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Night view of warm oil lamps lighting several dark Jerusalem doorways, sealed wine jars with sediment visible in one broken vessel foreground; no divine searcher.
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Zephaniah 1:12

Jerusalem Searched with Lamps

The Day When Wealth Cannot Save · Zephaniah 1

Story guide: Lamps and settled wine evoke the oracle's search and complacency imagery; Yahweh is not depicted.

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12And it will happen at that time: I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who have grown thick on their dregs, who say in their hearts, 'The LORD will not do good, nor will he do harm.'

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