I will search — God speaks after the manner of men, who searches dark places with candles. He will fully discover and punish. Their lees — In allusion to liquors, which not being poured out from vessel to vessel to refine them, grow thick and foul.
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Zephaniah 1:12
12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settledd on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.