The noise — The great out — cry and lamentation. The fish gate — At which gate the Babylonians first entered into the city. The second — This gate was in the second wall of Jerusalem, which on that side was fortified with three walls. Crashing — Of things broken into shivers; possibly the noise of doors, windows, closets, and chests broken up. The hills — On which the city stood.
Verse Zephaniah 1:10. _A CRY FROM THE FISH-GATE_] This gate, which is mentioned Nehemiah 3:3, was opposite to Joppa; and perhaps the way in which the news came of the irruption of the Chaldean army, t...
A CRY FROM THE FISH-GATE - “The fish-gate” was probably in the north of the wall of “the second city.” For in Nehemiah’s rebuilding, the restoration began at the sheep-gate Nehemiah 3:1 (so called dou...
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 NOISE OF. CRY. Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ App-6. THE SECOND. the new city. See note on 2 Kings 22:14,...
The classes in Jerusalem on which the judgment will fall The errors and sins assailed by Zephaniah are the same as those attacked by earlier prophets, e.g. (1) the false worship, Zephaniah 1:4, cf. A...
_the fish gate_ The gate may have received its name from its vicinity to the fishmarket. From Nehemiah 3:1-3 it appears that the fishgate lay to the west of the tower of Hananeel; and in Nehemiah 12:3...
_THE DAY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND -- ZEPHANIAH 1:7-13:_ Zephaniah 1:7 says, "Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, h...
A CRY FROM THE FISH-GATE— Which was at the entering of the city. Some render the next clause, _And a howling from the middle part of the city:_ but Houbigant renders it, _A howling from Misna;_ or fro...
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...
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. THERE SHALL BE...
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,...
THE FISH GATE. — See Note on 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 3:3. THE SECOND. — The word “city” is to be supplied. The new or lower city is meant. The same expression occurs in 2 Kings 22:14;...
(7-13) The judgment, in reference to its objects....
וְ הָיָה֩ בַ † יֹּ֨ום הַ ה֜וּא...
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...
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, [that there shall be] the noise of a cry from the (f) fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. (f) Signif...
_Gate, looking towards Joppe. (St. Jerome) --- The news of the defeat at Mageddo came this way, or the cries of the Philistines were heard. (Calmet) --- Second. A part of the city so called, (Challone...
O "Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. (8) And it shall come to pass in the day of the L...
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...
He confirms here the same truth, and amplifies and illustrates it by a striking description; for we know how much a lively representation avails to touch the feelings, when the event itself is not onl...
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...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY, SAITH THE LORD,.... In the day of the Lord's sacrifice, when he shall punish the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans; which, as well as what foll...
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, [that there shall be] the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. Ver. 10. _Ther...
_In that day there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish- gate_ Mentioned Nehemiah 3:3. It was opposite to Joppa, according to Jerome, and at the entering of the city from that quarter. The sundry...
And It shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry, of a woeful shout, FROM THE FISH-GATE, that through which the road to Joppa passed, AND AN HOWLING FROM T...
THE NATURE OF THE JUDGMENT...
7-13 God's day is at hand; the punishment of presumptuous sinners is a sacrifice to the justice of God. The Jewish royal family shall be reckoned with for their pride and vanity; and those that leap...
IN THAT DAY: see ZEPHANIAH 1:9. SAITH THE LORD; to assure us of the certainty of the thing. THE NOISE, Heb. _the voice, of a cry_, i.e. a very great outcry and lamentation, from the fish-gate, which w...
Zephaniah 1:10 day H3117 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 sound H6963 cry H6818 Fish H1709 Gate H8179 wailing...
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...
2 Chronicles 3:1; 2 Chronicles 32:22; 2 Chronicles 33:14; 2 Kings 22:14;...