Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Zephaniah 2:9
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Zephaniah2:9
9. the breeding of nettles--or, the overspreading of nettles, that is, a place overrun with them.
salt pits--found at the south of the Dead Sea. The water overflows in the spring, and salt is left by the evaporation. Salt land is barren (Jud 9:45; Psa 107:34, Margin).
possess them--that is, their land; in retribution for their having occupied Judah's land.
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