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Verse Zephaniah 1:10. _A CRY FROM THE FISH-GATE_] This gate, which is
mentioned Nehemiah 3:3, was opposite to Joppa; and perhaps the way in
which the news came of the irruption of the Chaldean army, t...
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A CRY FROM THE FISH-GATE - “The fish-gate” was probably in the
north of the wall of “the second city.” For in Nehemiah’s
rebuilding, the restoration began at the sheep-gate Nehemiah 3:1 (so
called dou...
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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 fish gate_ The gate may have received its name from its vicinity
to the fishmarket. From Nehemiah 3:1-3 it appears that the fishgate
lay to the west of the tower of Hananeel; and in Nehemiah 12:3...
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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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A CRY FROM THE FISH-GATE— Which was at the entering of the city.
Some render the next clause, _And a howling from the middle part of
the city:_ but Houbigant renders it, _A howling from Misna;_ or fro...
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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 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.
THERE SHALL BE...
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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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THE FISH GATE. — See Note on 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 3:3.
THE SECOND. — The word “city” is to be supplied. The new or
lower city is meant. The same expression occurs in 2 Kings 22:14;...
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(7-13) The judgment, in reference to its objects....
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וְ הָיָה֩ בַ † יֹּ֨ום הַ ה֜וּא...
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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 that day, saith the LORD, [that there
shall be] the noise of a cry from the (f) fish gate, and an howling
from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
(f) Signif...
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_Gate, looking towards Joppe. (St. Jerome) --- The news of the defeat
at Mageddo came this way, or the cries of the Philistines were heard.
(Calmet) --- Second. A part of the city so called, (Challone...
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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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He confirms here the same truth, and amplifies and illustrates it by a
striking description; for we know how much a lively representation
avails to touch the feelings, when the event itself is not onl...
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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 THAT DAY, SAITH THE LORD,.... In the day
of the Lord's sacrifice, when he shall punish the inhabitants of Judah
and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans; which, as well as what foll...
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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.
Ver. 10. _Ther...
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_In that day there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish- gate_
Mentioned Nehemiah 3:3. It was opposite to Joppa, according to Jerome,
and at the entering of the city from that quarter. The sundry...
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THE NATURE OF THE JUDGMENT...
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And It shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there
shall be the noise of a cry, of a woeful shout, FROM THE FISH-GATE,
that through which the road to Joppa passed, AND AN HOWLING FROM T...
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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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IN THAT DAY: see ZEPHANIAH 1:9. SAITH THE LORD; to assure us of the
certainty of the thing. THE NOISE, Heb. _the voice, of a cry_, i.e. a
very great outcry and lamentation, from the fish-gate, which w...
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Zephaniah 1:10 day H3117 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 sound H6963 cry
H6818 Fish H1709 Gate H8179 wailing...
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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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_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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ZEPHANIAH 1:10 The Coming Wrath. A list of punishments is decreed
against Jerusalem and its inhabitants (vv. Zephaniah 1:10) and against
all humanity (vv....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZEPHANIAH 1:10.] Siege of Jerusalem. GATE] which stood near
fish-market (2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 3:3). SECOND] A part of the
city given ...
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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 Chronicles 3:1; 2 Chronicles 32:22; 2 Chronicles 33:14; 2 Kings
22:14;...
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The noise — The great out — cry and lamentation. The fish gate —
At which gate the Babylonians first entered into the city. The second
— This gate was in the second wall of Jerusalem, which on that si...