Zephaniah 1:16-18 NIV

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:2-18

THE DAY OF JEHOVAH A DAY OF TERROR ONLY ONE WAY OF ESCAPE, Zephaniah 1:2 to Zephaniah 2:3. The prophecy of Zephaniah opens with the announcement of a world judgment (Zephaniah 1:2-3); the heaviest blow will fall upon Judah and Jerusalem for their deeds of violence and their religious apostasy (Zephaniah 1:4-9). The prophet pictures the execution of judgment (Zephaniah 1:10-11), and chapter 1 closes with a vivid picture of the terrible day of Jehovah, which “is near and hasteth greatly”... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:14-18

The terrors of the day of Jehovah, Zephaniah 1:14-18. In Zephaniah 1:14 Zephaniah calls attention once more to the nearness of the day of Jehovah (compare Zephaniah 1:7); in the succeeding verses he describes in detail its terrors. In it Jehovah will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land. Earlier prophets had spoken of the darkness and despair of that day, but Zephaniah surpasses them all in vividness and awful grandeur. The great day… is near See on Zephaniah... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:15-16

15, 16. “In order to depict more fully the terrible character of this day, Zephaniah crowds together in Zephaniah 1:15-16 all the words supplied by the language to describe the terror of the judgment.” Day of wrath A day on which the wrath of Jehovah will manifest itself against everything that is impure and sinful (see on Nahum 1:2). The effects of this manifestation are described in the rest of the verse (compare Isaiah 22:5). 1. Trouble and distress Men will not know what to do (Job... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:17

17. The awfulness and suddenness of the calamity will throw the inhabitants into helpless confusion. Distress Anxiety, terror, perplexity. Walk like blind men They will look for a way out of the tribulation, but in their perplexity they grope around like blind men, unable to find one (compare Deuteronomy 28:29). Because they have sinned The judgment is the result of the sins described in Zephaniah 1:4-13. Their blood shall be poured out as dust The point of comparison is... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:18

18. Ordinarily liberty and safety might be purchased from an invader by the payment of a heavy tribute, and thus the Egyptians are said to have purchased their freedom from the Scythians (see p. 511), but in this case gold and silver will not tempt the divinely appointed executioner (Isaiah 13:17; Ezekiel 7:19; compare Proverbs 11:4). The whole land Judah; not “the whole earth,” for in Zephaniah 1:4-18 the prophet confines himself to Judah and Jerusalem (not so in Zephaniah 3:8). The fire... read more

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:2-18

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:14-18

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:15-16

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:17

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:18

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