Chapter 1:
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Introduction 1 2 3 Habakkuk Haggai
Zephaniah 1
Concise Complete
Threatenings against sinners. (1-6) More threatenings.
(7-13) Distress from the approaching judgments. (14-18)
Verses 1-6 Ruin
is coming, utter ruin; destruction from the Almighty. The servants of God all
proclaim, There is no peace for the wicked. The expressions are figurative,
speaking every where desolation; the land shall be left without inhabitants. The
sinners to be consumed are, the professed idolaters, and those that worship
Jehovah and idols, or swear to the Lord, and to Malcham. Those that think to
divide their affections and worship between God and idols, will come short of
acceptance with God; for what communion can there be between light and darkness?
If Satan have half, he will have all; if the Lord have but half, he will have
none. Neglect of God shows impiety and contempt. May none of us be among those
who draw back unto perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the
soul.
Verses 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 on the threshold, invading their
neighbours' rights, and seizing their possessions. The trading people and the
rich merchants are called to account. Secure and careless people are reckoned
with. They are secure and easy; they say in their heart, the Lord will not do
good, neither will he do evil; that is, they deny his dispensing rewards and
punishments. But in the day of the Lord's judgment, it will clearly appear that
those who perish, fall a sacrifice to Divine justice for breaking God's law, and
because they have no interest by faith in the Redeemer's atoning sacrifice.
Verses 14-18
This warning of approaching destruction, is enough to make the sinners in Zion
tremble; it refers to the great day of the Lord, the day in which he will show
himself by taking vengeance on them. This day of the Lord is very near; it is a
day of God's wrath, wrath to the utmost. It will be a day of trouble and
distress to sinners. Let them not be laid asleep by the patience of God. What is
a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? And what shall
a man give in exchange for his soul? Let us flee from the wrath to come, and
choose the good part that shall never be taken from us; then we shall be
prepared for every event; nothing shall separate us from the love of God in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
Chapter 1:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 Habakkuk Haggai
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
