Zephaniah 2:4-6 NASB,NASB

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 2:4-7

1. Judgment coming on Philistia 2:4-7 read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 2:4-15

C. judgment on Israel’s neighbors 2:4-15Since all people need to seek the Lord (Zephaniah 2:3), Zephaniah revealed that judgment was headed for the nations around Judah as well as for Judah. He selected nations that lived in four directions from Judah to represent all the nations. Philistia lay west of Judah, Moab and Ammon east, Ethiopia south, and Assyria north."He [God] would also judge nations that were near as well as nations that were far away. Those near would be plundered and possessed... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 2:5

Zephaniah announced woe on the Philistines because destruction was coming on them. They inhabited the Mediterranean seacoast, and they had come from Crete (cf. 1 Samuel 30:14; 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 20:23; 1 Chronicles 18:17; Ezekiel 25:16). Yahweh’s powerful word was all it took to afflict them, and it would come against them. He promised to destroy them and their land, the coastal plain of Canaan, so no one would live there any longer. Pharaoh Neco II of Egypt (609-594 B.C.) initially... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 2:6-7

The flat Philistine seacoast would become depopulated pastures, and its caves-there are many in Judah and Mt. Carmel-would serve as refuges for shepherds and folds for sheep. After this destruction, the survivors from Judah would take possession of the coastal plain and pasture their sheep there. They would also take over the houses in Ashkelon and make them their homes because Yahweh would care for this remnant and restore their fortunes (cf. Zephaniah 3:20; Genesis 15:18-20). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:1-15

Jehovah’s impending Judgment upon Judah’s Neighbours and FoesThe universal note which is struck in Zephaniah 1:2-3 is now further amplified. Jehovah’s agents of punishment, the Scythians, shall carry desolation along the Philistine plain to Egypt (as they actually did), and to the nations E. of the Jordan and Dead Sea, and even to distant Assyria, which in 605 b.c. fell before them.1-3. Exhortation to repentance. The Heb. text is exceedingly doubtful. It is also not clear whether or not... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 2:4

(4) In the words “Gaza (Azzâh) shall be forsaken (âzab)” and “Ekron shall be rooted up (âkar)” there is a paronomasia, or play on the words, similar to that in Micah 1:10, et seq.At the noon day.—i.e., this city shall be so weak and defenceless that there will be no need to surprise it at night: it shall be “spoiled at noon day” (Jeremiah 15:8).It is noticeable that it is these four of the five Philistine cities which are denounced by Amos (Amos 1:6-8) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 25:20). See also... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 2:4-7

(4-7) The sentence against the great Philistine strongholds. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 2:4-15

(4-15) Jehovah’s chastisement of foreign powers. These Divine visitations are introduced somewhat abruptly. The connection is perhaps that they are intended to lead God’s people to repent, and put their faith in Him who orders the destinies of all mankind. Also, as being inflicted on hostile peoples, they are in Israel’s favour, and ought therefore to elicit gratitude. But more especially are they all steps towards the establishment of Jehovah’s supremacy, and the inclusion of the Gentiles in... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 2:5

(5) The Cherethites.—Perhaps Cretans. See on 1 Samuel 30:14; Ezekiel 25:16, where the same term is applied to the Philistines.Canaan originally means “low-lying ground.” It here indicates the low maritime plain inhabited by the Philistines. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 2:6

(6) Dwellings and cottages for shepherds.—Better, places for shepherds’ pastures. In c’rôth (best taken as plural of car, “a pasture”) there is a paronomasia on c’rêthîm of Zephaniah 2:5. The term “sea coast” (literally, line of the sea) here, as in Zephaniah 2:5, designates maritime Philistia. This tract of country is represented as ravaged and depopulated, so as to be serviceable only as a mere sheep-walk. Afterwards (Zephaniah 2:7) the restored exiles of Judah make it their pasture-ground.... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 2:4-7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 2:4-15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 2:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 2:6-7

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:1-15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 2:4

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 2:4-7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 2:4-15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 2:5

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 2:6

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