Zephaniah 1:9 meaning and explanation
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
Zephaniah 1:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD is speaking through Zephaniah to Judah in King Josiah's day, announcing judgment on Jerusalem. Leaping over the threshold likely echoes 1 Samuel 5:5, where Philistines avoided stepping on the threshold of Dagon's temple, so the phrase points to superstitious or foreign religious practice.
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