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HOWL, YE INHABITANTS OF MAKTESH - Literally, “Mortar” , “in
which,” Jerome says, “corn is pounded; a hollow vessel, and fit
for the use of medical men, in which properly ptisans are wont to be
beaten...
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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)...
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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...
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MAKTESH. the mortar. Probably the local name of the merchants' quarter
in the Tyropoeon valley, west of Zion. App-68. So called from its
basin-like shape.
CUT DOWN. laid low....
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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...
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_ye inhabitants of Maktesh_ The term _Maktesh_is rendered
"hollow-place," Judges 15:19, and _mortar_, Proverbs 27:22. Some
depression or valley in the city is referred to: Hitzig thinks of that
betwee...
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_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...
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MAKTESH— This may be interpreted, says Houbigant, _rock;_ what
follows points out the place of the city where the merchants and
silversmiths lived, and which perhaps was so named from a certain rock
t...
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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...
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Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut
down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
HOWL, YE INHABITANTS OF MAKTESH - rather, 'the mortar,' a name
applied to the valle...
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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...
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MAKTESH] or, 'the mortar': the local designation of the merchants'
quarter, which probably lay in the Tyropœan valley, W. of the Temple
area....
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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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(7-13) The judgment, in reference to its objects....
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MAKTESH. — Better, _the mortar,_ a term indicating probably some
part of the city lying in a hollow: perhaps that part which was in the
valley of Tyropœon. This quarter is described by Josephus as “fu...
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הֵילִ֖ילוּ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הַ מַּכְתֵּ֑שׁ
כִּ֤י נִדְמָה֙...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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Howl, ye inhabitants of (g) Maktesh, for all the merchant people are
cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
(g) This is meant of the street of the merchants which was lower than
the rest of...
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The Morter: ( Maktesh) a valley in or near Jerusalem. (Challoner) ---
All the people shall suffer in the city. (Sanctius) (Tirinus) ---
Mactes was rendered famous by Samson, (Judges xv. 19.) and was i...
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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...
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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...
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The Prophet addresses the merchants here who inhabited the middle part
of the city, and hence thought themselves farther off from all danger
and trouble. As then they were concealed as it were in thei...
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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...
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HOWL, YE INHABITANTS OF MAKTESH,.... The name of a street in
Jerusalem, as Aben Ezra; perhaps it lay low in the hollow of the city,
and in the form of a mortar, from whence it might have its name, as...
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Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut
down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
Ver. 11. _Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh_] Or, of the mortar, or of
the low and holl...
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_In that day there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish- gate_
Mentioned Nehemiah 3:3. It was opposite to Joppa, according to Jerome,
and at the entering of the city from that quarter. The sundry...
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THE EXTENT OF THE JUDGMENT...
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Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, meaning the mortar, a small section
of Jerusalem, so called because it presented a depression or hollow,
FOR ALL THE MERCHANT PEOPLE ARE CUT DOWN, entirely destroyed;...
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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...
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HOWL, cry aloud, and bitterly, YE INHABITANTS OF MAKTESH: some read it
appellatively: the mortar in which of old, before the corn-mill was
known and used, they did pound and beat their corn for bread;...
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Zephaniah 1:11 Wail H3213 (H8685) inhabitants H3427 (H8802) Maktesh
H4389 merchant H3667 people H5971 down H1820
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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...
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MAKTESH
Literally, The Mortar, a depression in Jerusalem where the bazaars
were....
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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...
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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...
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_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....
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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
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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....
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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 ...
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EXPOSITION.
ZEPHANIAH 1:1
Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON ALL THE WORLD, AND UPON JUDAH IN PARTICULAR....
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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...
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Ezekiel 21:12; Hosea 12:7; Hosea 12:8; James 5:1; Jeremiah 25:34;...
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Howl — Cry aloud, and bitterly. Maktesh — The lower town. Merchant
people — Who were wont to lodge in this place. That bear silver —
That brought it with them to pay for what they bought....