Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zephaniah 1:9

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9. those that leap on the threshold —the servants of the princes, who, after having gotten prey (like hounds) for their masters, leap exultingly on their masters' thresholds; or, on the thresholds of the houses which they break into [CALVIN]. JEROME explains it of those who walk up the steps into the sanctuary with haughtiness. ROSENMULLER translates, "Leap over the threshold"; namely, in imitation of the Philistine custom of not treading on the threshold, which arose from the head and hands of Dragon being broken off on the threshold before the ark ( 1 Samuel 5:5 ). Compare Isaiah 2:6 , "thy people . . . are soothsayers like the Philistines. " CALVIN'S view agrees best with the latter clause of the verse. fill . . . masters' houses with violence, &c.—that is, with goods obtained with violence, &c. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-zep-1-003

절 (explains)

bible-text/zep-1-9

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological