Zephaniah 1:13 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 1:13

Therefore their goods shall become a booty ,.... To the enemy; the riches they trusted in, and thought themselves so secure of; and therefore denied divine Providence, which ought to be depended upon amidst the greatest affluence; or otherwise the Lord has various ways by which he can soon strip men of all their enjoyments, and dispose of them to others: and their houses a desolation ; be pulled down by the enemy; or left uninhabited, they being killed or carried captive, even their... 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

John Calvin

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

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 1:13

Their goods; literally, their strength; their wealth in which they trusted shall become the prey of the enemy, and thus they shall learn that God ruleth in the affairs of men. They shall also build houses, etc. They shall prove in their own case the reality of the punishment threatened in the Law ( Leviticus 26:32 , etc.; Deuteronomy 28:30 , Deuteronomy 28:39 ; comp. Amos 5:11 ; Micah 6:15 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:13

Therefore their goods - Literally, “And their strength.” It is the simple sequel in God’s Providence. It is a continued narrative. God will visit those who say, that God does not interfere in man’s affairs, and, it shall be seen Jeremiah 44:28 whose words shall stand, God’s or their’s. All which God had threatened in the law shall be fulfilled. God, in the fulfillment of the punishment, which He had foretold in the law Leviticus 26:32-33; Deuteronomy 28:0, would vindicate not only His present... 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 1:13

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

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

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 1:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:13

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

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