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For all the traders are no more; all who weigh out silver are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/zephaniah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/zephaniah/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/zephaniah/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh! For all the merchant people are cut down; All those who handle money are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/zephaniah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Wail, you inhabitants of the Mortar, Because all the people of Canaan will be destroyed; All who weigh out silver will be eliminated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/zephaniah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar, For all the people of Canaan will be silenced; All who weigh out silver will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/zephaniah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar, For all the people of Canaan will be silenced; All who weigh out silver will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/zephaniah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar, For all the people of Canaan will be silenced; All who weigh out silver will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/zephaniah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Wail [in anguish], you inhabitants of the Mortar (Valley of Siloam), For all the merchants of Canaan will be silenced <i>and</i> destroyed; All who weigh out silver will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/zephaniah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wail, you residents of the Hollow, for all the merchants will be silenced; all those loaded with silver will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/zephaniah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wail, you residents of the Hollow, for all the merchants will be silenced; all those loaded with silver will be cut off. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/zephaniah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/zephaniah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Everyone in Lower Hollow will mourn loudly, because merchants and money changers will be wiped out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/zephaniah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone: all they that were laden with sliver are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/zephaniah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Howl, inhabitants of the Mortar, because all the merchants will be destroyed and all who handle money will be killed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/zephaniah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Wail and cry when you hear this, you that live in the lower part of the city, because all the merchants will be dead! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/zephaniah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Wail, you who live in the market district, because all of the merchants will be crushed and all of their customers will be eliminated. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/zephaniah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/zephaniah/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Wail, you who live in the market district, for all the merchants will disappear and those who count money will be removed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/zephaniah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone. All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/zephaniah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/zephaniah/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/zephaniah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Howl, you inhabitants of the hollow place, "" For all the merchant people have been cut off, "" All carrying silver have been cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/zephaniah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Howl, ye inhabitants of the hollow place, For cut off hath been all the merchant people, Cut off have been all bearing silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/zephaniah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan were destroyed; all lifting up silver were cut off.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/zephaniah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Howl, ye inhabitants of the Morter. All the people of Chanaan is hush, all are cut off that were wrapped up in silver. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/zephaniah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Howl, inhabitants of the Pillar. All the people of Canaan have fallen silent. All were ruined who had been wrapped in silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/zephaniah/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Wail, O inhabitants of Maktesh! for all the merchants are destroyed, all who weigh out silver, done away with. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/zephaniah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The inhabitants of the Mortar wail, for all the traders have perished; all who weigh out silver are cut off.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/zephaniah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Wail, O inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are confounded; all those who bear silver are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/zephaniah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Wail, inhabitants of Maktesh, because the entire people of Canaan is shocked, and all loaded with silver are destroyed<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/zephaniah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, For all the merchant people are undone; All they that were laden with silver are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/zephaniah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Lament, ye that inhabit the <i>city</i> that has been broken down, for all the people has become like Chanaan; and all that were exalted by silver have been utterly destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/zephaniah/1-11.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=116" 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">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. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3213.htm" title="3213: hê·lî·lū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To howl, make a howling. A primitive root; to howl or yell.">Wail,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">O dwellers</a> <a href="/hebrew/4389.htm" title="4389: ham·maḵ·têš (Art:: N-ms) -- A place probably in Jer. The same as maktesh; dell; the Maktesh, a place in Jerusalem.">of the Hollow,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</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/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am (N-msc) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">your merchants</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kə·na·‘an (N-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1820.htm" title="1820: niḏ·māh (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. To destroy.">will be silenced;</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/5187.htm" title="5187: nə·ṭî·lê (N-mpc) -- Laden. From natal; laden.">who weigh out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ḵā·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: niḵ·rə·ṯū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">will be cut off.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’…<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="/ezekiel/7-12.htm">Ezekiel 7:12-13</a></span><br />The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude. / The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-3</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-10.htm">Isaiah 24:10-12</a></span><br />The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. / In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land. / The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Revelation 18:11-17</a></span><br />And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-5.htm">Amos 8:5-6</a></span><br />asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a></span><br />What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Hosea 12:7-8</a></span><br />A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands. / And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-10.htm">Micah 6:10-12</a></span><br />Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? / Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights? / For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a></span><br />Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Matthew 21:12-13</a></span><br />Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-20.htm">Isaiah 2:20</a></span><br />In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-45.htm">Luke 19:45-46</a></span><br />Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. / He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Ezekiel 27:31-36</a></span><br />They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning. / As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea? / When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-21.htm">Zechariah 14:21</a></span><br />Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Howl, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.</p><p class="hdg">Howl.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8</a></b></br> For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Jeremiah 25:34</a></b></br> Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves <i>in the ashes</i>, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/21-12.htm">Ezekiel 21:12</a></b></br> Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it <i>shall be</i> upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon <i>thy</i> thigh.</p><p class="hdg">all the.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/3-31.htm">Nehemiah 3:31,32</a></b></br> After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Hosea 12:7,8</a></b></br> <i>He is</i> a merchant, the balances of deceit <i>are</i> in his hand: he loveth to oppress… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16</a></b></br> And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; 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The call to "wail" is a prophetic warning of impending judgment. This lamentation is a common prophetic motif, urging the people to mourn in anticipation of divine retribution. The wailing signifies the seriousness of the coming disaster, reflecting the deep sorrow and loss that will be experienced. This echoes other biblical calls to repentance and mourning, such as in <a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5</a> and <a href="/james/4-9.htm">James 4:9</a>.<p><b>for all your merchants will be silenced;</b><br>Merchants were vital to the economic life of ancient cities, and their silencing indicates a cessation of commercial activity. This judgment against the merchants suggests a broader economic collapse, which would have been devastating for a society heavily reliant on trade. The silencing of merchants can also symbolize the end of dishonest practices, as commerce in biblical times was often associated with greed and exploitation, as seen in <a href="/amos/8-5.htm">Amos 8:5-6</a>. This phrase underscores the theme of divine justice against economic corruption.<p><b>all who weigh out silver will be cut off.</b><br>Weighing out silver refers to the practice of measuring currency for trade, a common activity in ancient marketplaces. Being "cut off" implies a complete cessation of their business and possibly their lives, indicating severe judgment. This phrase highlights the futility of relying on wealth and economic power, a recurring biblical theme. It serves as a reminder of the transient nature of material wealth, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a> and <a href="/james/5.htm">James 5:1-3</a>. The cutting off of those who weigh silver also points to the broader theme of divine retribution against those who prioritize wealth over righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/dwellers_of_the_hollow.htm">Dwellers of the Hollow</a></b><br>This refers to the inhabitants of a specific area in Jerusalem, likely a marketplace or commercial district known for its economic activity.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/merchants.htm">Merchants</a></b><br>These are the traders and business people who conduct commerce in the city. They are significant in the economic life of Jerusalem.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/those_who_weigh_out_silver.htm">Those who weigh out silver</a></b><br>This phrase refers to money changers or those involved in financial transactions, indicating a focus on economic practices.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_the_lord.htm">The Day of the LORD</a></b><br>Although not mentioned directly in this verse, the context of <a href="/bsb/zephaniah/1.htm">Zephaniah 1</a> is the impending judgment known as the Day of the LORD, a time of divine retribution.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, central to the events described in Zephaniah, and the focus of God's impending judgment due to its people's sins.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_wealth.htm">The Futility of Wealth</a></b><br>Wealth and economic success are temporary and cannot save us from God's judgment. We must prioritize spiritual riches over material wealth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and their economies. His judgment can come upon any nation that turns away from His ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_humility.htm">Repentance and Humility</a></b><br>The call to "wail" is a call to repentance. We must humble ourselves and turn back to God, recognizing our dependence on Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_integrity_in_business.htm">The Importance of Integrity in Business</a></b><br>The judgment on merchants and money changers highlights the need for honesty and integrity in our financial dealings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_the_day_of_the_lord.htm">Preparation for the Day of the LORD</a></b><br>We must live with an awareness of the coming Day of the LORD, ensuring our lives are aligned with God's will.<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/does_christ's_peace_rule_in_your_heart.htm">What are 'Apples of Gold in Settings of Silver'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_'fish_gate'_and_'second_quarter'_match_archaeology.htm">In Zephaniah 1:10-11, does the mention of the 'Fish Gate' and the 'Second Quarter' align with known archaeological sites, or might this indicate a later editorial insertion?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_zephaniah_1_18_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">How does Zephaniah 1:18's claim that wealth can't save on the 'day of the Lord' align with biblical texts showing God's mercy and willingness to relent from punishment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_temple_cleansing_in_matthew_21.htm">Is there historical or archaeological evidence to support the large-scale temple cleansing described in Matthew 21:12-13?</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 11.</span>p - <span class="cmt_word">Maktesh;</span> <span class="accented">the Mortar</span>; Septuagint, <span class="greek">τὴν κατακεκομμένην</span>, "her that is broken down." The word is found in <a href="/judges/15-19.htm">Judges 15:19</a> of a hollow place in a rock, and it is here used in the sense of "valley," and probably refers to the Tyropoeum, or part of it, the depression that ran down the city, having Aera and Zion on its west side, and Moriah and Ophel on its east, and extended south as far as the pool of Siloam. It does not seem a very appropriate appellation for a lengthy valley like the Tyropceum, nor is there any trace of such a name being applied to it elsewhere. It may have been a name affixed to a certain locality where a bazaar was situated or certain special industries had their seat; or it may have been invented by Zephaniah to intimate the fate that awaited the evil merchants, that they should be, as it were, brayed in a mortar by their enemies. <span class="cmt_word">The merchant people;</span> literally, <span class="accented">people of Canaan.</span> So Septuagint and Vulgate (comp. <a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Hosea 12:7</a>; Hist. of Susannah 56; <a href="/zechariah/14-21.htm">Zechariah 14:21</a>). The iniquitous traders are called "people of Canaan," because they acted like the heathens around them, especially the Phoenicians, who were unscrupulous and dishonest in their transactions. <span class="cmt_word">Are cut down;</span> <span class="accented">are silenced</span>; Vulgate, <span class="accented">conticuit</span> (<a href="/isaiah/6-5.htm">Isaiah 6:5</a>; <a href="/hosea/10-7.htm">Hosea 10:7</a>). <span class="cmt_word">They that bear</span> (<span class="accented">are laden with</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>silver</span>. Those who have amassed wealth by trade and usury. The LXX. has, <span class="greek">οι  ῾ἐηρμένοι ἀργυρίῳ</span> "those who are elated with silver;" St. Jerome, <span class="accented">involuti argento.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/zephaniah/1-11.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">Wail,</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵילִ֖ילוּ</span> <span class="translit">(hê·lî·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3213.htm">Strong's 3213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To howl, make a howling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O dwellers</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹשְׁבֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šə·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Hollow,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּכְתֵּ֑שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·maḵ·têš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4389.htm">Strong's 4389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mortar -- a place probably in Jerusalem</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</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">your merchants</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘am)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be silenced;</span><br /><span class="heb">נִדְמָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(niḏ·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1820.htm">Strong's 1820: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be dumb, silent, to fail, perish, trans, to destroy</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 weigh out</span><br /><span class="heb">נְטִ֥ילֵי</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ṭî·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5187.htm">Strong's 5187: </a> </span><span class="str2">Laden</span><br /><br /><span class="word">silver</span><br /><span class="heb">כָֽסֶף׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḵā·sep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be cut off.</span><br /><span class="heb">נִכְרְת֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(niḵ·rə·ṯū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/zephaniah/1-11.htm">OT Prophets: Zephaniah 1:11 Wail you inhabitants of Maktesh for all (Zeph. 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