Zep 1:9 | TNotes | STEP | 1:9 those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies (literally those who leap over the threshold ): The people of Judah perpetuated the pagan custom of leaping over the threshold of a temple to avoid contact with it, in deference to that pagan god (see 1 Sam 5:1-5 ).

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‏ Zephaniah 1:9

1:9 ^a those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies (literally those who leap over the threshold): The people of Judah perpetuated the pagan custom of leaping over the threshold of a temple to avoid contact with it, in deference to that pagan god (see 1 Sam 5:1-5 ^b).