Zephaniah 1:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; ”

Zephaniah 1:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will also stretch out Mine Hand - As before on Egypt . Judah had gone in the ways of Egypt and learned her sins, and sinned worse than Egypt. “The mighty Hand and stretched-out Arm” Jeremiah 2...
Zephaniah 1:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, [and] the name of the (b) Chemarims with the priests;...
Zephaniah 1:4 - 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 1:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Mine hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia, App-6. remnant. Septuagint reads "names", reading shem instead of she'ar, as in the next clause. and. Some codices, with three early printed...
Zephaniah 1:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet explains still more clearly why he directed his discourse in the last verse against the beasts of the earth and the birds of heaven, even for this end—that the Jews might understand...
Zephaniah 1:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; I wi...
Zephaniah 1:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The name of the Chemarims, &c.— Of the [ idolatrous ] sacrificers with the priests. See the note on 2 Kings 23:5 .
Zephaniah 1:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;...
Zephaniah 1:4 - 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 1:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1-6) Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem is impending on account of a religious apostacy of manifold forms and degrees. The wide range of this judgment.
Zephaniah 1:4 - 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 1:4 - 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 1:4 - 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 1:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

O "I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. (3) I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks wi...
Zephaniah 1:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah ,.... Under whom the tribe of Benjamin is comprehended, which are only designed; the ten tribes having been carried captive in Hezekiah's time many years...
Zephaniah 1:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, [and] the name of the Chemarims with the priests; Ve...
Zephaniah 1:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will also stretch out my hand upon Judah I will manifest my power upon Judah, as I have done upon Israel. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal The altars, or places of worship, dedicated to B...
Zephaniah 1:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment Predicted. B. C. 612. 1 The word of the L ORD which came unto Zephaniah the so...
Zephaniah 1:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will also, Heb. And I will, or, And I have ; so prophets speak of what shall most certainly be as if already done. Stretch out mine hand: this seems to intimate. some immediate stroke from God...
Zephaniah 1:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Particular Judgment Will At This Time Be Applied To Judah and Jerusalem ( Zephaniah 1:4-6 ). Zephaniah 1:4-6 “And I will stretch out my hand on Judah, And on all the inhabitants of Jerus...
Zephaniah 1:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 1:4 .] Judgment, especially upon Judah. Stretch ] Not only threaten, but exert power to injury. Remnant ] Statues, images dedicated to Baal, domestic and tutelary...
Zephaniah 1:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

Chemarims That is, idolatrous priests. Compare ( 2 Kings 23:5 ).
Zephaniah 1:4 - 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 1:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah. The Word I. THE DISTINGUISHING CAPACITY OF MAN, AND THE WONDERFUL CONDESCENSION OF GOD. 1. The distinguishing capacity of man. To receive the...
Zephaniah 1:4 - 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 1:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nature of the Judgment
Zephaniah 1:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 34:4 ; 2 Kings 21:13 ; 2 Kings 23:4 ; 2 Kings 23:5 ; Exodus 15:12 ; Hosea 10:5 ; Isaiah 14:26 ; Isaiah 14:27
Zephaniah 1:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The remnant — Whatsoever remains of the idolatry of Baal. This place — Jerusalem. The name — Both the persons, and the memory of them. The Chemarims — Either called so from their black garments the...

Zephaniah 1:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zephaniah 1:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zephaniah 1:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zephaniah 1:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zephaniah 1:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zephaniah 1:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

Zephaniah 1:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zephaniah 1:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zephaniah 1:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zephaniah 1:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zephaniah 1:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes