Zephaniah 2:8-9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8-11

The Moabites and Ammonites were both of the posterity of Lot; their countries joined, and, both adjoining to Israel, they are here put together in the prophecy against them. I. They are both charged with the same crime, and that was reproaching and reviling the people of God and triumphing in their calamities (Zeph. 2:8): They have reproached my people; while God's people kept close to their duty it is probable that they reproached them for the singularities of their religion; and now that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon ,.... Two people that descended from Lot, through incest with his daughters; and are therefore mentioned together, as being of the same cast and complexion, and bitter enemies to the people of the Jews; whom they reproached and reviled, for the sake of their religion, because they adhered to the word and worship of God: this they did when the Jews were most firmly attached to the service of the true God; and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... The Lord here swears by himself, by his life; partly to show how provoked he was at, and how grievously he resented, the injuries done to his people; and partly to observe the certain fulfilment of what is after declared; and it might be depended upon it would surely be done, not only because of his word and oath, which are immutable; but because of his ability to do it, as "the Lord of hosts", of armies above and below;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:8

I have heard the reproach of Moab - God punished them for the cruel part they had taken in the persecutions of the Jews; for when they lay under the displeasure of God, these nations insulted them in the most provoking manner. See on Amos 1:13 ; (note), and Genesis 19:25 ; (note); Deuteronomy 29:23 ; (note); Isaiah 13:19 ; (note); Isaiah 34:13 ; (note); Jeremiah 49:18 ; (note); Jeremiah 50:40 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:9

The breeding of nettles - That is, their land shall become desolate, and be a place for nettles, thorns, etc., to flourish in, for want of cultivation. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:8

Verse 8 The Prophet confirms what I have just said of God’s vengeance against foreign enemies. Though all the neighboring nations had been eager in their hostility to the Jews, yet we know that more hatred, yea and more fury, had been exhibited by these two nations than by any other, that is, by the Moabites and the Ammonites, notwithstanding their connection with them by blood, for they derived their origin from Lot, who was Abraham’s nephew. Though, then, that connection ought to have turned... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:9

Verse 9 In order to cheer the miserable Jews by some consolation, God said, in what we considered yesterday, that the wantonness of Moab was known to him; he now adds, that he would visit with punishment the reproaches which had been mentioned. For it would have availed them but little that their wrongs had been observed by God, if no punishment had been prepared. Hence the Prophet reminds them that God is no idle spectator, who only observes what takes place in the world; but that there is a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8

The reproach of Moab. As this refers to past actions, it must signify the hostile attitude which Moab always assumed towards Israel. The revilings of the children of Ammon. Both these descendants of Lot proved themselves bitter enemies of the Jews. Keil refers to Numb, 15:30 and Ezekiel 20:27 , where the word gadaph is used in the sense "to revile or blaspheme by actions." (For the persistent hostility of Moab, see note on Amos 2:1 , and for that of Ammon, the note on Amos 1:13 .) ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8-10

3. The punishment shall fall next upon the Moabites and Ammonites, representing the east. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:9

As I live . This is a common formulary to express certainty, God, as it were, pledging his existence to the truth of his declaration ( Deuteronomy 32:40 ; Isaiah 49:18 , etc.).. God calls himself, The Lord of hosts , therefore able to fulfil his threats; and the God of Israel , and therefore ready to punish wrongs done to his chosen people. As Sodom. This threat came home with particular force to the Moabites and Am. monites who dwelt in the neighbourhood of the Dead Sea, and had... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:9

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