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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:1-6

1-6 Ruin is coming, utter ruin; destruction from the Almighty. The servants of God all proclaim, There is no peace for the wicked. The expressions are figurative, speaking every where desolation; the land shall be left without inhabitants. The sinners to be consumed are, the professed idolaters, and those that worship Jehovah and idols, or swear to the Lord, and to Malcham. Those that think to divide their affections and worship between God and idols, will come short of acceptance with God; for... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Zephaniah 1:1-10

The Nature of the Judgment v. 1. The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah, being communicated to him by special revelation of the Lord, the prophet tracing his genealogy as follows. the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, four representative members from his ancestry being given, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, who made the last consistent effort to bring about a reformation of the people. v. 2. I will utterly consume all... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Zephaniah 1:1-18

THE DAY OF JUDGMENTZephaniah 1:1 to Zephaniah 2:3[The Universality of the Judgment (Zephaniah 1:2-3): it will destroy all the Idolaters in Judah and Jerusalem (Zephaniah 1:4-7): it will fall upon Sinners of every Rank (Zephaniah 1:8-13): it will burst irresistibly upon all the Inhabitants of the Earth (Zephaniah 1:14-18): a Call to Conversion (Zephaniah 2:1-3).—C. E.]1 The word of Jehovah, which was communicated to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

“The Great Day of the Lord” Zephaniah 1:1-18 Zephaniah means hidden of the Lord. He lived in Josiah’s reign, and cooperated with that king in his efforts to put down idolatry. His prophecy deals with the sins that were rife in Judah and the fearful retribution that would be inflicted through the Chaldeans. Approaching destruction , Zephaniah 1:2-6 . The Chemarim, r.v., were idolatrous priests dressed in black garments. Malcam is Milcom or Moloch. Notice the successive classes of those who... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:1-18

The first movement of the prophecy is the prophet's declaration of the coming judgment of Jehovah. This he announced in general terms, then described more particularly its procedure and character. This description opened with a comprehensive announcement, "I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah." Zephaniah then showed that to be a description of the creation in so far as it had become evil: man and the sphere of his dominion, the stumbling-blocks,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:4-6

God’s Particular Judgment Will At This Time Be Applied To Judah and Jerusalem (Zephaniah 1:4-6 ). Zephaniah 1:4-6 “And I will stretch out my hand on Judah, And on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, And I will cut off those who remain of Baal from this place, And the name of the Chemarim with the priests, And those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops, And those who worship who swear to YHWH and swear by Malcam (probably ‘Melek, Moloch’), And those who are turned back from following... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:2-18

Zephaniah 1:2-Job : . The Doom of Judah and Jerusalem. Zephaniah 1:2-Joshua : . Riding as it were on the crest of a tidal wave of destruction, which sweeps off man and beast from the face of the ground, Yahweh stretches His hand against Judah and Jerusalem, the centre of the world’ s offence, to cut off the priests and worshippers of Baal, together with all such as prostrate themselves before the host of heaven, mingle the worship of Yahweh with that of Molech, or otherwise prove traitor to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 1:4

I will also, Heb. And I will, or, And I have; so prophets speak of what shall most certainly be as if already done. Stretch out mine hand: this seems to intimate. some immediate stroke from God, he speaks so in Jeremiah 51:25; Ezekiel 6:14; Ezekiel 14:13; Ezekiel 25:13. Upon Judah; Benjamin is included, though Judah only is named. Upon all the inhabitants; it will be universal destruction of them, either by sword, famine, pestilence, or captivity; both citizens and sojourners, all shall perish,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Zephaniah 1:4-6

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 1:4.] Judgment, especially upon Judah. Stretch] Not only threaten, but exert power to injury. Remnant] Statues, images dedicated to Baal, domestic and tutelary god of the Phœnicians. Zephaniah 1:5.] The people now denounced for star-worship and incense-burning upon the flat roofs of houses (cf. Jeremiah 19:13; 2 Kings 23:12); for combining the worship of God with idolatry. Swear] Acknowledge in public, solemn manner; openly to pledge one’s service (2 Chronicles... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Zephaniah 1:4

Chemarims i.e. idolatrous priests. Cf. 2 Kings 23:5. read more