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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:11

Verse 11 The Prophet addresses the merchants here who inhabited the middle part of the city, and hence thought themselves farther off from all danger and trouble. As then they were concealed as it were in their hiding-places, they thought that no danger was nigh them; and thus security blinded them the more. After having spoken of the king’s palace and of the princes and their servants, Zephaniah now turns his discourse to the merchants. And he calls them the inhabitants of the hollow place,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:12

Verse 12 The Prophet addresses here generally the despisers of God, who were become hardened in their wickedness. But before he openly names them, he says that the visitation would be such, that God would search every corner, so that no place would remain unexplored. For to visit with candles, or to search with candles, is so to examine all hidden places or coverts, that nothing may escape. When one intends to plunder a city, he first enters into the houses, and takes away whatever he finds;... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:13

Verse 13 Zephaniah pursues the same subject—that God, after long forbearance, would punish his rebellious and obstinate people. Hence he says, that they were now delivered, even by God himself, into the hands of their enemies. They indeed knew that many were inimical to them; but they did not consider God’s judgment, as God himself elsewhere complains—that they did not regard the hand of him who smote them. Isaiah 9:13. Our Prophet, therefore, declares now that they were given up to... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:14

Verse 14 The Prophet in this verse expresses more clearly what I have already stated—That God would be the author of all the evils which would happen to the Jews; for as they grew more insensible in their sins, they more and more provoked God’s wrath against themselves. It is therefore no common wisdom to consider God’s hand when he strikes or chastens us. This is the reason why the Prophet now calls the attention of the Jews to God, that they might not fix their minds, as it is commonly done,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON ALL THE WORLD , AND UPON JUDAH IN PARTICULAR . read more

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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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:7

This judgment, so fearful, is near at hand, and must needs occasion the utmost terror and dismay. Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God; literally, Hush, from the face of the Lord Jehovah! εὐλαβεῖσθε ; silete a facie Domini Dei (Vulgate). The expression is like Habakkuk 2:20 . The reason of this silent awe is next given. For the day of the Lord is at hand. The day of judgment is thus called ( Joel 1:15 ; Isaiah 13:6 ; Amos 5:18 , Amos 5:20 ; Obadiah 1:15 ). ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:7-13

4. The judgment is described with regard to those whom it will affect, vie. the princes, the traders, the irreligious and profligate. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:8

The prophet names the three classes of people who shall be smitten in this judgment. First, the princes. In the day of the Lord's sacrifice (see note on ver. 7). God is speaking; so the name of the Lord is employed instead of the pronoun (comp. Lamentations 3:66 ). I will punish; literally, visit upon (ver. 12; Amos 3:14 ). The princes. The heads of tribes and families, nobles and magistrates. The king's children ( sons ); Septuagint, τὸν οἶκον τοῦ βασιλέως , "the house... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:9

Those that leap on ( over ) the threshold. These are the retainers of the princes, etc; named in ver. 8. There is no allusion to the circumstance of the priests of Dagon abstaining from treading on the threshold of their temple in consequence of what happened to the idol at Ashdod ( 1 Samuel 5:5 ). It is inconceivable that this merely local custom, which demonstrated the impotence of the false god, should hare been imported into Judah. where, indeed, the worship of Dagon seems never to... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:7-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:9

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