhold, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/zephaniah/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/zephaniah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have laid a charge on everyone "" Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, "" Who are filling the house of their masters "" [With] violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/zephaniah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters With violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/zephaniah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I reviewed upon every one leaping upon the threshold in that day, filling their lords houses with violence and deceit.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/zephaniah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will visit in that day upon every one that entereth arrogantly over the threshold: them that fill the house of the Lord their God with iniquity and deceit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/zephaniah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will visit upon all who enter arrogantly over the threshold in that day, those who fill the house of the Lord their God with iniquity and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/zephaniah/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will punish, on that day, all who leap over the threshold, Who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/zephaniah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and fraud.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/zephaniah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />In that day I will punish all those who do violence and those who plunder, who fill their storerooms with things acquired by means of extortion and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/zephaniah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall indict against all of the extortionists and the plunderers in that day because they have been filling the houses of their storage with plunder and deceit<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/zephaniah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />In the same day also will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, That fill their master's house with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/zephaniah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will openly take vengeance on the porches in that day, <i>on the men</i> that fill the house of the Lord their God with ungodliness and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T0cd_1JKnyY?start=95" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/zephaniah/1.htm">The Day of the LORD</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">On that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: ū·p̄ā·qaḏ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">I will punish</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1801.htm" title="1801: had·dō·w·lêḡ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To leap. A primitive root; to spring.">who leap</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/4670.htm" title="4670: ham·mip̄·tān (Art:: N-ms) -- Threshold. From the same as pethen; a stretcher, i.e. A sill.">the threshold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: ham·mal·’îm (Art:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">who fill</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: ’ă·ḏō·nê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">of their master</a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555: ḥā·mās (N-ms) -- Violence, wrong. From chamac; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. Unjust gain.">with violence</a> <a href="/hebrew/4820.htm" title="4820: ū·mir·māh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Deceit, treachery. From ramah in the sense of deceiving; fraud.">and deceit.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-12.htm">Exodus 12:12</a></span><br />On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12</a></span><br />For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Jeremiah 10:25</a></span><br />Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14</a></span><br />On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-12.htm">Micah 5:12-13</a></span><br />I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers. / I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a></span><br />“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-14.htm">Matthew 23:14</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-39.htm">Luke 11:39-42</a></span><br />Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. / You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well? / But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-8.htm">Romans 2:8-9</a></span><br />But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger. / There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Ephesians 5:5-6</a></span><br />For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. / Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-6</a></span><br />Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-6.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:6</a></span><br />and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8-9</a></span><br />in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a></span><br />But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.</p><p class="hdg">those.</p><p class="hdg">leap.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/5-5.htm">1 Samuel 5:5</a></b></br> Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.</p><p class="hdg">which.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-15.htm">1 Samuel 2:15,16</a></b></br> Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/5-20.htm">2 Kings 5:20-27</a></b></br> But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, <i>as</i> the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/5-15.htm">Nehemiah 5:15</a></b></br> But the former governors that <i>had been</i> before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/46-20.htm">Avoid</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-2.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-8.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/nahum/3-1.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Doorstep</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Filling</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-3.htm">Full</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm">House</a> <a href="/micah/2-9.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/nahum/3-2.htm">Jumping</a> <a href="/joel/2-9.htm">Leap</a> <a href="/songs/2-8.htm">Leaping</a> <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Masters</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-9.htm">Master's</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-8.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-8.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-12.htm">Stepping</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-20.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-1.htm">Threshhold</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-1.htm">Threshold</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-17.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-17.htm">Violent</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/18-28.htm">Avoid</a> <a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-12.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-5.htm">Doorstep</a> <a href="/haggai/2-7.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/matthew/9-16.htm">Filling</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Full</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-11.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-13.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/acts/3-8.htm">Jumping</a> <a href="/malachi/4-2.htm">Leap</a> <a href="/acts/3-8.htm">Leaping</a> <a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Masters</a> <a href="/matthew/15-27.htm">Master's</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-12.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-12.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/luke/12-1.htm">Stepping</a> <a href="/haggai/1-8.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/judges/19-27.htm">Threshhold</a> <a href="/judges/19-27.htm">Threshold</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/malachi/2-16.htm">Violent</a><div class="vheading2">Zephaniah 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zephaniah/1-1.htm">The time when Zephaniah prophesied.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zephaniah/1-2.htm">God's severe judgments against Judah.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It is a day of reckoning for the wicked and a time of deliverance for the faithful. The "Day of the Lord" is often associated with both immediate historical events and eschatological fulfillment, pointing to the ultimate judgment at the end of times.<p><b>I will punish</b><br>The act of divine punishment underscores God's justice and holiness. Throughout the Bible, God is portrayed as a righteous judge who holds individuals and nations accountable for their actions. This punishment is not arbitrary but is a response to sin and rebellion against God's laws.<p><b>all who leap over the threshold</b><br>This phrase likely refers to a superstitious practice or a pagan ritual. In <a href="/1_samuel/5-5.htm">1 Samuel 5:5</a>, the priests of Dagon would not step on the threshold of Dagon's temple after the idol fell before the Ark of the Covenant. This could symbolize the adoption of pagan customs by the Israelites, which God condemns. It highlights the syncretism and idolatry prevalent in Judah at the time.<p><b>who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit</b><br>This part of the verse addresses the corruption and moral decay within the society. "The house of their master" could refer to the royal palace or the temple, indicating that leaders and religious figures were complicit in these sins. Violence and deceit are often condemned in the Bible, as seen in passages like <a href="/micah/6-12.htm">Micah 6:12</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/9-8.htm">Jeremiah 9:8</a>, where they are signs of a society that has turned away from God. This phrase also reflects the broader biblical theme of social injustice and the exploitation of the vulnerable, which God consistently opposes.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/z/zephaniah.htm">Zephaniah</a></b><br>A prophet in the Old Testament, Zephaniah's ministry took place during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. His prophecies focus on the coming judgment of God against Judah and the surrounding nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which is the primary audience of Zephaniah's prophecies. The people of Judah are warned about their idolatry and moral corruption.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_the_lord.htm">The Day of the Lord</a></b><br>A significant theme in Zephaniah, referring to a future time when God will execute judgment and bring about justice.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/threshold.htm">Threshold</a></b><br>In ancient Near Eastern culture, leaping over the threshold was associated with superstitious practices and idolatry, possibly linked to the worship of foreign gods.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/v/violence_and_deceit.htm">Violence and Deceit</a></b><br>These are the sins that have filled the houses of the people, indicating moral and spiritual corruption.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/avoid_superstitions_and_idolatry.htm">Avoid Superstitions and Idolatry</a></b><br>The practice of leaping over the threshold symbolizes the people's reliance on superstitions rather than God. Believers are called to trust in God alone and reject any form of idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_our_homes.htm">Integrity in Our Homes</a></b><br>The mention of filling the house with violence and deceit challenges us to examine our own lives and ensure that our homes are places of honesty and peace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a></b><br>Zephaniah's warning serves as a reminder that God will hold us accountable for our actions. We must live in a way that honors Him, knowing that His judgment is sure.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_renewal.htm">Repentance and Renewal</a></b><br>The call to repentance is implicit in the warning of judgment. Believers are encouraged to turn from sin and seek God's forgiveness and renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Zephaniah's role as a prophet highlights the importance of listening to God's messengers and heeding their warnings. We should be attentive to God's Word and its application in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_zephaniah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Zephaniah 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_wisdom's_'seven_pillars'_literal.htm">Proverbs 9:1 refers to 'seven pillars' in Wisdom's house. Is there any archaeological or historical evidence supporting these pillars, or is this purely metaphorical?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_shake_temple_thresholds.htm">Amos 9:1 - How can God physically shake temple thresholds in a way that targets specific people without natural explanations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/archaeological_proof_for_1_chron._9_gatekeepers.htm">What archaeological evidence supports or challenges the specific gatekeepers and their duties described in 1 Chronicles 9:17-27?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_of_psalm_52's_link_to_doeg.htm">If Psalm 52 is specifically about Doeg the Edomite, where is the archaeological or textual proof confirming these events?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zephaniah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Those that leap on</span> (<span class="accented">over</span>) <span class="cmt_word">the threshold.</span> These are the retainers of the princes, etc., named in ver. 8. There is no allusion to the circumstance of the priests of Dagon abstaining from treading on the threshold of their temple in consequence of what happened to the idol at Ashdod (<a href="/1_samuel/5-5.htm">1 Samuel 5:5</a>). It is inconceivable that this merely local custom, which demonstrated the impotence of the false god, should have been imported into Judah. where, indeed, the worship of Dagon seems never to have made any way. The following clause explains the meaning which the Latin version intimates, <span class="accented">Omnem qui arroganter ingreditur super limen</span> - all those who, carrying out their masters' wishes, violently invade the houses of others and pillage them of their contents. The expression, "to leap over the threshold," seems to have been a common term for burglary and stealing with violence. <span class="cmt_word">Which fill their masters' houses.</span> These retainers plunder and steal in order that they may increase their masters' treasures. The king (though not Josiah) may be meant, the plural being the plural of majesty, or the idol temples. The LXX., followed by Jerome, renders, "who fill the house of the Lord their God." This is plainly erroneous, as there is no question here about the temple at Jerusalem. <span class="cmt_word">Violence and deceit;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the fruits of, what they have extorted by, violence and fraud (<a href="/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">On that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֑וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will punish</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפָקַדְתִּ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄ā·qaḏ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> </span><span class="str2">To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who leap</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדּוֹלֵ֛ג</span> <span class="translit">(had·dō·w·lêḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1801.htm">Strong's 1801: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spring</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֧ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the threshold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּפְתָּ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mip̄·tān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4670.htm">Strong's 4670: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stretcher, a sill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who fill</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽמְמַלְאִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mal·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their master</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sovereign, controller</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with violence</span><br /><span class="heb">חָמָ֥ס</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·mās)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2555.htm">Strong's 2555: </a> </span><span class="str2">Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and deceit.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִרְמָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mir·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4820.htm">Strong's 4820: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deceit, treachery</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/zephaniah/1-9.htm">OT Prophets: Zephaniah 1:9 In that day I will punish all (Zeph. 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