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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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:2-3

§ 2. The prelude, announcing the judgment upon the whole world. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:3

Man and beast , etc This is not mere hyperbole to express the utter wasting and destruction that were impending, but points to the mysterious connection between man and the lower creation, how in agreement with the primal curse even material nature suffers for man's sin ( Genesis 3:17 ; Romans 8:22 ). If we expect a new heaven and a new earth, we know that God will show his wrath against the old creation defiled with sin ( 2 Peter 3:10 ; camp. Jeremiah 4:25 ; Jeremiah 9:9 , etc.; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:4

I will also stretch out mine hand . This expression is used when God is about to do great things or inflict notable punishment (see Exodus 3:20 ; Exodus 15:12 ; Deuteronomy 4:34 ; Isaiah 5:25 ; Jeremiah 51:25 , etc.). Judah. In so far as Judah was rebellious and wicked, it should incur the judicial punishment. Judgment was to begin at the house of God ( 1 Peter 4:17 ), the sin of the chosen people being more heinous than that of heathens. Hence it is added, upon all the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:4-6

§ 3. The judgment will fall especially upon Judah and Jerusalem for their idolatry. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:2

I will utterly consume all things - Better “all.” The word is not limited to “things” “animate” or “inanimate” or “men;” it is used severally of each, according to the context; here, without limitation, of “all.” God and all stand over against one another; God and all which is not of God or in God. God, he says, will utterly consume all from off the land (earth). The prophet sums up in few words the subject of the whole chapter, the judgments of God from his own times to the day of Judgment... read more

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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:2-3

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:4-6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:2

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