Footnotes

1. Zephaniah 3:4 sn Applied to prophets, the word פֹּחֲזִים (pokhazim, “proud”) probably refers to their audacity in passing off their own words as genuine prophecies from the Lord (see Jer 23:32).
2. Zephaniah 3:4 tn Or “defiled the temple.”sn These priests defiled what is holy by not observing the proper distinctions between what is ritually clean and unclean (see Ezek 22:26).
3. Zephaniah 3:4 tn Heb “they treated [the] law violently.”
4. Zephaniah 3:5 tn The word “resides” is supplied for clarification.
5. Zephaniah 3:5 tn Or “he does no injustice.”
6. Zephaniah 3:5 tn Heb “gives”; or “dispenses.”
7. Zephaniah 3:5 tn Heb “at the light he is not missing.” Note that NASB (which capitalizes pronouns referring to Deity) has divided the lines differently: “Every morning He brings His justice to light; // He does not fail.”
8. Zephaniah 3:6 tn Heb “cut off.”
9. Zephaniah 3:6 tn Heb “corner towers”; NEB, NRSV “battlements.”
10. Zephaniah 3:6 tn This Hebrew verb (צָדָה, tsadah) occurs only here in the OT, but its meaning is established from the context and from an Aramaic cognate.
11. Zephaniah 3:6 tn Heb “so that there is no man, without inhabitant.”