10 On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills. 11 Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off. 12 And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
Zephaniah 1:10–12
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