Zephaniah 1:10 (DRB)

Passage

And there shall be in that day, saith the Lord, the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a howling from the Second, and a great destruction from the hills.

Nearby Context

Zephaniah 1:8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the victim of the Lord, that I will visit upon the princes, and upon the king's sons, and upon all such as are clothed with strange apparel:

Zephaniah 1:9 And I will visit in that day upon every one that entereth arrogantly over the threshold: them that fill the house of the Lord their God with iniquity and deceit.

Zephaniah 1:10 And there shall be in that day, saith the Lord, the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a howling from the Second, and a great destruction from the hills.

Zephaniah 1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of the Morter. All the people of Chanaan is hush, all are cut off that were wrapped up in silver.

Zephaniah 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and will visit upon the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their hearts: The Lord will not do good, nor will he do evil.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "saith", "lord", "noise", "fish", "gate", "howling", and "second". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And I will visit in that day..." into verse 11's "Howl ye inhabitants of the Morter All...", so "shall" and "saith" belong inside that flow. In Zephaniah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.