Zephaniah 1:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. ”

Zephaniah 1:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A day of the trumpet and alarm - o that is, of the loud blast of the trumpet, which sounds alarm and causes it. The word is especially the shrill loud noise of the trumpet (for sacred purposes...
Zephaniah 1:16 - 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 1:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the trumpet and alarm . an alarming trumpet. Figure of speech Hendiadys . a trumpet, yea,. trumpet [call] "to arms"! Compare Zephaniah 2:2 . towers. Hebrew corners. Put by Figure of speech Met...
Zephaniah 1:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Zephaniah 1:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. A day of the trumpet - namely, of the besieging enemy ( Amos 2:2 , "Moab shall die with tumult, with sho...
Zephaniah 1:16 - 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 1:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(14-18) The judgment, in reference to its destructive character.
Zephaniah 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities ,.... The trumpet of the enemy, sounding the alarm of war against the fenced cities of Judea, which were taken before Jerusalem; calling and...
Zephaniah 1:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. Ver. 16. A day of the trumpet ] With its horrid taratantara and alarm; not of those that shout and praise G...
Zephaniah 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The trumpet; God's trumpet calling the Chaldeans, the Chaldeans trumpet also gathering together their troops. Alarm, threatening and affrighting, against the fenced cities of Judah. The high tow...
Zephaniah 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Extent of the Judgment
Zephaniah 1:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 3:6 ; Habakkuk 1:6-10 ; Habakkuk 3:6 ; Hosea 5:8 ; Hosea 8:1 ; Isaiah 2:12-15 ; Isaiah 32:14 ; Isaiah 59:10 ; Jeremiah 4:19 ; Jeremiah 4:20 ; Jeremiah 6:1 ; Jeremiah 8:16 ; Psalms 4...

Zephaniah 1:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zephaniah 1:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zephaniah 1:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zephaniah 1:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zephaniah 1:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zephaniah 1:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zephaniah 1:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zephaniah 1:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zephaniah 1:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zephaniah 1:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge