But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty sheqels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of Elohim.
Zephaniah 1:9 - The Scriptures 2009 “And I shall punish on that day all who leap over the threshold, who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the same day also will I punish all those who leap swiftly on or over the threshold [upon entering houses to steal], who fill their master's house with violence and deceit and fraud. American Standard Version (1901) And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit. Common English Bible I will punish the one leaping on the threshold on that day, those filling the house of their master with violence and deceit. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty sheqels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of Elohim.
As a cage is filled with birds, so their houses are filled with deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
But they do not know to do what is right,’ declares יהוה, ‘these who store up plunder and loot in their palaces.’ ”
“For her rich men are filled with cruel unrighteousness, and her inhabitants have spoken falsehood, and their tongue is deceit in their mouth.
And I said, “What is it?” And he said, “It is an ĕphah-measure that is going forth.” Again he said, “This is their appearance throughout the earth:
But when her masters saw that their anticipation of money-making was gone, they seized Sha’ul and Silas and dragged them into the market-place to the rulers.
And her master rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way, and saw his concubine, fallen at the door of the house with her hands on the threshold.
That is why, to this day, the priests of Daḡon and all who come into Daḡon’s house do not tread on the threshold of Daḡon in Ashdoḏ.