Zephaniah 1:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, ”

Zephaniah 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A day of wrath - In which all the wrath of Almighty God, which evil angels and evil men have treasured to them for that day, shall be poured out: “the” day of wrath, because then they shall be br...
Zephaniah 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wrath. trouble, &c. Note the Figure of speech Synonymia (App-6).
Zephaniah 1:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet shows here how foolish they were who extenuated God’s vengeance, as hypocrites and all wicked men are wont to do. Hence he accuses the Jews of madness, that they thought that the wa...
Zephaniah 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, That day is a day of wrath - See...
Zephaniah 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Of wasteness— Calamity or tumult. Zephaniah 1:17 . Their flesh ] Their carcases. REFLECTIONS.— 1st, We have, 1. An account of the inspired penman of this prophesy, Zephaniah, whose ances...
Zephaniah 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A day of wasteness and deso...
Zephaniah 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(14-18) The judgment, in reference to its destructive character.
Zephaniah 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That day [is] a day of wrath ,.... Both of the wrath of God against his people for their sins; these judgments being the effects of his wrath, provoked by their iniquities; and of the wrath and crue...
Zephaniah 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

That day [is] a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, Ver. 15. That day is a day of...
Zephaniah 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That day, great day, Zephaniah 1:14 , is a day of wrath, from the Chaldeans; and from the Lord, actively, upon the Jews, passively. A day of trouble and distress: here the prophet heapeth up...
Zephaniah 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Extent of the Judgment
Zephaniah 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:7 ; Amos 5:18-20 ; Isaiah 22:5 ; Jeremiah 30:7 ; Job 3:4-8 ; Joel 2:11 ; Joel 2:2 ; Luke 21:22 ; Luke 21:23 ; Revelation 6:17 ; Romans 2:5 ; Zephaniah 1:18 ; Zephaniah 2:2
Zephaniah 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A day — Of unparalleled calamities.

Zephaniah 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zephaniah 1:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zephaniah 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zephaniah 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zephaniah 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zephaniah 1:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zephaniah 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zephaniah 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zephaniah 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zephaniah 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes