Verse 11
11. Maktesh This must be another portion of the city. The context suggests that it was the quarter of the merchants, but its location is uncertain; it is not improbable, however, that it also should be looked for in the northern part of Jerusalem. Targum reads “in the ravines of the Kidron,” but that is purely a guess. The noun means “depression” (Judges 15:19) or “mortar” (Proverbs 27:22); hence it is probable that some valley or depression in the city is referred to. Most writers think of the northern end of the Tyropoeon valley. The name may have been selected because of its suggestiveness; the inhabitants are to be crushed as in a mortar.
The merchant people Literally, the people of Canaan; but the interpretation embodied in the translation of A.V. is correct (see on Hosea 12:7).
They that bear silver R.V., “they that were laden with silver,” that is, possessed silver in large quantities. The reference is to the rich merchants.
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