Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Zephaniah 1:14
Even the voice of the day. — Better, Hark to the day! What is heard is the cry of the baffled warrior, unable either to fight or flee.
Even the voice of the day. — Better, Hark to the day! What is heard is the cry of the baffled warrior, unable either to fight or flee.
Verse Zephaniah 1:14. _THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD_ IS _NEAR_] It commenced with the death of the good king Josiah, who was slain by Pharaoh-necho at Megiddo, and continued to the destruction of Jerusal...
THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR - The prophet again expands the words of Joel, accumulating words expressive of the terrors of that Day, showing that though “the great and very terrible Day of the L...
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...
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....
The terrors of the Day of the Lord The day of the Lord is described as a day of battle and assault upon the fenced cities, but also as a day of darkness and supernatural terrors. In Arabic the term ...
_The great day of the Lord_is _near_ The day is called "great and terrible," Joel 2:31; Malachi 4:5, and is always represented as near, Isaiah 13:6; Joel 2:1;...
_THE DAY OF THE LORD DESCRIBED -- ZEPHANIAH 1:14-18:_ The prophet wrote, "The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shal...
EVEN THE VOICE OF THE DAY OF THE LORD— _For the message of the day of the Lord shall be bitter: The mighty man shall howl upon it._ Houbigant. See 2 Kings 21:14; 2 Kings 21:26....
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...
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. THE VOICE OF THE DAY OF THE LORD - i:e., Yahweh u...
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,...
קָרֹ֤וב יֹום ־יְהוָה֙ הַ גָּדֹ֔ול קָרֹ֖וב וּ
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...
The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD: (k) the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. (k) They that trusted in their own streng...
_Near. When all these miseries shall overtake the wicked, (Worthington) after the death of Josias, 4 Kings xxi. 14. (Calmet) --- The mighty. Septuagint, "and dreadful, powerful is the day of," &c. ---...
O "The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. (15) That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble...
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 in this verse expresses more clearly what I have already stated—That God would be the author of all the evils which would happen to the Jews; for as they grew more insensible in their sins...
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...
THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD [IS] NEAR, [IT IS] NEAR, AND HASTETH GREATLY,.... Not the day of judgment, but the day of God's vengeance upon the Jews, which yet bore some resemblance to that day of the Lo...
The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. Ver. 14. _The great day of the Lord is near,...
_The great day of the Lord is near_ The time of God's executing his terrible judgments is nigh at hand. _Even the voice_, &c. The word _even_ is not in the Hebrew. This latter part of the sentence may...
THE EXTENT OF THE JUDGMENT...
The great day of the Lord, the day of His mighty judgment, IS NEAR, IT IS NEAR, AND HASTETH GREATLY, there will be no further delay, EVEN THE VOICE OF THE DAY OF THE LORD, or, "Hark! the day of Jehova...
14-18 This warning of approaching destruction, is enough to make the sinners in Zion tremble; it refers to the great day of the Lord, the day in which he will show himself by taking vengeance on them...
THE GREAT DAY; not the day of general judgment, but the day in which the great God will bring his great armies against Judah and Jerusalem, and do great things by those armies. OF THE LORD; appointed,...
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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 great day of the Lord is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord._ THE COMINGS OF THE LORD The times of King Josiah, about 606 years before Christ, were times of much re...
_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 1:14 God’s day is NEAR AND HASTENING FAST. The people need to respond quickly (v. Zephaniah 1:7)....
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...
1 Thessalonians 4:16; 2 Peter 2:3; Acts 2:20; Amos 8:2; Ezekiel 12:23;
The voice if the day — The day which will come with a great noise....