Zephaniah 1:4-6 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-6

I. MEANING OF HIS NAME . Zephaniah, "One whom Jehovah hides." Hiding in the day of calamity a blessing promised to them that fear Go( Psalms 31:19 , Psalms 31:20 ), who are therefore styled God's hidden ones ( Psalms 83:4 ), and may confidently reckon upon God's extending to them his protecting care in the midst of peril ( Psalms 27:5 ), yea, may even boldly flee unto him to hide them ( Psalms 143:9 ). II. THE DIGNITY OF HIS PERSON . The scion of a kingly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-6

"The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amen, King of Judah. I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord. I will consume man and beast," etc. Of Zephaniah we have no information but what is contained in his prophecy. His genealogy is given in the first verse of this chapter. He prophesied in the reign of Josiah, probably between the twelfth and... 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 1:4

I will also stretch out mine hand . This expression is used when God is about to do great things or inflict notable punishment (see Exodus 3:20 ; Exodus 15:12 ; Deuteronomy 4:34 ; Isaiah 5:25 ; Jeremiah 51:25 , etc.). Judah. In so far as Judah was rebellious and wicked, it should incur the judicial punishment. Judgment was to begin at the house of God ( 1 Peter 4:17 ), the sin of the chosen people being more heinous than that of heathens. Hence it is added, upon all the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:4-6

§ 3. The judgment will fall especially upon Judah and Jerusalem for their idolatry. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:5

That worship the host of heaven upon the house tops. In this verse two classes of fame worshippers are mentioned, viz. star worshippers, and waverers. The worship of the sun, moon, and stars was a very ancient form of error, the heavenly bodies being regarded as the representatives of the powers of nature and the originators of events on earth (see Deuteronomy 4:19 ; Deuteronomy 17:3 ; Job 31:26 , Job 31:27 ; 2 Kings 17:16 ). It was especially prevalent in the time of Manasseh ( 2... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:6

Them that are turned back from the Lord. This is a third class, vie. apostates and open despisers. Those who follow him no more, renegades who have left his service. The Vulgate reproduces the original by, qui avertuntur de post tergum Domini. Those that have not sought the Lord. These are the indifferent, who do.not trouble themselves about religion. The chief classes mentioned in these two verses are three, viz. the open idolaters, the syncretists who mingled the worship of Baal... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:4

I will also stretch out Mine Hand - As before on Egypt . Judah had gone in the ways of Egypt and learned her sins, and sinned worse than Egypt. “The mighty Hand and stretched-out Arm” Jeremiah 2:10-11, with which she had been delivered, shall be again “stretched out,” yet, not for her but “upon” her, “upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.” In this threatened destruction of all, Judah and Jerusalem are singled out, because “judgment” shall “begin at the house of God” 1 Peter 4:17; Jeremiah... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:5

And them that worship the best of heaven upon the - (flat) housetops This was fulfilled by Josiah who destroyed “the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz” 2 Kings 23:12. Jeremiah speaks as if this worship was almost universal, as though well-near every roof had been profaned by this idolatry. “The houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:4-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:5

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