for the day of the Lord
As in the other Prophets, the approaching invasion of Nebuchadnezzar is treated as an adumbration of the true day of the Lord in which all earth-judgments will culminate, to be followed by the restoration and blessing of Israel and the nations in the kingdom.
See "Day of the Lord" (Isaiah 2:10); (Revelation 19:11).
"Israel"; (Genesis 12:2); (Genesis 12:3); (Romans 11:26).
Compare Joel 1, 2.
Verse 7. _HOLD THY PEACE AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORDS GOD_] הס _has_, the same as _hush, hist_, among us. Remonstrances are _now_ useless. You had time to acquaint yourselves with God; you would not:...
HOLD THY PEACE AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD GOD - (Literally, “Hush,” in awe “from the face of God.”) In the presence of God, even the righteous say from their inmost heart, “I am vile, what shall I an...
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...
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 sanc...
_Hold thy peace … Lord God_ lit. _the Lord Jehovah_. The divine name Jehovah was not pronounced in the synagogue reading, the word Lord (A.V. in that case Lord) being substituted for it; but when the...
_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...
HE HATH BID— _He hath appointed his guests,_ that is to say, the Babylonians....
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...
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. HOLD THY PEACE AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD GOD -...
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,...
HOLD THY PEACE.... — Literally, _Hush at the presence of_ the Lord God. This peculiar phrase is repeated in Habakkuk 2:20. A SACRIFICE. — The word includes the idea of the feast in which it was custom...
(7-13) The judgment, in reference to its objects....
הַ֕ס מִ פְּנֵ֖י אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה כִּ֤י קָרֹוב
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...
_Silent. Hebrew has, (Haydock) an interjection, (St. Jerome) like our hush. (Haydock) --- This denotes the importance of what he is going to say. --- Guests. The blood of the wicked is his victim, Jer...
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...
_IRRESISTIBLE JUDGMENT_ ‘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.’ Zephaniah 1:7 Zephaniah...
The Prophet confirms here what he has previously taught, when he bids all _to be silent before God_; for this mode of speaking is the same as though he had said, that he did not terrify the Jews in va...
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...
HOLD THY PEACE AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD GOD,.... When he comes forth, and appears in the way of his judgments, do not dispute the point with him, or pretend to offer reasons against his proceedings...
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. Ver. 7. _Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lo...
_Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord_ Keep silence in token of an awful reverence toward God. _For the day of the Lord is at hand_ Now he is coming to execute his judgments upon the land. Humbl...
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God! ready to submit to His judgment as outlined above; FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND, when His punishment must strike the transgressors; FOR THE LORD H...
THE NATURE OF THE JUDGMENT...
BID: _ Heb._ sanctified or prepared...
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...
HOLD THY PEACE; thou that murmurest in discontent, or disputest out of frowardness against God, his worship, and his government, that thinkest of him but little better than of Baal or Malcham, cease a...
Zephaniah 1:7 silent H2013 (H8761) presence H6440 Lord H136 GOD H3069 day H3117 LORD H3068 hand H7138 LORD...
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....
ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 1:7 The Day of the Lord. The rest of Zephaniah’s prophecy discusses the “day of the Lord.” This “day” brings judgment on the wicked (Zephaniah
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 16:5; 1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Samuel 2:9; 1 Samuel 20:26; 2 Peter 3
Hold thy peace — Thou that murmurest against God, stand in awe. The day — A day of vengeance from the Lord. A sacrifice — The wicked Jews, whom he will sacrifice by the sword. His guests — summoned th...