Zephaniah 1:16-18 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 1:14-18

Nothing could be expressed with more spirit and life, nor in words more proper to startle and awaken a secure and careless people, than the warning here given to Judah and Jerusalem of the approaching destruction by the Chaldeans. That is enough to make the sinners in Zion tremble?that it is the day of the Lord, the day in which he will manifest himself by taking vengeance on them. It is the great day of the Lord, a specimen of the day of judgment, a kind of doom?s-day, as the last destruction... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:16

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities ,.... The trumpet of the enemy, sounding the alarm of war against the fenced cities of Judea, which were taken before Jerusalem; calling and gathering the soldiers together, and animating them to the assault of them; and blowing them in a way of triumph; and as expressive of victory, having got possession of them: and against the high towers ; or "corners" F24 פנות "pinnas", Montanus, Castalio; "angulos", Junius &... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:17

And I will bring distress upon men ,.... Not upon men in general, but particularly on the men of Judea, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; and especially those that were in the fenced cities and high towers; and who might think themselves safe and secure; but, being besieged, should be distressed with famine and pestilence, and with the enemy; and more especially when stormed, and a breach made, and the enemy just entering: that they shall walk like blind men ; not knowing which way to go,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath ,.... Which they have gotten in an unjust way, and have hoarded up, and put their confidence in; these were the lees on which they were settled; but now, as they would be disregarded by the Lord, as insufficient to atone for their sins, and appease his wrath, and procure his favour; see Job 36:18 so they would be of no avail to them, to deliver from their enemies, who would not be bribed... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:17

They shall walk like blind men - Be in the most perplexing doubt and uncertainty; and while in this state, have their blood poured out by the sword of their enemies, and their flesh trodden under foot. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver nor their gold - In which they trusted, and from which they expected happiness; these shall not profit them in this awful day. And God will bring this about speedily; and a speedy riddance - a universal desolation, shall in a short time take place in every part of the land. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:17

Verse 17 He confirms what I have already stated—that though other enemies, the Assyrians or Chaldeans, attacked the Jews, yet God would be the principal leader of the war. God then claims here for himself what the Jews transferred to their earthly enemies: and the Prophet has already often called it the day of Jehovah; for God would then make known his power, which had been a sport to them. He therefore declares in this place, that he would reduce man to distress, so that the whole nation would... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:18

Verse 18 He repeats what he has already said—that the helps which the Jews hoped would be in readiness to prevent God’s vengeance would be vain. For though men dare not openly to resist God, yet they hope by some winding courses to find out some way by which they may avert his judgment. As then the Jews, trusting in their wealth, and in their fortified cities, became insolent towards God, the Prophet here declares, that neither gold nor silver should be a help to them. Let them, he says,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON ALL THE WORLD , AND UPON JUDAH IN PARTICULAR . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

We learn from ver. 1 that Zephaniah received from the Lord his message to Judah in the days of Josiah, the last of the godly and reforming kings, who, after the gross corruption of the preceding reigns of Manasseh and Amon, restored to a large extent the purity of the worship of God, and was the means of bringing about a certain kind and degree of repentance and amendment in the people. Probably, however, the major part of Zephaniah's prophecy belongs to the early part of Josiah's reign,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 1:14-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 1:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 1:1-18

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