Zephaniah 1:10

On that day,” says the Lord, “a loud cry will go up ¹  from the Fish Gate, ²  wailing from the city’s newer district, ³  and a loud crash ⁴  from the hills.

2Sa 5:7,9; 2Ki 22:14; 2Ch 3:1; 2Ch 32:22; 2Ch 33:14; Ne 3:3; Isa 22:4,5; Isa 59:11; Jer 4:19-21,31; Jer 39:2; Am 8:3; Zep 1:7,15

¹ tn The words “will go up” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² sn The Fish Gate was located on Jerusalem’s north side (cf. 2 Chr 33:14; Neh 3:3; 12:39).

³ tn Heb “from the second area.” This may refer to an area northwest of the temple where the rich lived (see Adele Berlin, Zephaniah [AB 25A], 86; cf. NASB, NRSV “the Second Quarter”; NIV “the New Quarter”).

⁴ tn Heb “great breaking.”