Zephaniah 1:9 (YLT)

Passage

And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters <FI>With<Fi> violence and deceit.

Nearby Context

Zephaniah 1:7 Hush! because of the Lord Jehovah, For near <FI>is<Fi> a day of Jehovah, For prepared hath Jehovah a sacrifice, He hath sanctified His invited ones.

Zephaniah 1:8 And it hath come to pass, In the day of the sacrifice of Jehovah, That I have laid a charge on the heads, And on sons of the king, And on all putting on strange clothing.

Zephaniah 1:9 And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters <FI>With<Fi> violence and deceit.

Zephaniah 1:10 And there hath been in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, The noise of a cry from the fish-gate, And of a howling from the Second, And of great destruction from the hills.

Zephaniah 1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of the hollow place, For cut off hath been all the merchant people, Cut off have been all bearing silver.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "laid", "charge", "leaping", "over", "threshold", "filling", "house", and "masters". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "laid" and "charge", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And it hath come to pass In..." into verse 10's "And there hath been in that day...", so "laid" and "charge" 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 "laid" and "charge" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.