Zephaniah 1:12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 1:7-13

Notice is here given to Judah and Jerusalem that God is coming forth against them, and will be with them shortly; his presence, as a just avenger, his day, the day of his judgment and his wrath, are not far off, Zeph. 1:7. Those that improve not the presence of God with them as a Father, but sin away that presence, may expect his presence with them as a Judge, to call them to an account for the contempt put upon his grace. The day of the Lord will come. Men have their day now, when they take a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:12

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles ,.... To find out the sins of the inhabitants of it, and the authors of them, and punish them for them, however hid and concealed from the eyes of others, or thought to be: this must be understood consistent with the omniscience of God, who knows all persons and things; nothing is hid from him; men may fancy their sins are hid, being privately and secretly committed; but all will be manifest, sooner or later;... 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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:12

The third class which shall be smitten, viz. the profligate and riotous. I will search Jerusalem with candles ( lights ) . No evil doer shall escape. The enemy whom God summons to execute his wrath shall leave no corner unsearched where the debauchees hide themselves (comp. Luke 15:8 ). Jerome and commentators after him refer to Josephus's account of the last siege of Jerusalem for a parallel to these predicted proceedings of the Chaldeans. Here we read how princes and priests and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:12

I will search - (Literally, “diligently”). The word is always used of a minute diligent search, whereby places, persons, things, are searched and sifted one by one in every corner, until it be found whether a thing be there or no . Hence, also of the searching out of every thought of the heart, either by God Proverbs 20:27, or in repentance by the light of God Lamentations 3:40.Jerusalem with candles - so that there should be no corner, no lurking-place so dark, but that the guilty should be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 1:12-13

Zephaniah 1:12-13. At that time, I will search Jerusalem with candles I will deliver up Jerusalem into the hands of the Chaldeans, who shall let no corner of it escape them, but shall diligently search the houses, even with lights or torches, that they may plunder them of every thing. And punish the men that are settled on their lees Who live securely in ease and plenty: see notes on Jeremiah 48:11, and Amos 6:1. That say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, &c. Who have not... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 1:7-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:12

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:7-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 1:12-13

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