Zep 2:9 | JFB | STEP | 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 ( ; , Margin). possess them-- that is, their land; in retribution for their having occupied Judah's land.

‏ Zephaniah 2:9

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.