Zephaniah 1:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

Zephaniah 1:11 —

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James 5:1
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Ezekiel 21:12
Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
Hosea 12:7-8
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. …
Jeremiah 25:34
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, 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.
Revelation 18:11-18
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-13)

Notice is here given to Judah and Jerusalem that God is coming forth against them, and will be with them shortly; his presence, as a just avenger, his day, the day of his judgment and his wrath, are not far off, Zeph. 1:7. Those that improve not the presence of God with them as a Father, but sin away that presence, may expect his presence with them as a Judge, to call them to an account for the co…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. 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 ly…