Zephaniah 1:14-18 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 1:14-18

Nothing could be expressed with more spirit and life, nor in words more proper to startle and awaken a secure and careless people, than the warning here given to Judah and Jerusalem of the approaching destruction by the Chaldeans. That is enough to make the sinners in Zion tremble?that it is the day of the Lord, the day in which he will manifest himself by taking vengeance on them. It is the great day of the Lord, a specimen of the day of judgment, a kind of doom?s-day, as the last destruction... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly ,.... Not the day of judgment, but the day of God's vengeance upon the Jews, which yet bore some resemblance to that day of the Lord, and it may be therefore so called; as the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans had some likeness to it, and therefore the signs of the one and of the other are given together by our Lord in Matthew 24:1 and this was a day in which he would do great things, by the Chaldeans, and against... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath ,.... Both of the wrath of God against his people for their sins; these judgments being the effects of his wrath, provoked by their iniquities; and of the wrath and cruelty of the Chaldeans, exercised in a furious manner: a day of trouble and distress ; to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, they being taken and led captive, their houses plundered and demolished, and the whole city and temple laid in ruins: a day of wasteness and desolation ; of the whole... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:16

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities ,.... The trumpet of the enemy, sounding the alarm of war against the fenced cities of Judea, which were taken before Jerusalem; calling and gathering the soldiers together, and animating them to the assault of them; and blowing them in a way of triumph; and as expressive of victory, having got possession of them: and against the high towers ; or "corners" F24 פנות "pinnas", Montanus, Castalio; "angulos", Junius &... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:17

And I will bring distress upon men ,.... Not upon men in general, but particularly on the men of Judea, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; and especially those that were in the fenced cities and high towers; and who might think themselves safe and secure; but, being besieged, should be distressed with famine and pestilence, and with the enemy; and more especially when stormed, and a breach made, and the enemy just entering: that they shall walk like blind men ; not knowing which way to go,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath ,.... Which they have gotten in an unjust way, and have hoarded up, and put their confidence in; these were the lees on which they were settled; but now, as they would be disregarded by the Lord, as insufficient to atone for their sins, and appease his wrath, and procure his favour; see Job 36:18 so they would be of no avail to them, to deliver from their enemies, who would not be bribed... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of the Lord is near - It commenced with the death of the good king Josiah, who was slain by Pharaoh-necho at Megiddo, and continued to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath - See Isaiah 22:5 ; (note); Jeremiah 30:7 ; (note); Joel 2:2 ; (note), Joel 2:11 ; (note); Amos 5:18 ; (note); Zephaniah 1:18 ; (note), and the notes there. From the fourteenth to the sixteenth verse inclusive there is a most beautiful amplification of the disasters that were coming on Jerusalem; the invasion, incursion, attack, carnage, confusion, horrible din occasioned by the sound of the trumpet, the cries of the people, and the shrieks and groans... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:17

They shall walk like blind men - Be in the most perplexing doubt and uncertainty; and while in this state, have their blood poured out by the sword of their enemies, and their flesh trodden under foot. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver nor their gold - In which they trusted, and from which they expected happiness; these shall not profit them in this awful day. And God will bring this about speedily; and a speedy riddance - a universal desolation, shall in a short time take place in every part of the land. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 1:14-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:18

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