Passage

Princes and the king’s sons named

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁸It will happen in the day of the LORD’s sacrifice that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.

Zephaniah 1:8World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The passage names princes, the king’s sons and those wearing foreign clothing as subject to punishment.

To understand

The preceding line announces the LORD’s approaching day and a prepared sacrifice. The next names people filling their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

A question

Which people and actions does this speech include in its announced judgment?