The men that are settled on their lees. — The figure is taken from wine which has become harsh from being allowed to stand too long on the lees. The persons intended are selfish sybarites, whose souls have stagnated in undisturbed prosperity, and whose inexperience of affliction has led them to deny the agency of God in the world: men like the rich fool in the parable of Luke 12:16.
Verse Zephaniah 1:12. _I WILL SEARCH JERUSALEM WITH CANDLES_] I will make a universal and thorough search. _THAT ARE SETTLED ON THEIR LEES_] Those who are _careless_, satisfied with the goods of thi...
I WILL SEARCH - (Literally, “diligently”). The word is always used of a minute diligent search, whereby places, persons, things, are searched and sifted one by one in every corner, until it be found w...
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...
CANDLES. lamps. EVIL. harm. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44....
_I will search Jerusalem with candles_ lit. _with lamps_, or, _lanterns_, Luke 15:8. The darkest places shall be penetrated and those lurking in them discovered. Jehovah searches, though it may be by...
The classes in Jerusalem on which the judgment will fall The errors and sins assailed by Zephaniah are the same as those attacked by earlier prophets, e.g. (1) the false worship, Zephaniah 1:4, cf. A...
_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...
DISCOURSE: 1227 THE SECURE AND ATHEISTICAL CONDEMNED Zephaniah 1:12. _It shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees;...
THE MEN THAT ARE SETTLED ON THEIR LEES— The prophet here describes those men, who, trusting in their riches, paid very little regard to the threats of the prophets, and seemed intirely safe in their o...
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...
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will...
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...
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...
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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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...
And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search Jerusalem with (h) candles, and punish the men that are settled (i) on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neit...
_Lamps, with the utmost diligence, (Luke xv. 8.) so that none shall escape even in the most filthy places. (Calmet) --- The Romans found many Jews in the common sewers. (Josephus, Jewish Wars vii. 16,...
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...
The Prophet addresses here generally the despisers of God, who were become hardened in their wickedness. But before he openly names them, he says that the visitation would be such, that God would sear...
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...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS AT THAT TIME, [THAT] I WILL SEARCH JERUSALEM WITH CANDLES,.... To find out the sins of the inhabitants of it, and the authors of them, and punish them for them, however hid a...
And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will...
_At that time, I will search Jerusalem with candles_ I will deliver up Jerusalem into the hands of the Chaldeans, who shall let no corner of it escape them, but shall diligently search the houses, eve...
And it shall come to pass at that time that I will search Jerusalem with candles, investigating even the dark and hidden corners, so that not one of the wrong-doers is overlooked, AND PUNISH THE MEN T...
THE EXTENT OF THE JUDGMENT...
SETTLED: _ Heb._ curded, or thickened...
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...
AT THAT TIME; it was DAY. ZEPHANIAH 1:10, which see. I WILL SEARCH JERUSALEM WITH CANDLES: God speaks after the manner of man, who searcheth dark places with candles in hand. God's omniscience seeth a...
Zephaniah 1:12 time H6256 search H2664 (H8762) Jerusalem H3389 lamps H5216 punish H6485 (H8804) men H582 settled
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...
Zephaniah 1:12 The metaphor of the text appears to be drawn from that of a man who, having cause for suspicion, searches over every part of his house, and goes down to the very foundation; and becaus...
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...
_At that time._ AT THAT TIME The day of the Lord is any season in which He reveals Himself in a special manner. Of the dealings of God with His visible Church on that day the text presents a strikin...
_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
ZEPHANIAH 1:10 The Coming Wrath. A list of punishments is decreed against Jerusalem and its inhabitants (vv. Zephaniah 1:10) and against all humanity (vv....
ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 1:12 THE LORD WILL NOT DO GOOD, NOR... ILL. These men do not deny God’s existence, but they deny that he cares and acts within his creation. Their attitude rejects a key bi...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZEPHANIAH 1:10.] Siege of Jerusalem. GATE] which stood near fish-market (2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 3:3). SECOND] A part of the city given ...
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...
2 Peter 3:4; Amos 6:1; Amos 9:1; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9;...
I will search — God speaks after the manner of men, who searches dark places with candles. He will fully discover and punish. Their lees — In allusion to liquors, which not being poured out from vesse...