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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:7

Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lords God - הס has , the same as hush, hist, among us. Remonstrances are now useless. You had time to acquaint yourselves with God; you would not: you cry now in vain; destruction is at the door. The Lord hath prepared a sacrifice - A slaughter of the people. He hath bid his guests - The Babylonians, to whom he has given a commission to destroy you. In all festivals sacrifices, The victims were offered to God, and their blood poured out... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:8

I will punish the princes, and the king's children - After the death of Josiah the kingdom of Judah saw no prosperity, and every reign terminated miserably; until at last King Zedekiah and the king's children were cruelly massacred at Riblah, when Nebuchadnezzar had taken Jerusalem. Strange apparel - I really think this refers more to their embracing idolatrous customs and heathen usages, than to their changing their dress. They acquired new habits, as we would say; customs, that they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:9

That leap on the threshold - Or, that leap over the threshold. It is most probable that the Philistines are here meant. After the time that Dagon fell before the ark, and his hands were broken off on the threshold of his temple, his worshippers would no more set a foot upon the threshold, but stepped or leaped over it, when they entered into his temple. The Chaldee understands this of the Philistines, without giving this reason for it. Some understand it of haughtiness and pride: others... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

A cry from the fish-gate - This gate, which is mentioned Nehemiah 3:3 , was opposite to Joppa; and perhaps the way in which the news came of the irruption of the Chaldean army, the great crashing from the hills. The second - Or second city, may here mean a part of Jerusalem, mentioned 2 Kings 22:14 ; 2 Chronicles 34:22 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:11

Maktesh - Calmet says this signifies a mortar, or a rock in form of a mortar, and was the name of a quarter of Jerusalem where they hulled rice, corn, etc., according to St. Jerome. Some think the city of Jerusalem is meant, where the inhabitants should be beat and pounded to death as grain is pounded in a mortar. Newcome translates it, the lower city, and considers it the valley in Jerusalem, which divided the upper from the lower city. They that bear silver - The merchants,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:12

I will search Jerusalem with candles - I will make a universal and thorough search. That are settled on their lees - Those who are careless, satisfied with the goods of this life; who trust in their riches, and are completely irreligious; who, while they acknowledge that there is a God, think, like the Aristotelians, that he is so supremely happy in the contemplation of his own excellences, that he feels it beneath his dignity to concern himself with the affairs of mortals. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:13

Their goods (in which they trust) shall become a booty - To the Chaldeans. They shall have no profit of all their labors. The houses they have built they shall not inhabit; of the wine of the vineyards they have planted, they shall not drink. See Amos 5:11 , where we find the same evils threatened. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of the Lord is near - It commenced with the death of the good king Josiah, who was slain by Pharaoh-necho at Megiddo, and continued to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:7

Verse 7 The Prophet confirms here what he has previously taught, when he bids all to be silent before God; for this mode of speaking is the same as though he had said, that he did not terrify the Jews in vain, but seriously set before them God’s judgment, which they would find by experience to be even more than terrible. He also records some of their sins, that the Jews might know that he did not threaten them for nothing, but that there were just causes why God declared that he would punish... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

Verse 10 He confirms here the same truth, and amplifies and illustrates it by a striking description; for we know how much a lively representation avails to touch the feelings, when the event itself is not only narrated, but placed as it were before our eyes. So the Prophet is not content with plain words, but presents a scene, that the future destruction of Jerusalem might appear in a clearer light. But as I have elsewhere explained this mode of speaking, I shall not dwell on the subject now. ... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

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