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Object insert: empty marketplace balance suspended over scattered silver weights on a worn merchant table, dark deserted stalls behind.
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Zephaniah 1:11

The Silver Trade Silenced

The Day When Wealth Cannot Save · Zephaniah 1

Story guide: An abandoned silver balance illustrates the judgment on merchants and those who weigh silver.

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11Wail, inhabitants of the Mortar, for all the merchant people are destroyed; all who weigh out silver are cut off.

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