Zephaniah 1:12

Search.. with candles] i.e. thoroughly, as was required in the poorly-lighted houses of Palestine: cp, Luke 15:8. Settled on their lees] i.e. have received no infusion of new and noble teachings, but retain the old fallacies: cp. Jeremiah 48:11; Jeremiah 48:12.

13. Cp. Amos 5:11; Micah 6:15.

14, 15. Jehovah's judgment day is compared with a fierce tempest rapidly advancing toward Judah. The figure was suggested by the swift approach of the hordes of Scythian invaders.