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Verse 8. _I WILL PUNISH THE PRINCES, AND THE KING'S CHILDREN_] After
the death of Josiah the kingdom of Judah saw no prosperity, and every
reign terminated miserably; until at last King Zedekiah and t...
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I WILL PUNISH - (Literally, visit upon). God seems oftentimes to be
away from His own world. People plot, design, say, in word or in deed,
“who is Lord over us?” God is, as it were, a stranger in it,...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
CHAPTER 1
The Day of the Lord, the Day of Judgment
_ 1. The judgment of all the world (Zephaniah 1:1) _
2. The judgment will destroy the evildoers in Judah (Zephaniah 1:4)...
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THE DOOM OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM.
Zephaniah 1:2. Riding as it were on the crest of a tidal wave of
destruction, which sweeps off man and beast from the face of the
ground, Yahweh stretches His hand aga...
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THE DAY OF THE LORD'S SACRIFICE. See notes on Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah
13:6.
DAY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the
judgments executed in it.
PUNISH. visit upon. Reference to...
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_I will punish the princes_ lit. _visit upon_the princes. The princes
are the nobles, particularly those entrusted with judicial and similar
offices.
_the king's children_ The children of the king are...
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The classes in Jerusalem on which the judgment will fall
The errors and sins assailed by Zephaniah are the same as those
attacked by earlier prophets, e.g. (1) the false worship, Zephaniah
1:4, cf. A...
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_THE DAY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND -- ZEPHANIAH 1:7-13:_ Zephaniah 1:7
says, "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, h...
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JUDGEMENT OF JUDAH. Zephaniah 1:4 to Zephaniah 2:3)
RV. And I will stretch our my hand upon Judah, and upon all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from
this place, an...
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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.
I WILL PUNISH THE PRINCES -...
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THE DAY OF JEHOVAH A DAY OF JUDGMENT FOR GUILTY JUDAH
The prophecy opens with the declaration of universal destruction for
all living things. IN his way the prophet impresses upon his hearers
the comp...
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THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA
BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA
Assyria was a country to the north and east of Israel. For many
years, it ruled most of the world. Nahum,...
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(7-13) The judgment, in reference to its objects....
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THE KING’S CHILDREN. — The misfortunes which were to befall
Josiah’s children, Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim (see 2 Kings 23:24), are
perhaps in the prophet’s eye. But if we are correct in our view of
the da...
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THE PROPHET AND THE REFORMERS
Zephaniah 1:1 - Zephaniah 2:3
TOWARDS the year 625, when King Josiah had passed out of his minority,
and was making his first efforts at religious reform, prophecy, long...
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“THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD”
Zephaniah 1:1-18
Zephaniah means hidden of the Lord. He lived in Josiah's reign, and
cooperated with that king in his efforts to put down idolatry. His
prophecy deals wit...
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The first movement of the prophecy is the prophet's declaration of the
coming judgment of Jehovah. This he announced in general terms, then
described more particularly its procedure and character.
Thi...
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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 (d) strange apparel.
(d) Meaning, the courtiers...
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Victim. Hebrew, "sacrifice." But Manuscript 1. Camb. has, "in that
day, says the Lord," eeva nam being substituted for zebach, (Haydock)
which is "a very remarkable variation." In ver. 7, it has Jehov...
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O "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. (8) And it shall come to pass in the day of the L...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
Zephaniah like Habakkuk will be found to have some points of
resemblance with the prophet Jeremiah; and this not merely in the fact
that the Chaldean is the...
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The prophet begins by declaring that the land should be reduced to
complete desolation; afterwards, that Judah, Jerusalem, their false
gods, and their priests, should be smitten by the hand of Jehovah...
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AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE DAY OF THE LORD'S SACRIFICE,.... When
the above sacrifice prepared shall be offered, and the slaughter of
his people made, when his wrath shall be poured out upon them...
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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.
Ver. 8. And it shall come to p...
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_In that day I will punish the princes and the king's children _ In 2
Kings 25:7; 2 Kings 25:21, we read of the fulfilling of both these
particulars; the sons of King Zedekiah, and the principal offic...
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And it shall came to pass in the day of the Lord's sacrifice, when His
punishment is put into effect, THAT I WILL PUNISH THE PRINCES, the
mighty ones, the dignitaries of state, AND THE KING'S CHILDREN...
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THE NATURE OF THE JUDGMENT...
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PUNISH:
_ Heb._ visit upon...
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7-13 God's day is at hand; the punishment of presumptuous sinners is
a sacrifice to the justice of God. The Jewish royal family shall be
reckoned with for their pride and vanity; and those that leap...
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IT SHALL COME TO PASS; it shall most certainly be fulfilled what I
threaten I will most surely execute. IN THE DAY OF THE LORD'S
SACRIFICE; of slaughter to be made by the Babylonians, called here a
da...
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Zephaniah 1:8 day H3117 LORDS H3068 sacrifice H2077 punish H6485
(H8804) princes H8269 kings H4428 children H1121 c
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THE DAY OF YHWH AGAINST JUDAH AND JERUSALEM (ZEPHANIAH 1:7).
Zephaniah 1:7
‘Hold your peace at the presence of the Lord YHWH.
For the day of YHWH is at hand.
For YHWH has prepared a sacrifice.
He...
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CONTENTS: Coming judgment on Judah prefiguring the coming day of the
Lord.
CHARACTERS: God, Zephaniah, Josiah.
CONCLUSION: Those who will not improve the presence of God with them
as a Father, may e...
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Zephaniah 1:1. _The Word of the Lord came to Zephaniah._ The glorious
person of Christ, the Word and Wisdom of God; so indeed is the
oft-repeated gloss of the Chaldaic in all the book of Chronicles, w...
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_I will punish. .. all such as are clothed with strange apparel _
THE SINFULNESS OF STRANGE APPAREL
I_._
The criminals. Consider the principals, and the accessaries.
II. The crime. Either wearing...
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_The day of the Lord is at hand._
THE DAY OF WAR, THE DAY OF HORRORS
The war day is represented here--
I. As a day of enormous sacrifice.
1. Sacrifice of life. Among several classes.
(1) Royalty....
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ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 1:7 The Day of the Lord. The rest of
Zephaniah’s prophecy discusses the “day of the Lord.” This
“day” brings judgment on the wicked (Zephaniah
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZEPHANIAH 1:7.] Judgment speedily comes. HOLD] A summons to silent
submission (Habakkuk 2:20); the reason given, the day near. SACRIFICE]
of victims of justice (Isaiah 34:6;...
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EXPOSITION.
ZEPHANIAH 1:1
Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON ALL THE WORLD, AND UPON JUDAH IN PARTICULAR....
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Zephaniah
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the book of Zephaniah. The opening
verse tells us that,
This is the word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of
Cushi, who was the son of Gedali...
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2 Kings 10:22; 2 Kings 23:30; 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Kings 24:13;...
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The princes — The great ones, who dreamed of shifting better than
others, but fell with the first, 2 Kings 25:19. Children — Sons and
grand — children, Josiah: Jehoahaz died a captive in Egypt, 2 King...