E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:17
they shall walk, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:29 ). read more
Zephaniah 1:16-18 Niv
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:18
land. Not the same word as in verses: Zephaniah 2:3 . for, Ginsburg thinks this should be "yea". read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:16
"A day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements."All of the places of human security will be useless in the day of God's judgment, whether in a local and specific judgment like that which came upon Judah forty years after Zephaniah, or in the day of great terror that is prophesied to conclude human habitation of the earth. The only true security is in the knowledge and service of God. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:17
"And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung."Modern men reject any conception of an eternal judgment, but in doing so they overlook one thing. Christ, the sovereign head of our holy religion, emphatically endorsed and expanded the very conception that is found here in Zephaniah and in the other prophets. The reason for the universal destruction... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:18
"Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; 'for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.""Neither their silver nor their gold ..." All of the material things upon which men set their hearts are worthless in any eternal sense. The great judgment of God will not be conducted upon the basis or what any man has, but upon the basis of what he... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:16
16. the trumpet—namely, of the besieging enemy (Amos 2:2). alarm—the war shout [MAURER]. towers—literally, "angles"; for city walls used not to be built in a direct line, but with sinuous curves and angles, so that besiegers advancing might be assailed not only in front, but on both sides, caught as it were in a cul-de-sac; towers were built especially at the angles. So TACITUS describes the walls of Jerusalem [Histories, 5.11.7]. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:17
17. like blind men—unable to see whither to turn themselves so as to find an escape from existing evils. flesh—Hebrew, "bread"; so the Arabic term for "bread" is used for "flesh" ( :-). read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 1:18
18. Neither . . . silver nor . . . gold shall . . . deliver them, c.— ( :-). fire of his jealousy— (Ezekiel 38:19) His wrath jealous for His honor consuming the guilty like fire. make even a speedy riddance of all—rather, a "consummation" (complete destruction: "full end," Jeremiah 46:28; Ezekiel 11:13) "altogether sudden" [MAURER]. "A consumption, and that a sudden one" [CALVIN]. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 1:14-18
3. The imminence and horrors of Judah’s judgment 1:14-18Zephaniah’s third picture of the day of the LORD is that of a great battle. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 1:16
the trumpet and alarm = an alarming trumpet. Figure of speech Hendiadys = a trumpet, yea, a trumpet [call] "to arms"! Compare Zephaniah 2:2 . towers. Hebrew corners. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the towers usually fixed there. read more