Zephaniah 1:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. ”

Zephaniah 1:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will bring distress upon men - I will hem them in, in anguish on all sides. God Himself shall meet them with His terrors, wherever they turn. “I will hem them in, that they may find it so” ....
Zephaniah 1:17 - 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 1:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they shall walk, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 28:29 ).
Zephaniah 1:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He confirms what I have already stated—that though other enemies, the Assyrians or Chaldeans, attacked the Jews, yet God would be the principal leader of the war. God then claims here for himse...
Zephaniah 1:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. They shal...
Zephaniah 1:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. T...
Zephaniah 1:17 - 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 1:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(14-18) The judgment, in reference to its destructive character.
Zephaniah 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will bring distress upon men ,.... Not upon men in general, but particularly on the men of Judea, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; and especially those that were in the fenced cities and high tow...
Zephaniah 1:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. Ver. 17...
Zephaniah 1:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will bring distress, &c., that they shall walk as blind men I will bring them into such straits that they shall no more know whither to turn themselves, or which way to go for safety, than i...
Zephaniah 1:17 - 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 1:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will bring distress; cast them into, and surround or besiege them with distress, calamities which shall greatly trouble and perplex. Upon men; the chiefest among them, the richest, and who thin...
Zephaniah 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Extent of the Judgment
Zephaniah 1:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:11 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ; 2 Kings 9:33-37 ; 2 Peter 1:9 ; Amos 4:10 ; Daniel 9:5-19 ; Deuteronomy 28:28 ; Deuteronomy 28:29 ; Ezekiel 22:25-31 ; Isaiah 24:5 ; Isaiah 24:6 ; Isaiah...
Zephaniah 1:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Like blind men — Not knowing where to go. As dust — As abundantly, and as carelessly as dust in the highway.

Zephaniah 1:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zephaniah 1:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zephaniah 1:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zephaniah 1:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zephaniah 1:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zephaniah 1:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zephaniah 1:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zephaniah 1:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zephaniah 1:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zephaniah 1:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zephaniah 1:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes