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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 1:4

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:5

That worship the host of heaven upon the house tops. In this verse two classes of fame worshippers are mentioned, viz. star worshippers, and waverers. The worship of the sun, moon, and stars was a very ancient form of error, the heavenly bodies being regarded as the representatives of the powers of nature and the originators of events on earth (see Deuteronomy 4:19 ; Deuteronomy 17:3 ; Job 31:26 , Job 31:27 ; 2 Kings 17:16 ). It was especially prevalent in the time of Manasseh ( 2... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:4

I will also stretch out Mine Hand - As before on Egypt . Judah had gone in the ways of Egypt and learned her sins, and sinned worse than Egypt. “The mighty Hand and stretched-out Arm” Jeremiah 2:10-11, with which she had been delivered, shall be again “stretched out,” yet, not for her but “upon” her, “upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.” In this threatened destruction of all, Judah and Jerusalem are singled out, because “judgment” shall “begin at the house of God” 1 Peter 4:17; Jeremiah... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:5

And them that worship the best of heaven upon the - (flat) housetops This was fulfilled by Josiah who destroyed “the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz” 2 Kings 23:12. Jeremiah speaks as if this worship was almost universal, as though well-near every roof had been profaned by this idolatry. “The houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 1:4-6

Zephaniah 1:4-6. I will also stretch out my hand upon Judah I will manifest my power upon Judah, as I have done upon Israel. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal The altars, or places of worship, dedicated to Baal, which still remain in this place, namely, Jerusalem; and the name of the Chemarims Of the idolatrous priests, for so the same word is rendered 2 Kings 23:5, where see the note; with the priests That is, I will destroy these together with the priests of the tribe of Levi,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

1:1-3:8 PUNISHMENT OF SINNERSSins of Jerusalem (1:1-18)The prophet opens with a general statement about judgment that probably comes as no surprise to the people of Jerusalem. He announces that God will destroy sin from the earth (1:1-3). What surprises the hearers is Zephaniah’s assertion that God will destroy them, for they too are sinners (4a). Anti-God practices established by Manasseh still exist, such as the worship of Baal, the worship of the stars and the worship of Milcom (Molech).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:4

Mine hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia, App-6 . remnant. Septuagint reads "names", reading shem instead of she'ar, as in the next clause. and. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this "and" in the text. Chemarims = Kemarim = black-robed, or cassocked. From Hebrew. Kamar, to be black. Used of idolatrous priests because so clothed; not Kohen, as appointed by Jehovah. Occurs only here; 2 Kings 23:5 , and Hosea 10:5 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:5

worship the host of heaven. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:19 ; Deuteronomy 17:3 ). App-92 . Compare 2 Kings 23:11 , 2 Kings 23:12 .Jeremiah 19:13 . Malcham = king-god, or king-idol. Syriac and Vulgate read "Milcom". read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:4-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 1:4-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:5

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