What does the repetition of the verb “to punish” signal?
Zephaniah 1:9 (ESV)
9On that day I will punish everyone who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master’s house with violence and fraud.
The repetition of this verb from Zephaniah 1:8 signals another object of judgment, thereby turning our attention from the nobles to another group of people in society.
9 On that day I will punish everyone who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master’s house with violence and fraud.