The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:14-18
§ 5. To arouse the self-confident sinners, the prophet here enlarges upon the near approach and terrible nature of this coming judgment. read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:15
That day is a day of wrath; Vulgate, Dies irae, dies illa, words which form the commencement of the famous hymn. The better to describe the terrible nature of the judgment, the prophet crowds together all available expressions of terror and calamity. First, it is a day when God's anger shall blaze forth ( Isaiah 9:18 ). Of trouble and distress. In its effects upon sinners ( Job 15:24 ). Of wasteness and desolation. As if things returned to the primeval chaos ( Genesis 1:2 ; comp.... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:16
A day of the trumpet and alarm. "Alarm" means "the sound of alarm." Among the Jews trumpets were used to announce the festivals ( Numbers 29:1 ), and to give the signal for battle or of the approach of an enemy ( Jeremiah 4:5 , Jeremiah 4:19 ; Ezekiel 33:4 ). Here it is the signal of destruction ( Amos 2:2 ). The fenced cities. The strongest fortresses shall feel the irresistible attack ( Micah 5:11 ). The high towers. These are the turrets built at the angles of the walls... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:14
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 Lord” Joel 2:31, (Joel had said) “a day of darkness and gloominess, of clouds and of thick darkness” Joel 2:2, “which was then coming and nigh at hand” Joel 2:1, had come and was gone, it was only a forerunner of others; none of them final; but each, because it “was” a judgment and an instance of... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:15
A day of wrath - In which all the wrath of Almighty God, which evil angels and evil men have treasured to them for that day, shall be poured out: “the” day of wrath, because then they shall be brought face to face before the presence of God, but thenceforth they shall be cast out of it forever.A day of trouble and distress - Both words express, how anguish shall narrow and hem them in; so that there shall be no escape; above them, God displeased; below, the flames of Hell; around, devils to... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:16
A day of the trumpet and alarm - o that is, of the loud blast of the trumpet, which sounds alarm and causes it. The word is especially the shrill loud noise of the trumpet (for sacred purposes in Israel itself, as ruling all the movements of the tabernacle and accompanying their feasts); then also of the “battle cry.” They had not listened to the voice of the trumpet, as it called them to holy service; now they shall hear “the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God” 1 Thessalonians... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 1:14-16
Zephaniah 1:14-16. 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, it seems, be better rendered thus: The voice of the day of the Lord is bitter, and it vehemently resoundeth there. Or, Then the mighty man crieth out. The general sense is, that great noise, or distraction, should attend the taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. That... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18
1:1-3:8 PUNISHMENT OF SINNERSSins of Jerusalem (1:1-18)The prophet opens with a general statement about judgment that probably comes as no surprise to the people of Jerusalem. He announces that God will destroy sin from the earth (1:1-3). What surprises the hearers is Zephaniah’s assertion that God will destroy them, for they too are sinners (4a). Anti-God practices established by Manasseh still exist, such as the worship of Baal, the worship of the stars and the worship of Milcom (Molech).... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:14
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 . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:14
Having signified the victims of the judgment, Zephaniah recurs to what he had said in ver. 7, and enforces upon his hearers its near approach. The great day of the Lord ( Joel 2:1 , Joel 2:11 ). Even the voice of the day of the Lord. The day is so close at hand, that the sound of its coming can be heard. Some translate, "Hark! the day of Jehovah." The mighty man shall cry ( crieth ) there bitterly . There, on the battlefield, the hero is panic-stricken, and cries out for fear.... read more