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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-6

Here is, I. The title-page of this book (Zeph. 1:1), in which we observe, 1. What authority it has, and who gave it that authority; it is from heaven, and not of men: It is the word of the Lord. 2. Who was the instrument of conveying it to the church. His name was Zephaniah, which signifies the servant of the Lord, for God revealed his secrets to his servants the prophets. The pedigree of other prophets, whose extraction we have an account of, goes no further back than their father, except... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:2

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord. That is, from the land of Judah, by means of the Chaldeans or Babylonians: this is a general denunciation of the judgments of God, the particulars follow: or, "in gathering I will gather"; all good things out of the land; all the necessaries of life, and blessings of Providence; all that is for the sustenance and pleasure of man, as well as all creatures, by death or captivity; and so the land should be entirely stripped,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:2

I will utterly consume all things - All being now ripe for destruction, I will shortly bring a universal scourge upon the land. He speaks particularly of the idolaters. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:2

Verse 2 It might seem at the first view that the Prophet dealt too severely in thus fulminating against his own nation; for he ought to have begun with doctrine, as this appears to be the just order of things. But the Prophet denounces ruin, and shows at the same time why God was so grievously displeased with the people. We must however remember, that the Prophet, living at the same period with Jeremiah, had regard to the stubbornness of the people, who had been already with more than... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-3

I. HIS PEDIGREE . ( Zephaniah 1:1 .) This is the solitary instance in which the lineage of a prophet is traced back in Scripture four generations. The reason would seem to be in order to indicate his relationship to Hezekiah, the pious King of Judah. Note: 1 . The honour connected with a pious ancestry. 2 . The perpetuity of the influence of a good life. II. HIS AUTHORITY . This was not derived from his royal descent, but from his being under the inspiration of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-6

I. MEANING OF HIS NAME . Zephaniah, "One whom Jehovah hides." Hiding in the day of calamity a blessing promised to them that fear Go( Psalms 31:19 , Psalms 31:20 ), who are therefore styled God's hidden ones ( Psalms 83:4 ), and may confidently reckon upon God's extending to them his protecting care in the midst of peril ( Psalms 27:5 ), yea, may even boldly flee unto him to hide them ( Psalms 143:9 ). II. THE DIGNITY OF HIS PERSON . The scion of a kingly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-6

"The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amen, King of Judah. I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord. I will consume man and beast," etc. Of Zephaniah we have no information but what is contained in his prophecy. His genealogy is given in the first verse of this chapter. He prophesied in the reign of Josiah, probably between the twelfth and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON ALL THE WORLD , AND UPON JUDAH IN PARTICULAR . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

We learn from ver. 1 that Zephaniah received from the Lord his message to Judah in the days of Josiah, the last of the godly and reforming kings, who, after the gross corruption of the preceding reigns of Manasseh and Amon, restored to a large extent the purity of the worship of God, and was the means of bringing about a certain kind and degree of repentance and amendment in the people. Probably, however, the major part of Zephaniah's prophecy belongs to the early part of Josiah's reign,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:2

I will utterly consume; literally, taking away I will make an end. Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 8:13 )uses the same expression. The prophet begins abruptly with this announcement of universal judgment before he warns Judah in particular of the punishment that awaits her, because his position is that the way to salvation is through chastisement. Vulgate, congregans congregabo, where the verb must be used in the sense of "gathering for destruction." All things. More expressly defined in the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:2

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