스바냐 2:6-7 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 2:4-7

The prophet here comes to foretel what share the neighbouring nations should have in the destruction made upon those parts of the world by Nebuchadnezzar and his victorious Chaldees, as others of the prophets did at that time, which is designed, 1. To awaken the people of the Jews, by making them sensible how strong, how deep, how large, the inundation of calamities should be, that the day of the Lord, which was near, might appear the more dreadful, and they might thereby be quickened to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:6

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds ,.... That tract of land which lay on the coast of the Mediterranean sea, inhabited by the Philistines, should now become so desolate, that instead of towns and cities full of merchants and sea faring persons, and houses full of inhabitants, and warehouses full of goods, there should now only be seen a few huts and cottages for shepherds to dwell in, to shelter them from the heat by day, and where they watched their flocks by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah ,.... The same tract of land become so desolate through the Chaldeans, should in future time, when those that remained of the Jews were returned from their captivity in Babylon, be inhabited by them. This was fulfilled in the times of the Maccabees, when the cities of Palestine, being rebuilt, were subdued by the Jews, and fell into their hands; and it is plain that in the times of the apostles those places were inhabited by the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:6

And the sea-coasts shall be dwellings - Newcome considers כרת keroth as a proper name, not cottages or folds. The Septuagint have Κρητη , Crete, and so has the Syriac. Abp. Secker notes, Alibi non extat כרת , et forte notat patriam των כרתים . "The word כרת is not found elsewhere, and probably it is the name of the country of the Cherethim." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:7

The coast shall be for the remnant - Several devastations fell on the Philistines. Gaza was ruined by the army of Alexander the Great, and the Maccabees finally accomplished all that was predicted by the prophets against this invariably wicked people. They lost their polity, and were at last obliged to receive circumcision. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:6

Verse 6 The Prophet confirms what he has before said respecting the future vengeance of God, which was now nigh at hand to the Moabites and other neighboring nations, who had been continually harassing the miserable Jews. Hence, he says, that that whole region would become the habitation of sheep. It is a well known event, that when any country is without inhabitants shepherds occupy it; for there is no sowing nor reaping there, but grass alone grows. Where, therefore, there is no cultivation,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:4-7

§ 2. The admonition is enforced by the announcement of the punishment that is about to fall on various nations, which shall prepare the way for the general acceptance of true religion; and first the sentence shall reach the Philistines. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:6

Dwellings and cottages for shepherds; better, pastures with caves for shepherds. In the use of the word keroth, "diggings" ("cottages," Authorized Version) there is probably intended another play on the "Cherethites." Neale, "The road from Gaza to Askalon lay along the sea shore. In the winter months many parts of it are impracticable, owing to the encroachment of the sea. The surf then dashes wildly into the huge caverns worked out of the endless sand hills that line this coast. These... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be for the remnant, etc.; it will be a tract .for the remnant. The district will be the possession of the Jews, who should be restored to their land ( Obadiah 1:19 ). Zephaniah virtually predicts the Captivity and the return, and intimates that the destruction of hostile nations is the means of advancing true religion. They shall feed their flocks thereupon . Where the Philistine cities stood shall be the pasture ground of the Israelites' flocks. Ashkelon . One... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 2:6

The seacoast shall be dwellings and cottages - o, literally, cuttings or diggings. This is the central meaning of the word; the place of the Cherethites (the cutters off) shall be “cheroth” of shepherds, places which they dug up that their flocks might be enclosed therein. The tracts once full of fighting men, the scourge of Judah, should be so desolate of its former people, as to become a sheep-walk. Men of peace should take the place of its warriors.So the shepherds of the Gospel with their... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 2:4-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 2:6

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