Maktesh. the mortar. Probably the local name of the merchants' quarter in the Tyropoeon valley, west of Zion. App-68. So called from its basin-like shape.
cut down. laid low.
Related Commentaries of Zephaniah 1:11
Zephaniah 1:11
11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.