Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Zephaniah 2:9
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 (Judges 9:45; Psalms 107:34, Margin).
possess them—that is, their land; in retribution for their having occupied Judah's land.
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