1 The time when Zephaniah prophesied.
2 God's severe judgments against Judah.

word. Eze 1:3 Ho 1:1 2Ti 3:16 2Pe 1:19

in the days. 2Ki 22:1-23:37 2Ch 34:1-35:27 Jer 1:2 25:3

2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

I will, etc. Heb. By taking away I will make an end. utterly. 2Ki 22:16,17 2Ch 36:21 Isa 6:11 Jer 6:8,9 24:8-10 34:22 36:29 Eze 33:27-29 Mic 7:13

land. Heb. face of the land.

3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

consume man. Jer 4:23-29 12:4 Ho 4:3

stumbling-blocks. or, idols. Isa 27:9 Eze 7:19 14:3-7 44:12 Ho 14:3,8 Mic 5:11-14 Zec 13:2 Mt 23:39 Re 2:14

and I. Eze 14:13-21 15:6-8

4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;

stretch. Ex 15:12 2Ki 21:13 Isa 14:26,27

the remnant. Fulfilled. 2Ki 23:4,5 2Ch 34:4

the Chemarims. Ho 10:5*marg.5. Issachar 54,400 64,300
6. Naphtali 53,400 45,400

5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;

worship. See on 2Ki 23:12 Jer 19:13 32:29

and them. 1Ki 18:21 2Ki 17:33,41 Mt 6:24

and that. De 10:20 Isa 48:1 Jer 4:2 Ho 4:15

by the Lord. or, to the Lord. Isa 44:5 45:23 Ro 14:11

swear by. Jos 23:7

Malcham. 1Ki 11:33

Milcom. Am 5:26

Moloch.

6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

turned. 1Sa 15:11 Ps 36:3 125:5 Isa 1:4 Jer 2:13,17 3:10 15:6 Eze 3:20 Ho 4:15,16 11:7 Heb 10:38,39 2Pe 2:18-22

and those. Ps 10:4 14:2,3 Isa 43:22 Ho 7:7 Ro 3:11 Heb 2:3

7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

thy. 1Sa 2:9,10 Job 40:4,5 Ps 46:10 76:8,9 Isa 6:5 Am 6:10 Hab 2:20 Zec 2:13 Ro 3:19 9:20

for the day. 14 Isa 2:12 13:6 Eze 7:7,10 Joe 2:1,2,11,31 Am 5:18-20 Mal 4:1 Php 4:5 2Pe 3:10-12

for the Lord. Isa 34:6 Jer 46:10 Eze 39:17-20 Re 19:17,18

he hath. Pr 9:1-6 Mt 22:4 Lu 14:16,17

bid. Heb. sanctified, or prepared. 1Sa 16:5 20:26 Col 1:12

8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.

punish. Heb. visit upon. Isa 10:12 24:21*margins

the princes. 2Ki 23:30-34 24:12,13 25:6,7,19-21 Isa 39:7 Jer 22:11-19,24-30 Jer 39:6,7

strange. De 22:5 2Ki 10:22 Isa 3:18-24

9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

those. Or, that leap over the threshold, by which is probably meant the Philistines, who, after the time that Dagon fell before the ark and was broken on the threshold, leaped over it when entering his temple.

leap. 1Sa 5:5

which. 1Sa 2:15,16 2Ki 5:20-27 Ne 5:15 Pr 29:12 Ac 16:19

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

in. 7,15 Jer 39:2

the noise. Isa 22:4,5 59:11 Jer 4:19-21,31 Am 8:3

the fish gate. 2Ch 33:14 Ne 3:3

the second. 2Ki 22:14 2Ch 32:22

from. 2Sa 5:7,9 2Ch 3:1

11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

Howl. Jer 4:8 25:34 Eze 21:12 Joe 1:5,13 Zec 11:2,3 Jas 5:1

all the. Ne 3:31,32 Ho 12:7,8 Joh 2:16 Re 18:11-18

12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.

that I. Jer 16:16,17 Am 9:1-3 Ob 6

the men. Jer 48:11 Am 6:1 Re 2:23

settled. Heb. curded, or thickened. The Lord. Job 21:15 Ps 10:11-13 14:1 94:7 Isa 5:19 Jer 10:5 Eze 8:12 9:9 Mal 3:14,15 2Pe 3:4

13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

their goods. 9 Isa 6:11 24:1-3 Jer 4:7,20 5:17 9:11,19 12:10-13 Eze 7:19,21 Eze 22:31 Mic 3:12

build. De 28:30,39,51 Isa 5:8,9 65:21,22 Am 5:11 Mic 6:15

14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

great. 7 Jer 30:7 Eze 30:3 Joe 2:1,11,31 Mal 4:5 Ac 2:20 Re 6:17

it is. Eze 7:6,7,12 12:23 Am 8:2 Php 4:5 Jas 5:9 2Pe 2:3

even. 10 Isa 22:4,5 66:6 Jer 25:36 Joe 2:11 3:16 1Th 4:16 Heb 12:26

the mighty. Isa 15:4 33:7 Jer 48:41 Re 6:15-17

15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

is. 18 2:2 Isa 22:5 Jer 30:7 Am 5:18-20 Lu 21:22,23 Ro 2:5 2Pe 3:7 Re 6:17

a day of darkness. Job 3:4-8 Joe 2:2,11

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

day. Isa 59:10 Jer 4:19,20 6:1 8:16 Ho 5:8 8:1 Am 3:6 Hab 1:6-10 Hab 3:6

and against. Ps 48:12,13 Isa 2:12-15 32:14

17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

they shall. De 28:28,29 Ps 79:3 Isa 29:10 59:9,10 La 4:14 Mt 15:14 Joh 9:40,41 Ro 11:7,25 2Co 4:4 2Pe 1:9 1Jo 2:11 Re 3:17

because. Isa 24:5,6 50:1 59:12-15 Jer 2:17,19 4:18 La 1:8,14,18 4:13-15 La 5:16,17 Eze 22:25-31 Da 9:5-19 Mic 3:9-12 7:13

and their blood. 2Ki 9:33-37 Ps 79:2,3 83:10 Jer 9:21,22 15:3 16:4-6 18:21 La 2:21 4:14 Am 4:10

18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

their silver. 11 Ps 49:6-9 52:5-7 Pr 11:4 18:11 Isa 2:20,21 Jer 9:23,24 Eze 7:19 Mt 16:26 Lu 12:19-21 16:22,23

in the day. 15 Job 21:30

but. 3:8 Le 26:33-35 De 29:20-28 31:17 Isa 24:1-12 Jer 4:26-29 7:20,34 9:11

the fire. 3:8 De 32:21-25 1Ki 14:22 Ps 78:58 79:5 Eze 8:3-5 16:38 Eze 36:5,6 1Co 10:22

he shall. 2,3 Isa 1:24