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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:12

candles = lamps. evil = harm. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44 . read more

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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:12

"And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.""I will search Jerusalem with lamps ..." Here is the reason why ancient and mediaeval artists depicted Zephaniah as the man with a lamp or candle, thus missing the main point that it is not Zephaniah who will search Jerusalem, but the Lord God Almighty. This verse deals particularly... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 1:9

Zephaniah 1:9. Those that leap on the threshold— Over the threshold. Houbigant. Calmet observes, that this alludes to the custom of the Philistines, when they enter the temple of Dagon; but the author of the Observations is of a different opinion. That notion can have nothing to recommend it, says he, I think, but its being supposed by so old a writer as the Chaldee paraphrast: he is of opinion, that it alludes to the custom of riding into the houses, spoken of in the note on Pro 17:19 and he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

Zephaniah 1:10. A cry from the fish-gate— Which was at the entering of the city. Some render the next clause, And a howling from the middle part of the city: but Houbigant renders it, A howling from Misna; or from the second city which Manasseh built. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 1:11

Zephaniah 1:11. Maktesh— This may be interpreted, says Houbigant, rock; what follows points out the place of the city where the merchants and silversmiths lived, and which perhaps was so named from a certain rock that was situated there. Instead of, All they that bear silver, Houbigant reads, All they that are loaded with silver. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 1:12

Zephaniah 1:12. The men that are settled on their lees— The prophet here describes those men, who, trusting in their riches, paid very little regard to the threats of the prophets, and seemed intirely safe in their own eyes, while they kept their beloved treasures near them. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:9

9. those that leap on the threshold—the servants of the princes, who, after having gotten prey (like hounds) for their masters, leap exultingly on their masters' thresholds; or, on the thresholds of the houses which they break into [CALVIN]. JEROME explains it of those who walk up the steps into the sanctuary with haughtiness. ROSENMULLER translates, "Leap over the threshold"; namely, in imitation of the Philistine custom of not treading on the threshold, which arose from the head and hands of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

10. fish gate— (2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 3:3; Nehemiah 12:39). Situated on the east of the lower city, north of the sheep gate [MAURER]: near the stronghold of David in Milo, between Zion and the lower city, towards the west [JEROME]. This verse describes the state of the city when it was besieged by Nebuchadnezzar. It was through the fish gate that he entered the city. It received its name from the fish market which was near it. Through it passed those who used to bring fish from the lake... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 1:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 1:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 1:12

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:10

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