JEHOVAH'S IMPENDING JUDGMENT UPON JUDAH'S NEIGHBOURS AND FOES The universal note which is struck in Zechariah 1:2 is now further amplified. Jehovah's agents of punishment, the Scythians, shall carry desolation along the Philistine plain to Egypt (as they actually did), and to the nations E. of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEFORE_ THE DAY, etc.] The parallelism suggests that the original read, 'before you become like the passing chaff.' 3. The earnest exhortation in this v. must primarily have been addressed to the people of Judah, whether it comes from Zephaniah or from a later editor of his prophecy. In doing the... [ Continue Reading ]
CHERETHITES] a synonym of Philistines, as in 1 Samuel 30:14; Ezekiel 25:16. 6, 7. The Philistine coast plain shall be desolate and given up to shepherds and their flocks. 8. The nations of Moab and Ammon were hereditary enemies of the Israelites whom they treated with contempt on every possible occ... [ Continue Reading ]
FAMISH] i.e. 'starve'; hence it means 'weaken.' 'cause to fail.'... [ Continue Reading ]
ETHIOPIANS] lit. 'Cushites,' i.e. the Egyptians who at this time were ruled by Ethiopian rulers. Ethiopia was the part of Egypt S. of the first cataract of the Nile. 13-15. Assyria with its capital city, Nineveh, will also be destroyed. THE CORMORANT AND THE BITTERN] RV 'the pelican and the porcupi... [ Continue Reading ]