Chiasm
Zephaniah 1:10–14
Zephaniah 1:10–143 matched frames1 pivot
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 1:10a And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Yahweh, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second,
- B 1:10b and a great crashing from the hills.
- C 1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
- D 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.
- C' 1:13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
- C 1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
- B' 1:14a The great day of Yahweh is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly,
- B 1:10b and a great crashing from the hills.
- A' 1:14b even the voice of the day of Yahweh: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
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