Verse 9. _THAT LEAP ON THE THRESHOLD_] Or, _that leap over the_ _threshold_. It is most probable that the _Philistines_ are here meant. After the time that Dagon fell before the ark, and his hands we...
I WILL PUNISH ALL THOSE THAT LEAP ON THE THRESHOLD - Neither language nor history nor context allow this to be understood of the idolatrous custom of Ashdod, not to tread on the threshold of the templ...
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...
THOSE THAT LEAP, &C. No reference to idolatrous practice, as in 1 Kings 18:26. but to the servants of rulers sent to enter the houses of others and steal Figure of speech _Periphrasis_ (App-6), for ro...
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...
_those that leap on the threshold_ Rather: LEAP (or, spring) OVER the threshold. The priests of Dagon avoided treading on the threshold of his temple because the idol had fallen upon it (1 Samuel 5:5)...
_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...
THOSE THAT LEAP ON THE THRESHOLD— _Over the threshold._ Houbigant. Calmet observes, that this alludes to the custom of the Philistines, when they enter the temple of Dagon; but the author of the _Obse...
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...
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. THOSE THAT LEAP ON THE THRESHOLD - the servants of the princes wh...
LEAP ON THE THRESHOLD] Evidently here also the crime is that of the members of the court, perhaps a foreign religious custom: cp. 1 Samuel 5:5. But as there is no reference to religious customs in the...
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,...
THEIR MASTERS’ HOUSES. — Better, _their lord_’_s house,_ meaning the temple of their idol-deity. Probably the true interpretation of this obscure verse is that the idolaters had adopted a usage preval...
(7-13) The judgment, in reference to its objects....
וּ פָקַדְתִּ֗י עַ֧ל כָּל ־הַ דֹּולֵ֛ג עַל
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...
In the same day also will I punish all those that (e) leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. (e) He means the servants of the rulers who invade other men's...
Entereth the temple, as if to shew themselves, Amos vi. 1. Hebrew, "jumpeth over," &c., denoting the Philistines. (Chaldean) (1 Kings v. 5.) (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "I will take vengeance on all open...
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...
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...
IN THE SAME DAY ALSO WILL I PUNISH ALL THOSE THAT LEAP ON THE THRESHOLD,.... Not in a ludicrous way, who, by dancing and leaping, made sport for persons, and brought their masters much gain, as the da...
_In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit._ Ver. 9. _In the same day also will I punish all those that leap o...
_In that day I will punish the princes and the king's children _ In 2 Kings 25:7; 2 Kings 25:21, we read of the fulfilling of both these particulars; the sons of King Zedekiah, and the principal offic...
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, namely, that of the temple of Dagon, the idol of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 5:5, WHICH FILL THEIR MASTERS' HOUSES WITH VIOLENCE...
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 THE SAME DAY; not to be taken for a single day, but more largely for that time wherein God would visit and punish. THAT LEAP ON THE THRESHOLD; insolently, and with rage, break open the doors of suc...
Zephaniah 1:9 day H3117 punish H6485 (H8804) leap H1801 (H8802) threshold H4670 fill H4390 (H8764) masters...
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....
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZEPHANIAH 1:7.] Judgment speedily comes. HOLD] A summons to silent submission (Habakkuk 2:20); the reason given, the day near. SACRIFICE] of victims of justice (Isaiah 34:6;...
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...
1 Samuel 2:15; 1 Samuel 2:16; 1 Samuel 5:5; 2 Kings 5:20; Acts 16:19;...
In the same day — At the same time. Their masters houses — Either the oppressing kings, whose officers these were, or publick officers and judges, whose servants thus spoiled the poor. Violence — Good...