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Verse 5. _THE HOST OF HEAVEN_] Sun, moon, planets, and stars. This
worship was one of the most ancient and the most common of all species
of idolatry; and it had a greater semblance of reason to reco...
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AND THEM THAT WORSHIP THE BEST OF HEAVEN UPON THE - (flat) housetops
This was fulfilled by Josiah who destroyed “the altars that were on
the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz” 2 Kings 23:12. Jeremiah s...
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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)...
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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...
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WORSHIP THE HOST OF HEAVEN. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:19;
Deuteronomy 17:3). App-92. Compare 2 Kings 23:11; 2 Kings 23:12
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Besides the priests who lead the false worship, the various classes of
worshippers shall be swept away: (1) those that worship the host of
heaven on the house-tops; (2) those who unite Jehovah and oth...
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_GOD'S WRATH COMING UPON JUDAH -- ZEPHANIAH 1:4-6:_ God promised that
He would reach out to punish Judah and Jerusalem. The punishment would
be so great that nothing would remain. Both Baal and the pa...
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AND THEM THAT WORSHIP, AND THAT SWEAR, &C.— _And those worshippers,
who, when they swear by the Lord, swear also by Melchom;_ that is to
say, who would unite together the worship of Jehovah, and that...
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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...
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And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them
that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
AND THEM THAT WORSHIP THE HOST OF HEAVEN - Saba: whence, i...
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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...
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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,...
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(1-6) Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem is impending on account of a
religious apostacy of manifold forms and degrees. The wide range of
this judgment....
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The worship “on the housetops” is mentioned elsewhere as the cult
of a certain class of apostates (see Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29)
who ascended roots and other high places to adore the hosts of he...
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וְ אֶת ־הַ מִּשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥ים עַל ־הַ
גַּגֹּ֖ות
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them
that worship [and] that swear by the LORD, and that swear by (c)
Malcham;
(c) He alludes to their idol Molech, which was forbidden...
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_Houses. The roofs were flat. Josias afterwards reformed this abuse, 4
Kings xxiii. 5. (Calmet) --- It continued among the Arabs. (Strabo
xvii.) --- Melchom. The idol of the Ammonites. (Challoner) ---...
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O "I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the
LORD. (3) I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of
the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks wit...
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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...
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Zephaniah pursues the subject contained in the verse I explained
yesterday. For as the majority of the people still adhered to their
superstitions, though the pure worship of the law had been restored...
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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...
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AND UPON THEM THAT WORSHIP THE HOST OF HEAVEN UPON THE HOUSE TOPS,....
The sun, moon, and stars, which some worshipped upon their house tops;
the roofs of their houses being flat, as the roofs of the...
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And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them
that worship [and] that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
Ver. 5. _And them that worship the host of heaven upon the...
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_I will also stretch out my hand upon Judah_ I will manifest my power
upon Judah, as I have done upon Israel. _And I will cut off the
remnant of Baal_ The altars, or places of worship, dedicated to Ba...
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THE NATURE OF THE JUDGMENT...
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and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops, regarding
sun, moon, and Stars as their gods; AND THEM THAT WORSHIP AND THAT
SWEAR BY THE LORD AND THAT SWEAR BY MALCHAM, by their king, so...
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BY THE LORD:
Or, to the Lord...
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1-6 Ruin is coming, utter ruin; destruction from the Almighty. The
servants of God all proclaim, There is no peace for the wicked. The
expressions are figurative, speaking every where desolation; the...
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AND THEM THAT WORSHIP; those among the people that adhered to this
idolatry. THE HOST OF HEAVEN; the sun, moon, and stars, frequently in
the Scripture called the host of heaven. UPON THE HOUSE-TOPS; o...
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GOD'S PARTICULAR JUDGMENT WILL AT THIS TIME BE APPLIED TO JUDAH AND
JERUSALEM (ZEPHANIAH 1:4).
Zephaniah 1:4
“And I will stretch out my hand on Judah,
And on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
And...
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MALCHAM
An idol of the Ammonites, same as Molech, or Milcom....
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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...
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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...
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_And that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham _
THE DEMONSTRATIVENESS OF TRUE RELIGION
In this text it is a sort of mixed religion that the Lord declares He
will not tolerate.
Impress t he...
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_The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah._
THE WORD
I. THE DISTINGUISHING CAPACITY OF MAN, AND THE WONDERFUL CONDESCENSION
OF GOD.
1. The distinguishing capacity of man. To receive the word...
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ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 1:2 Judgment Coming against Judah. God
first directs his attention against all living beings (vv. Zephaniah
1:2). He then addresses Judah, r
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ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 1:5 HOST OF THE HEAVENS refers to the
sun and star gods worshiped by the Assyrians and Canaanites
(Deuteronomy 4:19)....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZEPHANIAH 1:4.] Judgment, especially upon Judah. STRETCH] Not only
threaten, but exert power to injury. REMNANT] Statues, images
dedicated to Baal, domestic and tutelary god of the P...
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EXPOSITION.
ZEPHANIAH 1:1
Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON ALL THE WORLD, AND UPON JUDAH IN PARTICULAR....
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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...
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1 Kings 11:33; 1 Kings 18:21; 2 Kings 17:33; 2 Kings 17:41; 2
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House — tops — On the flat roofs of their houses. And that swear
— That mixt idol — worship, and the worship of the true God; that
devote themselves to God, and Baal, or Malchim, that is, Moloch....