PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Zephaniah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 26,673 words · 33 reading sections
Zephaniah 1:1
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Zephaniah 1:1 INTRODUCTION TO ZEPHANIAH This book in some Hebrew copies is called "Sepher Zephaniah", the Book of Zephaniah. Its title, in the Vulgate Latin version, is, the Prophecy of Zephaniah; and, in the Syriac version, the Prophecy of the Prophet Zephaniah; and so th…
1,415 wordsSECTION 2Zephaniah 1:2
Zephaniah 1:2 Ver. 2. I will utterly consume all [things] from off the land, saith the Lord. That is, from the land of Judah, by means of the Chaldeans or Babylonians: this is a general denunciation of the judgments of God, the particulars follow: or, "in gathering I will gather"; all good things out of the land; all …
130 wordsSECTION 3Zephaniah 1:3
Zephaniah 1:3 Ver. 3. I will consume man and beast,.... Wicked men for their sins, and beasts for the sins of men; and, as a punishment for them, the creatures whom they have abused to the gratifying of their lusts: I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea; so that there shall be none for the…
392 wordsSECTION 4Zephaniah 1:4
Zephaniah 1:4 Ver. 4. I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah,.... Under whom the tribe of Benjamin is comprehended, which are only designed; the ten tribes having been carried captive in Hezekiah's time many years before this: not "to Judah", as beckoning to come and hearken to him, as calling to repentance and …
675 wordsSECTION 5Zephaniah 1:5
Zephaniah 1:5 Ver. 5. And upon them that worship the host of heaven upon the house tops,.... The sun, moon, and stars, which some worshipped upon their house tops; the roofs of their houses being flat, as the roofs of the houses of the Jews generally were; from hence they had a full view of the host of heaven, and wor…
302 wordsSECTION 6Zephaniah 1:6
Zephaniah 1:6 Ver. 6. And them that are turned back from the Lord,.... Who once were worshippers of him, but now become apostates, and had turned their backs on him and his worship. Some think this describes those who renewed their covenant with God in Josiah's time, and after that revolted from him, who must be very …
184 wordsSECTION 7Zephaniah 1:7
Zephaniah 1:7 Ver. 7. Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God,.... When he comes forth, and appears in the way of his judgments, do not dispute the point with him, or pretend to offer reasons against his proceedings, or in order to disprove the justice of them; stand in awe and reverence of him, who is the Lord…
458 wordsSECTION 8Zephaniah 1:8
Zephaniah 1:8 Ver. 8. 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, within the time of its beginning and ending: that I will punish the princes, and the king's ch…
409 wordsSECTION 9Zephaniah 1:9
Zephaniah 1:9 Ver. 9. In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold,.... Not in a ludicrous way, who, by dancing and leaping, made sport for persons, and brought their masters much gain, as the damsel possessed with a spirit of divination did, Ac 16:16 rather, that entered rashly and irrevere…
378 wordsSECTION 10Zephaniah 1:10
Zephaniah 1:10 Ver. 10. 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 follows, shall surely come to pass, because the Lord has said it; for not one word of his shall pas…
557 wordsSECTION 11Zephaniah 1:11
Zephaniah 1:11 Ver. 11. Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh,.... The name of a street in Jerusalem, as Aben Ezra; perhaps it lay low in the hollow of the city, and in the form of a mortar, from whence it might have its name, as the word {q} signifies; which is used both for a hollow place and for a mortar, Jud 15:19 unles…
420 wordsSECTION 12Zephaniah 1:12
Zephaniah 1:12 Ver. 12. And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search Jerusalem with candles,.... To find out the sins of the inhabitants of it, and the authors of them, and punish them for them, however hid and concealed from the eyes of others, or thought to be: this must be understood consistent with…
651 wordsSECTION 13Zephaniah 1:13
Zephaniah 1:13 Ver. 13. Therefore their goods shall become a booty,.... To the enemy; the riches they trusted in, and thought themselves so secure of; and therefore denied divine Providence, which ought to be depended upon amidst the greatest affluence; or otherwise the Lord has various ways by which he can soon strip…
1,392 wordsSECTION 14Zephaniah 2:1
Zephaniah 2:1 INTRODUCTION TO ZEPHANIAH 2 In this chapter the prophet exhorts the Jews to repentance; and foretells the destruction of several neighbouring nations. The body of the people of the Jews in general are first called upon to gather together and humble themselves, who were a people neither desirable, nor de…
1,027 wordsSECTION 15Zephaniah 2:2
Zephaniah 2:2 Ver. 2. Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff,.... Which was like a woman big with child, ready to be delivered. The decree of God concerning the people of the Jews was pregnant with wrath and ruin for their sins, and just ripe for execution; and therefore, before it was actua…
493 wordsSECTION 16Zephaniah 2:3
Zephaniah 2:3 Ver. 3. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth,.... Or "of the land", of the land of Judea. In this time of great apostasy, there was a remnant according to the election of grace, whom the Lord reserved for himself, and bestowed his grace upon; and it is for the sake of these that the general exhorta…
1,146 wordsSECTION 17Zephaniah 2:4
Zephaniah 2:4 Ver. 4. For Gaza shall be forsaken,.... Therefore seek the Lord; and not to the Philistines, since they would be destroyed, to whom Gaza, and the other cities later mentioned, belonged; so Aben Ezra connects the words, suggesting that it would be in vain to flee thither for shelter, or seek for refuge th…
1,028 wordsSECTION 18Zephaniah 2:5
Zephaniah 2:5 Ver. 5. Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coasts, the nation of the Cherethites,.... Which is a name of the Philistines in general, as Kimchi and Ben Melech; or these were a particular tribe belonging to them, that inhabited the southern part of their country; see 1Sa 30:14 those on the sea coast, the …
936 wordsSECTION 19Zephaniah 2:6
Zephaniah 2:6 Ver. 6. And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds,.... That tract of land which lay on the coast of the Mediterranean sea, inhabited by the Philistines, should now become so desolate, that instead of towns and cities full of merchants and sea faring persons, and houses full of inh…
543 wordsSECTION 20Zephaniah 2:7
Zephaniah 2:7 Ver. 7. And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah,.... The same tract of land become so desolate through the Chaldeans, should in future time, when those that remained of the Jews were returned from their captivity in Babylon, be inhabited by them. This was fulfilled in the times of th…
371 wordsSECTION 21Zephaniah 2:8
Zephaniah 2:8 Ver. 8. I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon,.... Two people that descended from Lot, through incest with his daughters; and are therefore mentioned together, as being of the same cast and complexion, and bitter enemies to the people of the Jews; whom they reproac…
394 wordsSECTION 22Zephaniah 2:9
Zephaniah 2:9 Ver. 9. Therefore [as] I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,.... The Lord here swears by himself, by his life; partly to show how provoked he was at, and how grievously he resented, the injuries done to his people; and partly to observe the certain fulfilment of what is after declared; and …
1,235 wordsSECTION 23Zephaniah 2:10
Zephaniah 2:10 Ver. 10. This shall they have for their pride,.... This calamity shall come upon their land, the land of the Moabites and Ammonites, for their pride, which often goes before a fall; and has frequently been the cause of the ruin of kingdoms and states, and of particular persons; and indeed seems to have …
156 wordsSECTION 24Zephaniah 2:11
Zephaniah 2:11 Ver. 11. The Lord [will be] terrible unto them,.... To the Moabites and Ammonites in the execution of his judgments upon them, and make their proud hearts tremble; for with him is terrible majesty; he is terrible to the kings of the earth, and cuts off the spirit of princes, Job 37:22 or, as Kimchi obse…
2,296 wordsSECTION 25Zephaniah 3:1
Zephaniah 3:1 INTRODUCTION TO ZEPHANIAH 3 In this chapter the character of the city of Jerusalem, and its inhabitants in general, is drawn, as it would be, and as it was, in the times of Christ and his apostles, Zep 3:1 and of the principal persons of it in particular, its princes, judges, prophets, and priests, Zep …
805 wordsSECTION 26Zephaniah 3:2
Zephaniah 3:2 Ver. 2. She obeyed not the voice,.... Of his servants the prophets, as the Targum, by way of explanation, adds, who warned her of her sins and of her ruin. The inhabitants of Jerusalem hearkened not to the voice of John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, who gave notice of his coming; nor to the voic…
451 wordsSECTION 27Zephaniah 3:3
Zephaniah 3:3 Ver. 3. Her princes within her [are] roaring lions,.... Or, "as roaring lions"; there being a defect of the note of similitude; which is supplied by the Targum, Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions. This is to be understood, not of the princes of the blood; but of civil magistrates in c…
384 wordsSECTION 28Zephaniah 3:4
Zephaniah 3:4 Ver. 4. Her prophets [are] light [and treacherous persons,.... The false prophets, as the Targum and Kimchi explain it: these seem to design the lawyers spoken of in the New Testament, whose business it was to interpret the law to the people; these were "light" men, good for nothing, of no worth and valu…
327 wordsSECTION 29Zephaniah 3:5
Zephaniah 3:5 Ver. 5. The just Lord [is] in the midst thereof,.... In the midst of the city of Jerusalem, where those princes, judges, prophets and priests, were, that behaved so ill, and saw and observed all their evil actions; and yet they were not deterred from them by his presence, even though he is the "just" and…
420 wordsSECTION 30Zephaniah 3:6
Zephaniah 3:6 Ver. 6. I have cut off the nations,.... Utterly destroyed them, as the Philistines, Moabites, Ethiopians, and Assyrians, as in the preceding chapters; all which were done before the coming of Christ in the flesh; and by which instances the Jews should have took warning, lest by their sins they should pro…
245 wordsSECTION 31Zephaniah 3:7
Zephaniah 3:7 Ver. 7. I said, Surely thou wilt fear me,.... This is spoken after the manner of men; as if God should say within himself, and reason in his own mind, upon a view of things, surely the people of the Jews will take notice of my judgments executed on other nations, and will stand in awe of me on account of…
434 wordsSECTION 32Zephaniah 3:8
Zephaniah 3:8 Ver. 8. Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord,.... Or "nevertheless" {f}: this is said to the disciples and followers of Christ among the Jews; for there were some few that did fear the Lord, and received his doctrine, and submitted to his ordinances, and walked in his ways; and these are encouraged …
585 wordsSECTION 33Zephaniah 3:9
Zephaniah 3:9 Ver. 9. For then will I turn to the people a pure language,.... That is, at or about the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans; when the Jews, both in their own land, and in the Gentile world, would have the Gospel first preached to them, but would reject it; upon which the apostles and firs…
6,034 wordsSource & rights
Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
Project Gutenberg source record →
Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.