THE WORD, &C. Compare Hosea 1:1.Joel 1:1.Micah 1:1. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. CAME. became: i.e. came to, or was communicated. Compare Luke 3:2. See App-82. ZEPHANIAH. hidden of Jehovah, or he whom Jehovah hath hidden (Psalms 27:5; Psalms 31:19; Psalms 31:20; Psalms 83:3). For the conn [ Continue Reading ]
UTTERLY CONSUME. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew. _'asoph 'aseph =_ to end,. end. CONSUME. take away, or make an end of. ALL. Omit "things". All; as in Job 42:2.Psalms 8:6; Isaiah 44:24. THE LAND. Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ (App-6). the face of the land. L... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL CONSUME. Note the Figure of speech _Anaphora_. Three times repeated. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam_ with. _eth_. humanity App-14. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), for emphasis. STUMBLINGBLOCKS. ruin. Occurs only here, and Isaiah 3:6. Figure of speech _Metalepsis._ "Stumblingblo... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia,_ App-6. REMNANT. Septuagint reads "names", reading _shem_ instead of _she'ar,_ as in the next clause. AND. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this "and" in the text. CHEMARIMS. _Kemarim =_... [ Continue Reading ]
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.Jeremiah 19:13. MALCHAM. king-god, or king-idol. Syriac and Vulgate read "Milcom".... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM. from after. SOUGHT... ENQUIRED. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:29, where the two Hebrew verbs are in the same order, and are rendered "seek... seek"). App-92. LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ (with. _eth)_. Jehovah Himself.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLD THY PEACE, &C. See Amos 6:10; Habakkuk 2:20. Zec 3:13. THE LORD. Hebrew Adonai. App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. A SACRIFICE. Septuagint reads "His sacrifice". BID. separated. Hebrew sanctified. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAY OF THE LORD'S SACRIFICE. See notes on Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 13:6. DAY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the judgments executed in it. PUNISH. visit upon. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:34). App-92. Compare Jeremiah 9:25; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 13:21, &c. CHIL... [ Continue Reading ]
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 robbers. ON. over. VIOLENCE AND DECEIT. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NOISE OF. CRY. Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ App-6. THE SECOND. the new city. See note on 2 Kings 22:14,... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKTESH. the mortar. Probably the local name of the merchants' quarter in the Tyropoeon valley, west of Zion. App-68. So called from its basin-like shape. CUT DOWN. laid low.... [ Continue Reading ]
CANDLES. lamps. EVIL. harm. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL ALSO BUILD, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 28:39). Compare Amos 5:11.Micah 6:15. and contrast Isaiah 65:21.Amos 9:14. WINE. Heb _yayin._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GREAT DAY, &C. Compare Isaiah 22:5.Joel 2:1, &c. IS NEAR, &C. Hebrew [is] near, near. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_, for emphasis: i.e. very near. MIGHTY MAN. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
WRATH. TROUBLE, &C. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
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_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the towers usually fixed there.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL WALK, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:29).... [ Continue Reading ]
LAND. Not the same word as in verses: Zephaniah 2:3. for, Ginsburg thinks this should be "yea".... [ Continue Reading ]