Zephaniah 2:4-6 NASB,NASB

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 2:6

dwellings = pastures. cottages = pens. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:4

"For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up."The places condemned here were in Philistia, west of Jerusalem; and, taking the large view of this section to the end of the chapter, the four points of the compass are included in the sweeping condemnations. Although uttered in terminology with current meaning for the people of Zephaniah's day, the prophecy, we believe, is typical of the final destruction of all the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:5

"Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites. The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.""O Canaan ..." It was the excessive idolatry and debauchery of Canaan that led God to displace them with Israel; but, in the meanwhile Israel also had become "Canaan." Therefore, Canaan is here a general term for the apostate and reprobate nations of the whole world. Sure, Philistia would be... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:6

"And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks."Again, the scholars tell us of uncertainties in the text, suggesting all kinds of emendations, yielding a number of different shades of meaning. We may safely pass all of them by, for the picture of utter desolation still shines through in spite of the deterioration suffered by the text in transition through 2,500 years of history. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 2:4

Zephaniah 2:4. For Gaza shall be forsaken— For, lo, Gaza is forsaken; and so throughout, in the present tense: as much as to say, "Behold, the cities of the Philistines are taken and plundered by this victorious people; therefore your destruction draweth nigh." After Psammiticus king of Egypt, who took the cities of the Philistines, his son Necho came, who carried away king Jehoahaz in bonds. See Houbigant. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 2:5

Zephaniah 2:5. The Cherethites— The Cretans. They are supposed to have been a colony of the Philistines. See the note on 1 Samuel 30:14. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 2:4

4. For—He makes the punishment awaiting the neighboring states an argument why the ungodly should repent (Zephaniah 2:1) and the godly persevere, namely, that so they may escape from the general calamity. Gaza shall be forsaken—In the Hebrew there is a play of similar sounds, Gaza Gazubah; Gaza shall be forsaken, as its name implies. So the Hebrew of the next clause, Ekron teeakeer. at the noonday—when on account of the heat Orientals usually sleep, and military operations are suspended (2... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 2:5

5. inhabitants of the seacoast—the Philistines dwelling on the strip of seacoast southwest of Canaan. Literally, the "cord" or "line" of sea (compare Jeremiah 47:7; Ezekiel 25:16). the Cherethites—the Cretans, a name applied to the Philistines as sprung from Crete (Deuteronomy 2:23; Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7). Philistine means "an emigrant." Canaan . . . land of the Philistines—They occupied the southwest of Canaan (Joshua 13:2; Joshua 13:3); a name which hints that they are doomed to the same... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 2:6

6. dwellings and cottages for shepherds—rather, "dwellings with cisterns" (that is, water-tanks dug in the earth) for shepherds. Instead of a thick population and tillage, the region shall become a pasturage for nomad shepherds' flocks. The Hebrew for "dug cisterns," Ceroth, seems a play on sounds, alluding to their name Cherethites (Zephaniah 2:5): Their land shall become what their national name implies, a land of cisterns. MAURER translates, "Feasts for shepherds' (flocks)," that is, one... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 2:4

The prophet announced that destruction would overtake four of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis (cf. Isaiah 14:28-32; Jeremiah 47; Ezekiel 25:15-17; Amos 1:6-8). He listed them from south to north. Gath had evidently declined already (cf. 2 Chronicles 26:6; Amos 1:6-8; Zechariah 9:5-7), or perhaps Zephaniah selected only four towns to preserve literary parallelism. "Gaza" and "abandoned" sound similar in Hebrew, as do "Ekron" and "uprooted." Being driven out at noon may imply an... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 2:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 2:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zephaniah 2:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 2:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 2:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 2:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 2:4

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