It will happen in the day of the LORD’s sacrifice that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Zephaniah 1:8 in context
Zephaniah 1:5–11
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those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malcam,
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those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor inquired after him.
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Be silent at the presence of the Lord GOD, for the day of the LORD is at hand. For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
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It will happen in the day of the LORD’s sacrifice that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
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In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
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In that day, says the LORD, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
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Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
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