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Zephaniah 1:15

ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON Zephaniah 1:15 Day of wrath is described by a list of frightening terms. Many of these occur along with appearances of God on other occasions where God treats his people as if they were his enemy (e.g., Exodus 19:16).

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See also Zephaniah 1:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zephaniah 1:15. _THAT DAY_ IS _A DAY OF WRATH_] See the parallel passages in the _margin _(Isaiah 22:5; Jeremiah 30:7; Joel...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A DAY OF WRATH - In which all the wrath of Almighty God, which evil angels and evil men have treasured to them for that day, shall be poured out: “the” day of wrath, because then they shall be brought...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WRATH. TROUBLE, &C. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_ (App-6)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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 ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _a day of wrath_ i.e. of the outpouring of the wrath of God. The effects of this wrath are then detailed: (1) trouble and distress; (2) wasteness and desolation; (3) darkness and gloominess, clouds an...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    OF WASTENESS— _Calamity_ or _tumult. Zephaniah 1:17. Their flesh_] _Their carcases._ REFLECTIONS.—1st, We have, 1. An account of the inspired penman of this prophesy, Zephaniah, whose ancestors for f...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A DAY OF WASTENESS AND DESOLATIO...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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,...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    CLOUDS AND THICK DARKNESS. — As when Jehovah revealed Himself on Mount Sinai: see Deuteronomy 4:11....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (14-18) The judgment, in reference to its destructive character....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יֹ֥ום עֶבְרָ֖ה הַ יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֑וּא יֹ֧ום

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Day, is a day. The repetition elegantly describes the great danger. (Worthington)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet shows here how foolish they were who extenuated God’s vengeance, as hypocrites and all wicked men are wont to do. Hence he accuses the Jews of madness, that they thought that the way of re...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    That day [is] a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, Ver. 15. _That day is a day of wr...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    That day is a day of wrath, Cf Isaiah 19:18, A DAY OF TROUBLE AND DISTRESS, of anguish and pressure, Job 15:24, A DAY OF WASTENESS AND DESOLATION, of the greatest devastation, A DAY OF DARKNESS AND GL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE EXTENT OF THE JUDGMENT...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THAT DAY, great day, ZEPHANIAH 1:14, IS A DAY OF WRATH, from the Chaldeans; and from the Lord, actively, upon the Jews, passively. A DAY OF TROUBLE AND DISTRESS: here the prophet heapeth up words of m...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zephaniah 1:15 day H3117 day H3117 wrath H5678 day H3117 trouble H6869 distress H4691 day H3117 devastation H7722

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION. ZEPHANIAH 1:1 Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON ALL THE WORLD, AND UPON JUDAH IN PARTICULAR....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Peter 3:7; Amos 5:18; Isaiah 22:5; Jeremiah 30:7; Job 3:4;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A day — Of unparalleled calamities....

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