Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Zephaniah 1:16
a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, in proclaiming God's power upon a sinful people, in the war-signal of desolation, and against the high towers, the battlements of the forts.
a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, in proclaiming God's power upon a sinful people, in the war-signal of desolation, and against the high towers, the battlements of the forts.
A DAY OF THE TRUMPET AND ALARM - o that is, of the loud blast of the trumpet, which sounds alarm and causes it. The word is especially the shrill loud noise of the trumpet (for sacred purposes in Isra...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1 The Day of the Lord, the Day of Judgment _ 1. The judgment of all the world (Zephaniah 1:1) _ 2. The judgment will destroy the evildoers in Judah (Zephaniah 1:4)...
THE DOOM OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM. Zephaniah 1:2. Riding as it were on the crest of a tidal wave of destruction, which sweeps off man and beast from the face of the ground, Yahweh stretches His hand aga...
THE TRUMPET AND ALARM. an alarming trumpet. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_. a trumpet, yea,. trumpet [call] "to arms"! Compare Zephaniah 2:2. TOWERS. Hebrew corners. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_...
The terrors of the Day of the Lord The day of the Lord is described as a day of battle and assault upon the fenced cities, but also as a day of darkness and supernatural terrors. In Arabic the term ...
Besides the supernatural terrors of the judgment there is the hostile assault which the supernatural terrors accompany. _A day of the trumpet and alarm_ The "trumpet" was blown amidst the attack (Judg...
_THE DAY OF THE LORD DESCRIBED -- ZEPHANIAH 1:14-18:_ The prophet wrote, "The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shal...
JUDGEMENT OF JUDAH. Zephaniah 1:4 to Zephaniah 2:3) RV. And I will stretch our my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, an...
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. A DAY OF THE TRUMPET - namely, of the besieging enemy (, "Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with...
THE DAY OF JEHOVAH A DAY OF JUDGMENT FOR GUILTY JUDAH The prophecy opens with the declaration of universal destruction for all living things. IN his way the prophet impresses upon his hearers the comp...
THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA Assyria was a country to the north and east of Israel. For many years, it ruled most of the world. Nahum,...
(14-18) The judgment, in reference to its destructive character....
ALARM. — Better, _war cry. _...
יֹ֥ום שֹׁופָ֖ר וּ תְרוּעָ֑ה עַ֚ל הֶ עָרִ֣ים
THE PROPHET AND THE REFORMERS Zephaniah 1:1 - Zephaniah 2:3 TOWARDS the year 625, when King Josiah had passed out of his minority, and was making his first efforts at religious reform, prophecy, long...
“THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD” Zephaniah 1:1-18 Zephaniah means hidden of the Lord. He lived in Josiah's reign, and cooperated with that king in his efforts to put down idolatry. His prophecy deals wit...
The first movement of the prophecy is the prophet's declaration of the coming judgment of Jehovah. This he announced in general terms, then described more particularly its procedure and character. Thi...
_Trumpet, when Nachao came and deposed Joachas._...
O "The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. (15) That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zephaniah like Habakkuk will be found to have some points of resemblance with the prophet Jeremiah; and this not merely in the fact that the Chaldean is the...
The prophet begins by declaring that the land should be reduced to complete desolation; afterwards, that Judah, Jerusalem, their false gods, and their priests, should be smitten by the hand of Jehovah...
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 gat...
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. Ver. 16. _A day of the trumpet_] With its horrid _taratantara_ and alarm; not of those that shout and praise God...
_The great day of the Lord is near_ The time of God's executing his terrible judgments is nigh at hand. _Even the voice_, &c. The word _even_ is not in the Hebrew. This latter part of the sentence may...
14-18 This warning of approaching destruction, is enough to make the sinners in Zion tremble; it refers to the great day of the Lord, the day in which he will show himself by taking vengeance on them...
THE TRUMPET; God's trumpet calling the Chaldeans, the Chaldeans trumpet also gathering together their troops. ALARM, threatening and affrighting, against the fenced cities of Judah. THE HIGH TOWERS; s...
Zephaniah 1:16 day H3117 trumpet H7782 alarm H8643 fortified H1219 (H8803) cities H5892 high H1364 towers H6438
THE DAY OF YHWH AGAINST JUDAH AND JERUSALEM (ZEPHANIAH 1:7). Zephaniah 1:7 ‘Hold your peace at the presence of the Lord YHWH. For the day of YHWH is at hand. For YHWH has prepared a sacrifice. He...
CONTENTS: Coming judgment on Judah prefiguring the coming day of the Lord. CHARACTERS: God, Zephaniah, Josiah. CONCLUSION: Those who will not improve the presence of God with them as a Father, may e...
Zephaniah 1:1. _The Word of the Lord came to Zephaniah._ The glorious person of Christ, the Word and Wisdom of God; so indeed is the oft-repeated gloss of the Chaldaic in all the book of Chronicles, w...
_The day of the Lord is at hand._ THE DAY OF WAR, THE DAY OF HORRORS The war day is represented here-- I. As a day of enormous sacrifice. 1. Sacrifice of life. Among several classes. (1) Royalty....
ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 1:7 The Day of the Lord. The rest of Zephaniah’s prophecy discusses the “day of the Lord.” This “day” brings judgment on the wicked (Zephaniah
ZEPHANIAH 1:10 The Coming Wrath. A list of punishments is decreed against Jerusalem and its inhabitants (vv. Zephaniah 1:10) and against all humanity (vv....
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZEPHANIAH 1:10.] Siege of Jerusalem. GATE] which stood near fish-market (2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 3:3). SECOND] A part of the city given ...
EXPOSITION. ZEPHANIAH 1:1 Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON ALL THE WORLD, AND UPON JUDAH IN PARTICULAR....
Zephaniah Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the book of Zephaniah. The opening verse tells us that, This is the word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, who was the son of Gedali...
Amos 3:6; Habakkuk 1:6; Habakkuk 3:6; Hosea 5:8; Hosea 8:1;...