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The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:10

The second class which shall be smitten, viz. the traders and usurers, the enemy being represented as breaking in upon the localities where these persons resided. The fish gate. This is generally supposed to have been in the north wall of the city towards its eastern extremity, and to have been so called because through it were brought the fish from the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee, and there was a fish market in its immediate neighbourhood (see Nehemiah 3:3 ; Nehemiah 12:39 ; 2... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:9

I will punish all those that leap on the threshold - Neither language nor history nor context allow this to be understood of the idolatrous custom of Ashdod, not to tread on the threshold of the temple of Dagon. It had indeed been a strange infatuation of idolatry, that God’s people should adopt an act of superstitious reverence for an idol in the very instance in which its nothingness and the power of the true God had been shown. Nothing is indeed too brutish for one who chooses an idol for... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

A cry from the fish-gate - “The fish-gate” was probably in the north of the wall of “the second city.” For in Nehemiah’s rebuilding, the restoration began at the sheep-gate Nehemiah 3:1 (so called doubtless, because the sheep for the sacrifices were brought in by it), which, as being near the temple, was repaired by the priests; then it ascended northward, by two towers, the towers of Meah and Hananeel; then two companies repaired some undescribed part of the wall Nehemiah 3:2, and then another... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 1:8-9

Zephaniah 1:8-9. In that day I will punish the princes and the king’s children In 2 Kings 25:7; 2 Kings 25:21, we read of the fulfilling of both these particulars; the sons of King Zedekiah, and the principal officers of the state, being slain by the order of the king of Babylon. And all such as are clothed with strange apparel Used for idolatrous purposes: see Deuteronomy 22:11. There were peculiar vestments belonging to the worship of each idol; hence the command of Jehu, 2 Kings... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 1:10-11

Zephaniah 1:10-11. In that day there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish- gate Mentioned Nehemiah 3:3. It was opposite to Joppa, according to Jerome, and at the entering of the city from that quarter. The sundry expressions of this verse are intended to describe the cries and shrieks that should arise from all parts of the city, upon the taking of it by the Babylonians. The great crashing from the hills might be intended to signify the noise that should be heard from the palace and... 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 1:9

those that leap, &c. No reference to idolatrous practice, as in 1 Kings 18:26 ; but to the servants of rulers sent to enter the houses of others and steal Figure of speech Periphrasis ( App-6 ), for robbers. on = over. violence and deceit. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the booty procured. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:10

the noise of a cry. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6 . the second = the new city. See note on 2 Kings 22:14 , read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:9

"And in that day will I punish all that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit."Some have tried to make "leap over the threshold" here a reference to some pagan custom; but we believe that Barnes was correct in viewing the second clause as an explanation of the first."Neither language, nor history, nor context allow this to be understood of the idolatrous customs of Ashdod. The same persons who "leap over the threshold" are those who "fill their... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

"And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills. Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are undone; all they that are laden 'with silver are cut off.""The fish gate ..." This was one of the north entrances to Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:1-6). The second quarter was where Huldah the prophetess lived (2 Kings 22:14). Maktesh is not elsewhere mentioned in the Bible.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 1:8-9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 1:10-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

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