Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zephaniah 1:11

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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. :- , "The Canaanite," namely, merchant [ Chaldee Version ]. The Tyropoeligon (that is, cheese-makers' ) valley below Mount Akra [ROSENMULLER]. Better Jerusalem itself, so called as lying in the midst of hills ( Isaiah 22:1 ; Jeremiah 21:13 ) and as doomed to be the scene of its people being destroyed as corn or drugs are pounded in a mortar ( Jeremiah 21:13- : ) [MAURER]. Compare the similar image of a "pot" ( Ezekiel 24:3 ; Ezekiel 24:6 ). The reason for the destruction is subjoined, namely, its merchant people's greediness of gain. all the merchant people —literally, the "Canaanite people": irony: all the merchant people of Jerusalem are very Canaanites in greed for gain and in idolatries (see on Ezekiel 24:6- : ). all . . . that bear silver —loading themselves with that which will prove but a burden ( Habakkuk 2:6 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-12" class="com-number"

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