Zephaniah 1:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Zephaniah 1:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The great Day of the Lord is near - The prophet again expands the words of Joel, accumulating words expressive of the terrors of that Day, showing that though “the great and very terrible Day of...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD: (k) the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. (k) They that trusted in their own stren...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Doom of Judah and Jerusalem. Zephaniah 1:2-6 . 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...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The great day, &c. Compare Isaiah 22:5 . Joel 2:1 , &c. is near, &c. Hebrew [is] near, near. Figure of speech Epizeuxis , for emphasis: i.e. very near. mighty man. Hebrew. gibb...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet in this verse expresses more clearly what I have already stated—That God would be the author of all the evils which would happen to the Jews; for as they grew more insensible in the...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The great day of the Lord is near - It commen...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Even the voice of the day of the Lord— For the message of the day of the Lord shall be bitter: The mighty man shall howl upon it. Houbigant. See 2 Kings 21:14 ; 2 Kings 21:26 .
Zephaniah 1:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The voice of the day of the Lord - i:e., Ya...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Even the voice of the day. — Better, Hark to the day! What is heard is the cry of the baffled warrior, unable either to fight or flee.
Zephaniah 1:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE PROPHET AND THE REFORMERS Zephaniah 1:1-18 - 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, pro...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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 deal...
Zephaniah 1:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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. T...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

O "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. (15) That day is a day of wrath, a day of troubl...
Zephaniah 1:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The great day of the Lord [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly ,.... Not the day of judgment, but the day of God's vengeance upon the Jews, which yet bore some resemblance to that day of the...
Zephaniah 1:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 14. The great day of the Lord is near...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The great day of the Lord is near The time of God's executing his terrible judgments is nigh at hand. Even the voice , &c. The word even is not in the Hebrew. This latter part of the sente...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment Predicted. B. C. 612. 14 The great day of the L ORD is near, it is near,...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The great day; not the day of general judgment, but the day in which the great God will bring his great armies against Judah and Jerusalem, and do great things by those armies. Of the Lord; appoi...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Day of YHWH Against Judah and Jerusalem ( Zephaniah 1:7-18 ). 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 sacr...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 ( 2 Kings 22:14 ; 2 Chro...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Zephaniah 1:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

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)...
Zephaniah 1:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION. Zephaniah 1:1-36 Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON ALL THE WORLD , AND UPON JUDAH IN PARTICULAR . Zephaniah 1:1 § 1. Title and inscription. The word of the...
Zephaniah 1:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Extent of the Judgment
Zephaniah 1:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 4:16 ; 2 Peter 2:3 ; Acts 2:20 ; Amos 8:2 ; Ezekiel 12:23 ; Ezekiel 30:3 ; Ezekiel 7:12 ; Ezekiel 7:6 ; Ezekiel 7:7 ; Hebrews 12:26 ; Isaiah 15:4 ; Isaiah 22:4 ; Isaiah 2...
Zephaniah 1:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The voice if the day — The day which will come with a great noise.

Zephaniah 1:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zephaniah 1:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zephaniah 1:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zephaniah 1:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zephaniah 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zephaniah 1:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zephaniah 1:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zephaniah 1:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zephaniah 1:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zephaniah 1:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes