Verse 5. The host of heaven] Sun, moon, planets, and stars. This worship was one of the most ancient and the most common of all species of idolatry; and it had a greater semblance of reason to recommend it. See 2 Kings 23:5; 2 Kings 23:12; Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29.
That swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham] Associating the name of an idol with that of the Most High. For Malcham, see on Hosea 4:15, and Amos 5:26.
AND THEM THAT WORSHIP THE BEST OF HEAVEN UPON THE - (flat) housetops This was fulfilled by Josiah who destroyed “the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz” 2 Kings 23:12. Jeremiah s...
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...
WORSHIP THE HOST OF HEAVEN. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 17:3). App-92. Compare 2 Kings 23:11; 2 Kings 23:12
Besides the priests who lead the false worship, the various classes of worshippers shall be swept away: (1) those that worship the host of heaven on the house-tops; (2) those who unite Jehovah and oth...
_GOD'S WRATH COMING UPON JUDAH -- ZEPHANIAH 1:4-6:_ God promised that He would reach out to punish Judah and Jerusalem. The punishment would be so great that nothing would remain. Both Baal and the pa...
AND THEM THAT WORSHIP, AND THAT SWEAR, &C.— _And those worshippers, who, when they swear by the Lord, swear also by Melchom;_ that is to say, who would unite together the worship of Jehovah, and that...
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 them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; AND THEM THAT WORSHIP THE HOST OF HEAVEN - Saba: whence, i...
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,...
(1-6) Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem is impending on account of a religious apostacy of manifold forms and degrees. The wide range of this judgment....
The worship “on the housetops” is mentioned elsewhere as the cult of a certain class of apostates (see Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29) who ascended roots and other high places to adore the hosts of he...
וְ אֶת ־הַ מִּשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥ים עַל ־הַ גַּגֹּ֖ות
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 them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship [and] that swear by the LORD, and that swear by (c) Malcham; (c) He alludes to their idol Molech, which was forbidden...
_Houses. The roofs were flat. Josias afterwards reformed this abuse, 4 Kings xxiii. 5. (Calmet) --- It continued among the Arabs. (Strabo xvii.) --- Melchom. The idol of the Ammonites. (Challoner) ---...
O "I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. (3) I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks wit...
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...
Zephaniah pursues the subject contained in the verse I explained yesterday. For as the majority of the people still adhered to their superstitions, though the pure worship of the law had been restored...
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 UPON THEM THAT WORSHIP THE HOST OF HEAVEN UPON THE HOUSE TOPS,.... The sun, moon, and stars, which some worshipped upon their house tops; the roofs of their houses being flat, as the roofs of the...
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship [and] that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; Ver. 5. _And them that worship the host of heaven upon the...
_I will also stretch out my hand upon Judah_ I will manifest my power upon Judah, as I have done upon Israel. _And I will cut off the remnant of Baal_ The altars, or places of worship, dedicated to Ba...
and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops, regarding sun, moon, and Stars as their gods; AND THEM THAT WORSHIP AND THAT SWEAR BY THE LORD AND THAT SWEAR BY MALCHAM, by their king, so...
THE NATURE OF THE JUDGMENT...
BY THE LORD: Or, to the Lord...
1-6 Ruin is coming, utter ruin; destruction from the Almighty. The servants of God all proclaim, There is no peace for the wicked. The expressions are figurative, speaking every where desolation; the...
AND THEM THAT WORSHIP; those among the people that adhered to this idolatry. THE HOST OF HEAVEN; the sun, moon, and stars, frequently in the Scripture called the host of heaven. UPON THE HOUSE-TOPS; o...
Zephaniah 1:5 worship H7812 (H8693) host H6635 heaven H8064 housetops H1406 worship H7812 (H8693) swear H7650 ...
GOD'S PARTICULAR JUDGMENT WILL AT THIS TIME BE APPLIED TO JUDAH AND JERUSALEM (ZEPHANIAH 1:4). Zephaniah 1:4 “And I will stretch out my hand on Judah, And on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, And...
MALCHAM An idol of the Ammonites, same as Molech, or Milcom....
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...
_And that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham _ THE DEMONSTRATIVENESS OF TRUE RELIGION In this text it is a sort of mixed religion that the Lord declares He will not tolerate. Impress t he...
_The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah._ THE WORD I. THE DISTINGUISHING CAPACITY OF MAN, AND THE WONDERFUL CONDESCENSION OF GOD. 1. The distinguishing capacity of man. To receive the word...
ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 1:2 Judgment Coming against Judah. God first directs his attention against all living beings (vv. Zephaniah 1:2). He then addresses Judah, r
ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 1:5 HOST OF THE HEAVENS refers to the sun and star gods worshiped by the Assyrians and Canaanites (Deuteronomy 4:19)....
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZEPHANIAH 1:4.] Judgment, especially upon Judah. STRETCH] Not only threaten, but exert power to injury. REMNANT] Statues, images dedicated to Baal, domestic and tutelary god of the P...
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 Kings 11:33; 1 Kings 18:21; 2 Kings 17:33; 2 Kings 17:41; 2
House — tops — On the flat roofs of their houses. And that swear — That mixt idol — worship, and the worship of the true God; that devote themselves to God, and Baal, or Malchim, that is, Moloch....