The governors who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as half a kilogram of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.
Zephaniah 1:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised On that day I will punish all who skip over the threshold, , who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
The governors who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as half a kilogram of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.
Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.
The people are incapable of doing right – this is the Lord’s declaration – those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.
So I asked, ‘What is it? ’ He responded, ‘It’s a measuring basket that is approaching.’ And he continued, ‘This is their iniquity in all the land.’
When her owners realised that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.
When her master got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went out to leave on his journey, there was the woman, his concubine, collapsed near the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.
That is why, still today, the priests of Dagon and everyone who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on Dagon’s threshold.