Zephaniah 1:11

Judah's Impending Judgment

¹⁰ On that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate,
a wailing from the Second District,
and a loud crashing from the hills.
¹¹ Wail, you residents of the Hollow,
for all the merchants will be silenced;
all those loaded with silver will be cut off. ¹² And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish the men who settle down comfortably,
who say to themselves:
The Lord will not do good or evil.

Canaan

Maktesh

Siloam

James 5:1

Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

Nehemiah 3:31-32

Next to him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs to the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room of the corner.

Jeremiah 4:8

Because of this, put on sackcloth;
mourn and wail,
for the Lord’s burning anger
has not turned away from us.

Jeremiah 25:34

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out.
Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
Because the days of your slaughter have come,
you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.

Ezekiel 21:12

Cry out and wail, son of man,
for it is against My people.
It is against all the princes of Israel!
They are given over to the sword with My people.
Therefore strike your thigh in grief.

Hosea 9:6

For even if they flee from devastation,
Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them.
Thistles will take possession of their precious silver;
thorns will invade their tents.

Hosea 12:7-8

A merchant loves to extort
with dishonest scales in his hands.

Joel 1:5

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;
wail, all you wine drinkers,
because of the sweet wine,
for it has been taken from your mouth.

Joel 1:13

Dress in sackcloth and lament, you priests;
wail, you ministers of the altar.
Come and spend the night in sackcloth,
you ministers of my God,
because grain and drink offerings
are withheld from the house of your God.

Zechariah 11:2-3

Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen;
the glorious trees are destroyed!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the stately forest has fallen!

John 2:16

He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

Revelation 18:11-18

The merchants of the earth will also weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their merchandise any longer—